Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Architectural Water-Colours and Etchings
Mr. William Walcot is so widely known astan?artist of brilliant ability in the portrayal of architecture that he needs no introduction to the art-loving public. Born at Odessa, of English parents, in 1874, he early manifested an intense interest in architecture, and, after studying at the Imperial Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, he practised in Russia as an architect for several years. He studied also in Paris, and ultimately relinquished professional practice to devote himself to the graphic interpretation of architecture. His first exhibition in London was held at the Fine Art Society in 1909, and his first in Scotland at Messrs. Doig, Wilson and Wheatley's, Edinburgh, in 1913. His brilliant talent brought him immediate recognition, as much amongst discriminating art-lovers as amongst professional architects. Since that time he has been a frequent exhibitor in London, and he is always well represented at the Royal Academy - not only in the Water Colour Gallery, but also in the Architectural Room. He is an Associate of the British School at Rome, and has exhibited in Rome itself - the city that has inspired so much of his finest work. When Mr. Frank Brangwyn accepted the presidency of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1913, Mr. Walcot also became a member of it. He was elected an Associate of the.
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