David Roberts, exhibited immense artistic talents as a child through his excellent sketches of Scottish monuments and castles. His family encouraged his artistic endowments and he started out as an apprentice to a housepainter and decorator.
Important works of David Roberts
Among the important works of David Roberts, notable are his paintings and lithographs of Dromos, or outer Copurt of the Great Temple at Edfou in Upper Egypt titled as The Temple of Edfou in Upper Egypt.
The ruins temples inspired David who immortalized the magnificent Hellenistic monument through his several sketches and drawings. They enhance the exquisite beauty of the monument and its dimensions enlivening its appearance.
David’s works were very accurate and precise in displaying the perfect architecture, culture, costumes, and landscapes of Egypt and Middle East. His earliest creation was Departure of the Israelites from Egypt and he continued to enjoy painting Eastern views until his end.
Today, David’s works are on greeting cards, postcards, books, and other publications of modern Egypt. David Roberts is still a very important topographical painter of his times. Today many of his pictures are at Victoria and Albert Museum, The Temple of Dendera is in Bristol while Jerusalem is in Norwich’s Castle Museum. Many of his prints of journals and paintings are collector’s items fetching huge sums of money. This is an incredible accomplishment for the son of a humble shoemaker who had hardly any school education or formal training.
