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William Walcot R. E. Hon. R. I. B. A.Westminster - 20th Century British Watercolour of London by William Walcotcirca 1940
circa 1940
About the Item
WILLIAM WALCOT
(1874-1943)
Westminster
Gouache and watercolour
Framed
51 by 61 cm., 20 by 24 in.
(frame size 63 by 73 cm., 24 ¾ by 28 ¾ in.)
Provenance:
Fine Art Society, London, 1945;
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:circa 1940
- Dimensions:Height: 20.08 in (51 cm)Width: 24.02 in (61 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1028311430542
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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