In very good condition.
30 x 17.5cm (11.8" x 6.9")Framed Size: 47 x 34.5cm (18.5" x 13.6")
Wilfrid Williams Ball was born in 1853, the fifth of six children of Benjamin Williams Ball, an accountant and amateur poet, and Sylvia (Good) Ball. He was athletic as well as artistically talented, and as a member of the London Athletic Club won prizes in several sports.
Ball initially spent several years in an accountant's office as his father did not wish him to become an artist. In the evenings he studied drawing at Heatherley School of Fine Art in Chelsea, the only formal art training he ever received.
Ball began exhibiting in 1877 when a small etching was accepted for a Royal Academy exhibition, and with this impetus he decided to quit his job and become a full-time artist.
Although Ball continued to make etchings, his major success came from watercolours of rural landscapes and marine subjects, especially in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Norfolk, Sussex, Wiltshire, and Hampshire. He exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy; the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers; the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours; and other venues.
During World War I, Ball served as an administrator for the British Army in northern African. He arrived in Cairo, Egypt, in September 1916 and initially worked with the firm of accountants that he had been associated with in his youth. He was sent on to Khartoum, Sudan, to audit military accounts and died there of heat apoplexy (heat stroke) on 14 February 1917.
| SKU | rn622 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Wilfrid Williams Ball (1853-1917) |
| Date | 1887 |
| Dimensions | 30 x 17.5cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Seascape & Coastal |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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