Description
Oil on canvas painting, signed by the artist George Walters. Finished with a champagne frame and off white slip.
About George S. Walters
George Stanfield Walters was born in 1838 and died in 1924. He primarily painted coastal and marine scenes, capturing the balance of light and dark amongst the waves with great accuracy. He often painted the Channel coasts as well as landscapes in the Lake District, the Thames and Wales and even scenes on the Venetian Lagoon. Walters was likely drawn to this kind subject matter as a result of his upbringing. His father, Samuel Walters, served in the Navy for many years, and was a marine painter himself. Walters’ grandfather, Miles Walters was also a skilled artist, he too was drawn to marine art, painting portraits of ships.
Walters grew up in and around Liverpool and Bootle, he moved to London in 1864, refining his artistic skills whilst living in the city. In 1897 he was elected to the Society of British Artists. He was a prolific artist, exhibiting in Birmingham, both at the Dudley Gallery and the New Dudley Gallery, the Grosvenor Gallery, the Walker Gallery – Liverpool, Manchester City Gallery, Royal Academy Royal British Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and Arthur Tooth & Sons Gallery.
