Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Scottish | British, 1728-1792
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BiographyIn 1755 Robert Adam began a long association with Charles-Louis Clérisseau, first as his student later as his employer. Clérisseau assisted Adam in his study of ancient architectural and decorative forms and their adaptation to a new architectural style. He settled in London at the end of the 1750s. Architect of Apsley House, ca. 1771-1778.
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