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1854 Handsworth, Staffordshire, England - 1914 Eltham, Victoria, Australia. Known for: Impressionist landscape painting.
Walter Herbert Withers was an Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists*. Withers was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, the son of Edwin Withers.... Read full biography
Walter Herbert Withers was an Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists*. Withers was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, the son of Edwin Withers. He showed an early desire to paint, but objection was made to this by his father. It is not known... Read full biography
Walter Herbert Withers was an Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists*. Withers was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, the son of Edwin Withers. He showed an early desire to paint, but objection was made to this by his father. It is not known what occupation he followed in England, but his father objected to his becoming a professional painter. In 1882 Walter arrived in Australia with the intention of working on a farm. After working for... Read full biography
Walter Herbert Withers was an Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists*. Withers was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, the son of Edwin Withers. He showed an early desire to paint, but objection was made to this by his father. It is not known what occupation he followed in England, but his father objected to his becoming a professional painter. In 1882 Walter arrived in Australia with the intention of working on a farm. After working for about 18 months on a farm, Withers removed to Melbourne and obtained a position as draughtsman in a firm of printers. During the period of his black and white work, Withers executed, in chalk, portraits for reproduction with that of the Count von... Read full biography
Walter Herbert Withers was an Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists*. Withers was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, the son of Edwin Withers. He showed an early desire to paint, but objection was made to this by his father. It is not known what occupation he followed in England, but his father objected to his becoming a professional painter. In 1882 Walter arrived in Australia with the intention of working on a farm. After working for about 18 months on a farm, Withers removed to Melbourne and obtained a position as draughtsman in a firm of printers. During the period of his black and white work, Withers executed, in chalk, portraits for reproduction with that of the Count von Bismark being an especially fine example of his work in this direction. In his spare time Withers sought to cultivate his art, and event... Read full biography
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Walter Herbert Withers was an Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists*.
Withers was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, the son of Edwin Withers. He showed an early desire to paint, but objection was made to this by his father. It is not known what occupation he followed in England, but his father objected to his becoming a professional painter.
In 1882 Walter arrived in Australia with the intention of working on a farm. After working for about 18 months on a farm, Withers removed to Melbourne and obtained a position as draughtsman in a firm of printers. During the period of his black and white work, Withers executed, in chalk, portraits for reproduction with that of the Co...But wait, there's more...
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