Description
Original Watercolour ,'Still Life of Boots', William Walls 1860-1942 ARSA, RSW, RSA, circa 1910
Mounted ready for framing on white card and matching backing card with cellophane protective wrapping
Overall size of the mount measures approx. 16" x 12" (which means it will fit standard size picture frame). The visible picture opening is 11.75" x 7.75"
Painted like the vast majority of Walls's Works, on grey paper. A really nice Sketch, ready for you to frame.
I have acquired a large number of William Walls watercolour sketches, covering the period 1900 until his death.
Some works are signed, most are inscribed and dated.
About the Artist:
Walls was a landscape and animal painter based in Edinburgh. He studied there at the Royal Scottish Academy and at the Antwerp Academy. He was a noted tutor, teaching at Edinburgh’s College of Art. He was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1906 and the Royal Scottish Academy eight years later. A prolific artist, Walls showed over 200 works at the RSA, almost 100 at the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and 18 at the Royal Academy, London.
Collections
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums
Brodie Castle, National Trust
Dundee Art Gallery and Museums
Glasgow Museums Service
Kirkcaldy Galleries
Perth and Kinross Council
Royal Scottish Academy
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Scottish National Gallery
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Zoological Society of London
Literature
Dolman B (1981), A Dictionary of British Artists, 1929, Antique Collectors’ Club
Johnson J and Greutzner A (1999), British Artists 1880-1940, Antique Collectors’ Club
Mallalieu, H L (1988), The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920, Antique Collectors’ Club
Waters G M (1975), Dictionary of British Artists 1900-1950, Eastbourne Fine Art
Wood, Christopher (1995), Victorian Painters, Antique Collectors’ Club