Identity:
Robert Burns was a Scottish figure and portrait painter in a characteristically decorative style.
Life:
Burns studied in London and Paris before returning to Edinburgh where he was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy.
Bibliography:
Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, Paris, 1956-61; Wood, Christopher, Victorian Painters, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1995; http://www.getty.edu/research (accessed 2003).