Robert Talbot Kelly
(1861 - 1934) was an English orientalist landscape and genre painter, author and illustrator. Kelly was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, the son of Irish landscape artist Robert George Kelly. He left school in 1876 to take up work in a firm of cotton traders, but was also taught art by his father, exhibiting under the name R. G. Kelly Jnr. In the early 1880s, inspired by the places he saw while on vacation on an ocean cruise ship, Talbot-Kelly decided to take up his father's profession. He left his employment in 1882, travelled by boat to North Africa, and settled in Egypt in 1883, acquiring a studio in Cairo and becoming fluent in Arabic. He travelled throughout the country, writing about and painting the people and scenes he encountered both in towns and in the desert. He spent a considerable time with the Bedouin tribes who he described and illustrated in his 1902 book, "Egypt painted and described" (A & C Black). As his name became known he also earned an income from private commissions. He stayed in Egypt until 1915 when for reasons of health and age he returned to London - though he continued to paint constantly. An Arab cafe in Cairo (from "Egypt painted and described", 1902)"Egypt painted and described", his first illustrated travel book, was published in 1902 (by A & C Black), and was an account of his impressions and experiences of that country during his long stay there; an exhibition of his Egyptian views was also held at the Fine Art Society in the same year. His paintings and writing showed a great empathy and respect for local people and culture, especially that of the desert Bedouin Arabs.
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Robert Talbot Kelly The Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman oil painting


The Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman
The Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman, 2nd September 1898. Oil on canvas cjr
Painting ID::  72876 		Robert Talbot Kelly
The Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman
The Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman, 2nd September 1898. Oil on canvas cjr
   
   
     
Robert Talbot Kelly Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman oil painting


Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman
English: The Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman, 2nd September 1898. Oil on canvas cyf
Painting ID::  74675 		Robert Talbot Kelly
Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman
English: The Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman, 2nd September 1898. Oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     
Robert Talbot Kelly The Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman, 2nd September 1898 oil painting


The Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman, 2nd September 1898
Oil on canvas cjr
Painting ID::  95798 		Robert Talbot Kelly
The Flight of the Khalifa after his defeat at the battle of Omdurman, 2nd September 1898
Oil on canvas cjr
   
   
     
Robert Talbot Kelly Jean Baptiste Colbert oil painting


Jean Baptiste Colbert
Unknown date Medium oil on canvas cyf
Painting ID::  98053 		Robert Talbot Kelly
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Unknown date Medium oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     
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     Robert Talbot Kelly
     (1861 - 1934) was an English orientalist landscape and genre painter, author and illustrator. Kelly was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, the son of Irish landscape artist Robert George Kelly. He left school in 1876 to take up work in a firm of cotton traders, but was also taught art by his father, exhibiting under the name R. G. Kelly Jnr. In the early 1880s, inspired by the places he saw while on vacation on an ocean cruise ship, Talbot-Kelly decided to take up his father's profession. He left his employment in 1882, travelled by boat to North Africa, and settled in Egypt in 1883, acquiring a studio in Cairo and becoming fluent in Arabic. He travelled throughout the country, writing about and painting the people and scenes he encountered both in towns and in the desert. He spent a considerable time with the Bedouin tribes who he described and illustrated in his 1902 book, "Egypt painted and described" (A & C Black). As his name became known he also earned an income from private commissions. He stayed in Egypt until 1915 when for reasons of health and age he returned to London - though he continued to paint constantly. An Arab cafe in Cairo (from "Egypt painted and described", 1902)"Egypt painted and described", his first illustrated travel book, was published in 1902 (by A & C Black), and was an account of his impressions and experiences of that country during his long stay there; an exhibition of his Egyptian views was also held at the Fine Art Society in the same year. His paintings and writing showed a great empathy and respect for local people and culture, especially that of the desert Bedouin Arabs.

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