“Fenstanton” by Edward Walker – Clock Tower, Hilton Rd, Fenstanton, Hunts, UK
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N 52° 17.898 W 000° 04.412
30U E 699543 N 5798250
The painting of the clock tower was made from the West on Hilton Rd, next to the pond.
Waymark Code: WMMXPP
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/21/2014
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Edward Walker was born in Bradford in 1879. He studied art at Bradford College of Art between 1895 and 1900 and the Royal College of Art between 1900 and 1906. Between 1906 and 1908 he was Head of the Design Department at Sheffield Technical School of Art. In 1908 he was Head of the Art Department at London County Council Paddington Technical Institute. In 1911 he became Director of Art at Cheltenham Ladies College, and in 1921 he became Headmaster at Scarborough School of Art.
Walker exhibited at the Royal Society of Arts, Birmingham, Glasgow Institute for Fine Arts, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Cambrian Academy, and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour.
Whilst the clock tower is instantly recognisable, the background houses have been replaced by less than picturesque 1960s buildings. The watercolour painting, dated June 1941, is part of the Recording Britain collection in the V&A Museum.
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Artist: Edward Walker
Date of Painting: 06/01/1941
Date of Your Photograph: 11/20/2014
Medium of Painting: Watercolour
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