Edward Arthur Walton
The Artist's Mother (Elizabeth Balfour Nicolson, Mrs Jackson Walton)
About this artwork
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title:The Artist's Mother (Elizabeth Balfour Nicolson, Mrs Jackson Walton)
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accession number:NG 2348
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materials:Oil on canvas
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date created:1885
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measurements:129.00 x 103.70 cm (framed: 143.10 x 117.80 x 6.30 cm)
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credit line:Presented by Mrs Dorothy Walton 1977
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…