Walter Withers

English-born Australian Painter, 1854-1914 was an Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists. Withers was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, the son of Edwin Withers. He showed an early desire to paint, but objection was made to this by his father. It is not known what occupation he followed in England, but in 1882 he arrived in Australia with the intention of going on the land. After working for about 18 months on a farm, Withers removed to Melbourne and obtained a position as draughtsman in a firm of printers. He then took up his painting again, and began to exhibit with the Victorian Academy of Arts afterwards merged in the Victorian Artists' Society. In 1887 Withers went to Europe. There he was married to Miss F. Flinn and studied for some months at the Academie Julian, Paris. He returned to Australia with his wife in June 1888 having been commissioned to do black and white work for Messrs Fergusson and Mitchell of Melbourne. His most important work in this way will be found in the illustrations to Edmund Finn's, The Chronicles of Early Melbourne. Withers settled down at first at Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, and then near Heidelberg on the other side of the river Yarra. He became friendly with Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder, Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin and other leading artists of the period. He began to sell a few pictures, but the collapse of the land boom put an end to his illustrative work. He obtained some work as a drawing and painting master in schools, and in 1891 opened a studio in Collins-street west, where he held his first private exhibition.
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Walter Withers Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden at the Battle of Breitenfeld oil


Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden at the Battle of Breitenfeld
Painting ID::  78211 		Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden at the Battle of Breitenfeld
1632(1632) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
1632(1632) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ cyf
   
   
     
Walter Withers Approching Summer Storm oil


Approching Summer Storm
Painting ID::  79304 		Approching Summer Storm
Approching Summer Storm, painting, oil on canvas, 56.0 x 35.5 cm, by Walter Withers Date 1907(1907) cjr
   
   
     
Walter Withers The Last of Summer, oil


The Last of Summer,
Painting ID::  79400 		The Last of Summer,
The Last of Summer, painting, oil on canvas, 77.0 x 92.0 cm, by Walter Withers Date 1898(1898) cjr
   
   
     
Walter Withers Farmer's Girl oil


Farmer's Girl
Painting ID::  79401 		Farmer's Girl
Farmer's Girl, painting, oil on canvas, 39 x 28 cm, by Walter Withers Date 1892(1892) cjr
   
   
     
Walter Withers Heidelberg oil


Heidelberg
Painting ID::  79402 		Heidelberg
Heidelberg, painting, oil on canvas, 49.0 x 33.5 cm, by Walter Withers Date 1892(1892) cjr
   
   
     
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     English-born Australian Painter, 1854-1914 was an Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists. Withers was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, the son of Edwin Withers. He showed an early desire to paint, but objection was made to this by his father. It is not known what occupation he followed in England, but in 1882 he arrived in Australia with the intention of going on the land. After working for about 18 months on a farm, Withers removed to Melbourne and obtained a position as draughtsman in a firm of printers. He then took up his painting again, and began to exhibit with the Victorian Academy of Arts afterwards merged in the Victorian Artists' Society. In 1887 Withers went to Europe. There he was married to Miss F. Flinn and studied for some months at the Academie Julian, Paris. He returned to Australia with his wife in June 1888 having been commissioned to do black and white work for Messrs Fergusson and Mitchell of Melbourne. His most important work in this way will be found in the illustrations to Edmund Finn's, The Chronicles of Early Melbourne. Withers settled down at first at Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, and then near Heidelberg on the other side of the river Yarra. He became friendly with Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder, Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin and other leading artists of the period. He began to sell a few pictures, but the collapse of the land boom put an end to his illustrative work. He obtained some work as a drawing and painting master in schools, and in 1891 opened a studio in Collins-street west, where he held his first private exhibition.

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