Edward Arthur Walton
The Ford, New Abbey
About this artwork
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title:The Ford, New Abbey
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accession number:NG 1655
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materials:Oil on canvas
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date created:About 1917
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measurements:78.80 x 101.90 cm
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credit line:Presented by Henry Ballantyne 1925
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photographer:Antonia Reeve
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…