The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. The frame is in fine condition.
8 x 15cm (3.1" x 5.9")
Wilfrid Williams Ball was born in London on 4 January 1853.
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.
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. In 1887, he made his first trip abroad, painting the Venice lagoons; he later made sketching and painting trips to Holland, Germany, and Egypt as well.
He published two books of his work, Sussex: Painted by Wilfrid Ball (1906) and Hampshire: Painted by Wilfrid Ball (1909). In 1886, he served as president of the Society of British Artists.
In 1895, Ball married Florence Helen Brock-Hollinshead; they had no children.
Ball published two lavish books of his work in the A&C Black twenty shilling series; one of Hampshire in 1909 and an earlier one for Sussex in 1906.
During World War I, Ball served as an administrator for the British Army in northern Africa. 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.
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| SKU | re924 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Wilfrid Williams Ball (1853–1917) |
| Date | 1891 |
| Dimensions | 8 x 15cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Landscape |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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