Peter Walker Nicholson (1856 - 1885)
18561885
Peter Walker Nicholson
Peter Walker Nicholson was a British painter.
After being educated as a lawyer, Nicholson decided to take up painting and entered the Ruskin School in Oxford. He showed great promise and was very talented, but by tragic accident died very young.
During a year's stay in Paris in 1881, Nicholson was influenced by the work of artists of the Barbizon school, who took as subjects of paintings of everyday life of peasants in a realistic style. Nicholson painted rural landscapes and managed to create his masterpiece, the genre painting The Burning of Weeds, which is on display at the Royal Scottish Academy.
Date and place of birt: | 1856 |
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Date and place of death: | 1885 |
Period of activity: | XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Art school / group: | Barbizon School |
Genre: | Genre art, Landscape painting |
Art style: | Realism |