William Sleath (1867-1943) - Early 20th Century Watercolour Didcot Village

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Description

A charming early 20th Century watercolour showing a quiet street in the old village of Didcot. The artist has signed and inscribed the location to the lower left corner. On wove.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration.

Size

20.9 x 30.9cm (8.2" x 12.2")
Sheet: 23.9 x 34.1cm (9.4" x 13.4")

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Artist Biography

Painter and tapestry weaver the son of a carpenter in Belgrave, Leicestershire. In the early 1870’s he moved with his family to London. In 1874, at the age of 7, he was apprenticed as a tapestry weaver with Morris & Co, at their Merton Abbey Tapestry Workshops in Surrey where he was trained by weaver and stained glass artist John Henry Dearle. He subsequently remained at Merton Abbey for 18 years, returning after that on a number of occasions to carry out special commissions. Early in his career, he lost the sight of his left eye after having been hit by a cricket ball. This injury didn't prevent him from becoming a master weaver with the firm, responsible for some of its most important tapestries and the census of 1911 records him as an ‘Artist Craftsman’. During this period he was a member of the Art Workers' Guild. Sleath's weavings were exhibited in the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society shows in London 1889, 1890, 1896, 1906, 1910 and 1912.

Location

Didcot, Didcot, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, OX11

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SKU qe977
Artist William Sleath (1867-1943)
Date Early 20th Century
Dimensions 20.9 x 30.9cm
Medium Watercolour
Subject Landscape
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