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Walter Ernest Webster Art

British, 1878-1959

Walter Ernest Webster was a British figure and portrait painter. He also worked as an illustrator. Webster won a scholarship to study at the National Art Training Schools which was renamed the Royal College of Art before attending the Royal Academy Schools from 24 January 1899 to 1904. Webster was a good student and won scholarships and prizes. By the age of 23, he was living in Putney, London with his mother Mary and his elder sister Gertrude Mary, a shorthand-typist. He enlisted for service in the Fourth Battalion of the Essex Regiment on 14 February 1916. Webster married Susan Beatrice Pearse, an artist and a book illustrator, at Fulham in December 1919. By 1939, he was living with his wife and sister Gertrude Broome Villa, 27 Broomhouse Road, near Parsons Green. Webster lived at that address until he died on 30 April 1959, leaving £6,158 17s 9d to his widow Susan and his sister Gertrude. Having once attended the Royal Academy Schools, Webster started exhibiting works at the Royal Academy and continued to exhibit there almost every year until his death in May 1959. He also exhibited at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Royal Glasgow Institute and the Paris Salon. He was awarded bronze and silver medals in Paris before WW1 and a gold medal there in 1931. Webster produced illustrations for the front covers of several publications including Ladies' Home Journal and Etude. Many of these reflected the Art Deco style of the period. Webster's work can be seen in many public collections in the UK including The Walker Art Gallery, Gallery Oldham, Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, McLean Museum and Art Gallery, Wellcome Collection and the Government Art Collection. The last of these holds Webster's portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Webster had earlier painted a watercolor of the young Princess Elizabeth.

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Portrait of Seated Young Woman  - British 30's art Impressionist oil painting
Portrait of Seated Young Woman  - British 30's art Impressionist oil painting

Portrait of Seated Young Woman - British 30's art Impressionist oil painting

By Walter Ernest Webster

Located in Hagley, England

This lovely portrait was painted by the noted British Impressionist portrait painter Walter Ernest Webster. It depicts a young woman and was painted circa 1930 in an impressionist pa...

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1930s Impressionist Walter Ernest Webster Art

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Oil

Portrait of Young Lady in Red - British 20's Impressionist oil painting interior
Portrait of Young Lady in Red - British 20's Impressionist oil painting interior

Portrait of Young Lady in Red - British 20's Impressionist oil painting interior

By Walter Ernest Webster

Located in Hagley, England

Painted circa 1920 by the noted British Impressionist portrait painter Walter Ernest Webster, this lovely oil painting depicts a beautiful young woman in an impressionist palette. Si...

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1920s Impressionist Walter Ernest Webster Art

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Portrait of a Lady Playing The Guitar, 19th Century by WALTER ERNEST WEBSTER
Portrait of a Lady Playing The Guitar, 19th Century by WALTER ERNEST WEBSTER

Portrait of a Lady Playing The Guitar, 19th Century by WALTER ERNEST WEBSTER

By Walter Ernest Webster

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Portrait of a Lady Playing The Guitar, early 20th Century by WALTER ERNEST WEBSTER (1877-1959) Large early 20th Century portrait of a lady playing the guitar, oil on canvas by Wal...

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Portrait of a Young Lady  - British art 20's Impressionist oil painting portrait
Portrait of a Young Lady  - British art 20's Impressionist oil painting portrait

Portrait of a Young Lady - British art 20's Impressionist oil painting portrait

By Walter Ernest Webster

Located in Hagley, England

This lovely portrait was painted circa 1920 by the noted British Impressionist portrait painter Walter Ernest Webster. This painting depicts a beautiful young woman in an Impressioni...

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1920s Impressionist Walter Ernest Webster Art

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