Walter Herbert Withers (1854 - 1914)
1854-10-22Handsworth, United Kingdom1914-10-13Eltham, AustraliaUnited Kingdom, Australia
Walter Herbert Withers
Walter Herbert Withers was an English-born Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists. He settled down to a steady career of painting though not at first successful commercially. In 1897 he was awarded the first Wynne Prize at Sydney for his picture, The Storm, which was in the same year purchased for the National Gallery of New South Wales.
Date and place of birt: | 22 october 1854, Handsworth, United Kingdom |
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Date and place of death: | 13 october 1914, Eltham, Australia |
Nationality: | United Kingdom, Australia |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist |
Art school / group: | Heidelberg School |
Genre: | Landscape painting, Portrait |
Art style: | Impressionism, Realism |