Joseph Crawhall, 1861 - 1913. Artist
About this artwork
Walton's small-scale portrait of his friend Joseph Crawhall shows him in a studio, a clay pipe in one hand, leaning against the back of a canvas. Bullfighting posters are attached to the canvas which is propped against another depicting a bull-fight. They allude to several of Crawhall's artistic preoccupations: Spain, Morocco and animals. The two artists met through Walton's brother Richard who married Crawhall's sister Judith. Walton's main interest was landscape painting but he was also a gifted portraitist and makes humorous reference to contemporary stylistic labelling in his inscription: 'Joe Crawhall the impressionist by E.A.Walton the realist'.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Edward Arthur Walton (1860 - 1922) Scottish
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title:Joseph Crawhall, 1861 - 1913. Artist
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date created:1884
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:74.30 x 36.80 cm; Framed: 87.50 x 50.00 x 5.50 cm / 9.00 kg
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credit line:Presented by Mrs E.A. Walton 1924
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accession number:PG 971
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Edward Arthur Walton
Edward Arthur Walton
Walton and his artist friends formed a group known as the Glasgow Boys. They were inspired by developments in landscape painting in France and sought to explore the natural effects of light in the open air through painting Scottish rural subjects. Walton spent a year in Dusseldorf and studied at...