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Walter Elmer Schofield BIOGRAPHY
1867 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1944 Cornwall, England. Known for: Winter landscape and marine painting.
The following, submitted November 2005, is from David Tovey, and is an abridged version of a book he wrote on the St. Ives Society of Artists, Creating A Splash, now in its second edition. Tovey... Read full biography
The following, submitted November 2005, is from David Tovey, and is an abridged version of a book he wrote on the St. Ives Society of Artists, Creating A Splash, now in its second edition. Tovey curated for Penlee House Gallery and Museum in Penzance Cornwall a 2003-2004 six-venue touring... Read full biography
The following, submitted November 2005, is from David Tovey, and is an abridged version of a book he wrote on the St. Ives Society of Artists, Creating A Splash, now in its second edition. Tovey curated for Penlee House Gallery and Museum in Penzance Cornwall a 2003-2004 six-venue touring exhibition devoted to the St. Ives Colony of Artists in England. Walter Elmer Schofield RBA ROI NA (1867-1944) . Schofield was born on 10th September 1867 in Philadelphia. His parents had emigrated from... Read full biography
The following, submitted November 2005, is from David Tovey, and is an abridged version of a book he wrote on the St. Ives Society of Artists, Creating A Splash, now in its second edition. Tovey curated for Penlee House Gallery and Museum in Penzance Cornwall a 2003-2004 six-venue touring exhibition devoted to the St. Ives Colony of Artists in England. Walter Elmer Schofield RBA ROI NA (1867-1944) . Schofield was born on 10th September 1867 in Philadelphia. His parents had emigrated from England, and his father became part owner of Delph Spinning Company in Philadelphia. Not enjoying the best of health as a child, he was sent out West by his father to toughen him up, and, for eighteen months in 1884/5, he lived the life of a cowboy. His... Read full biography
The following, submitted November 2005, is from David Tovey, and is an abridged version of a book he wrote on the St. Ives Society of Artists, Creating A Splash, now in its second edition. Tovey curated for Penlee House Gallery and Museum in Penzance Cornwall a 2003-2004 six-venue touring exhibition devoted to the St. Ives Colony of Artists in England. Walter Elmer Schofield RBA ROI NA (1867-1944) . Schofield was born on 10th September 1867 in Philadelphia. His parents had emigrated from England, and his father became part owner of Delph Spinning Company in Philadelphia. Not enjoying the best of health as a child, he was sent out West by his father to toughen him up, and, for eighteen months in 1884/5, he lived the life of a cowboy. His earliest works date from this period. Between 188... Read full biography
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The following, submitted November 2005, is from David Tovey, and is an abridged version of a book he wrote on the St. Ives Society of Artists, Creating A Splash, now in its second edition. Tovey curated for Penlee House Gallery and Museum in Penzance Cornwall a 2003-2004 six-venue touring exhibition devoted to the St. Ives Colony of Artists in England.
Walter Elmer Schofield RBA ROI NA (1867-1944)
Schofield was born on 10th September 1867 in Philadelphia. His parents had emigrated from England, and his father became part owner of Delph Spinning Company in Philadelphia. Not enjoying the best of health as a child, he was sent out West by his father to toughen him ...But wait, there's more...
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