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William Walcot R. E. Hon. R. I. B. A.William Walcot - 20th Century British watercolour of top of Spanish Steps, Rome1922
1922
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WILLIAM WALCOT
(1874-1943)
Piazza Trinita die Monti, the Spanish Steps, Rome
Signed and dated l.r.: W Walcot 1922
Watercolour and bodycolour over traces of pencil
Framed
54 by 84 cm., 21 ¼ by 33 in.
(frame size 78 by 107 cm., 30 ¾ by 42 in.)
Provenance:
Abbott and Holder, London;
Private collection.
Born in Russia, the son of an English father and a Russian mother, he grew up in Western Europe and South Africa before returning to Russian at the age of 17. He studied art and architecture at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg before further studies in Paris. He worked as an architect in Moscow creating and distinctive oeuvre of Art Nouveau buildings, the largest and best known being the Metropol Hotel. In 1906 he moved to London where he became one of the most prominent architectural draughtsmen of the 1920s and 1930s. He was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1913, an associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engraves in 1916 and a Fellow of the RIBA in 1922. He was also an associate of the British School at Rome. His successful practice failed with the outbreak of World War II and in 1943 he committed suicide.
- Creator:William Walcot R. E. Hon. R. I. B. A. (1874 - 1943, British)
- Creation Year:1922
- Dimensions:Height: 21.26 in (54 cm)Width: 33.08 in (84 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
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William Walcot R. E. Hon. R. I. B. A.
When he was seventeen, William Walcot began to study architecture under Louis Benois at the Imperial Academy of Art in Saint Petersburg. He went to Paris where he continued his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Atelier Redon. He practiced as an architect briefly in Moscow, designing the Hotel Metropole in 1898. In 1907, Walcot settled in London where he was employed as a draughtsman by the South-African-born architect, Eustace Frere. In 1933, Walcot designed one London building, 61 St. James Street, but his main architectural activity was that of a freelance draughtsman. He produced drawings and etchings for architects to show their clients and to exhibit at the Royal Academy summer exhibitions. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Walcot was the most celebrated architectural draughtsman in England, enhancing the scale and drama of the buildings he depicted with his mastery of techniques including watercolor and gouache.
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