Robert Henry Lindsay

Robert Henry Lindsay (April 23, 1868 – March 19, 1938) was a Canadian painter.

Personal life Lindsay was born at Prescott, Ontario on April 23, 1868. His father, George Lindsay, relocated his family to Brockville, Ontario while Robert was a young child. Robert Lindsay married Margaret Ellen Boucher, at Carleton Place on 30 September 1907. Robert Lindsay was an outdoors-man who liked cycling. He was interested in rowing and was made the first honorary member of the Brockville Rowing Club. Apart from his profession as an artist and a studio painter, he had as a hobby wood carving. He took a position as a painter in the James Smart Manufacturing Company.

He was a contributing member of the Arts Club of Montreal. Lindsay also traveled extensively, painting in Maine, Florida, and Ireland.

Brockville Library Lindsay residence, Brockville, 1916. By Robert Henry Lindsay. Robert Lindsay, who had the benefit of the Mechanics' Institute library, became a trustee of the Brockville library. Lindsay exhibited both oils and watercolours with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and Belfast, Ireland.

His paintings were posthumously exhibited at D & E Lake Ltd., Toronto in 2006 and 2007.

Works of Robert H. Lindsay are held in the collections of the National Library and Archives of Canada and the Brockville Museum.