Robert Jobling (1841–1923) was a British artist. He first had work accepted by both the

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and

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in 1883. He painted regularly at the fishing village of

Cullercoats Cullercoats is a coastal settlement in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, North East England. Historically in Northumberland, it has now been absorbed into the wider Tyneside conurbation, sitting between Tynemouth to the ...

and later at

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. He attained a position of some standing in the Staithes group. His main artistic exposure was in exhibitions in the north of England. Jobling lived in

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(near Cullercoats) and was a prominent member of the Cullercoats artist colony, along with

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, and various other artists including

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. In 1890, the ''Newcastle Daily Journal'' wrote, "Mr. Jobling has made Cullercoats famous for his canvases, and by-the-by he will be famous for over-running the village with tourists."Newton, L., "Cullercoats: A North-East Colony of Artists". Sansom & Company/Art Dictionaries Ltd., in association with the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, 2003. . (pp 14, 17, 167)

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