10th Apr, 2024 13:00
British & International Pictures
* FREDERIC WHITING RP RSW (BRITISH 1874 - 1962)
THE FLY FISHERS
watercolour on paper, signed, titled label verso
framed and under glass
image size 70cm x 54cm, overall size 83cm x 66cm
Label verso: W. B. Simpson, Glasgow; Duncan R Miller Fine Arts, London
Note: Painter and printmaker, notable for his portraits and equestrian subjects, born in London where he mainly worked. Whiting studied at St John’s Wood School of Art, Royal Academy Schools and Académie Julian, Paris. During the civil wars in China, 1900–1, Whiting drew for The Graphic, also covering the 1904–5 Russo-Japanese War. Showed at RA, also NPS, RP, RI and RWS, all of which he was a member. Among his foreign awards was a silver medal at Paris Salon in 1926 and a bronze medal at Anglo-German Exhibition, 1913. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, holds his work.
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