![Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire, from the Lawns](https://d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net/w800h800/collection/NOT/NOCCH/NOT_NOCCH_rufford2-001.jpg)
Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire, from the Lawns 2003
Robert O'Rorke (b.1945)
Nottinghamshire County Hall
Painter who trained at Byam Shaw School of Art, 1963–6, and the Royal College of Art, 1966–9. After that he exhibited widely, mixed and one-man shows, with work in many British and overseas private collections. Later commissions included two large oils for the council chamber, Nottingham. Lived in London.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)