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J.d. Walker. "Monte De Segaria, Denia, Spain". Landscape Watercolour.
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J.d. Walker. "Monte De Segaria, Denia, Spain". Landscape Watercolour.

1900 - 1920
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Artist: John Dobby Walker. (1866-1925). Bradford.

Title: "Monte De Segaria, Denia, Spain".

Signed and titled. Circa 1910. Watercolour.

Size: 7 1/2"x 10 3/4". Framed size: 15 3/4"x 19".

Cleaned and framed. In good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery. Trade enquiries welcome.

A very fine example. For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

John Dobby Walker (1863-1925) was a painter born in Bradford who started his working career as a coach trimmer and painter at Sheethams, a local coach building firm. His first piece of art work was painting a crest on a carriage. He studied painting at the Bradford Church Institute and, following a spell as an art teacher, devoted his time to painting, mainly landscape views.

In addition to his work in England and Scotland, he visited Holland, Spain, Italy, painting scenes from his travels, and he exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour and at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. The Dowager Empress of Russia bought two of his paintings from a Royal Academy show. The Bradford Museums and Galleries collection also acquired his work at one time, and it can be found in the collection of Richmond Town Hall, North Yorkshire. The artist was ‘very much inspired by Yorkshire – particularly scenes around Bradford’.

Walker’s fine draughtsmanship and good sense of colour are especially evident in pictures of his own neighbourhood around Eccleshill, Woodland Hills and other parts of the former West Riding … He was a master of capturing the character and atmosphere of local landscapes.

he artist spent his last years around Kilburn, North Yorkshire, where many of his later watercolours were painted. He died in July 1925 and was buried at Nab Wood Cemetery, Shipley.

Physical Dimensions
Height
40cm (15.75")
Width
48cm (18.90")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Spanish Landscape Watercolour Painting to the 1910s.

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SA912557
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Description
Artist: John Dobby Walker. (1866-1925). Bradford.

Title: "Monte De Segaria, Denia, Spain".

Signed and titled. Circa 1910. Watercolour.

Size: 7 1/2"x 10 3/4". Framed size: 15 3/4"x 19".

Cleaned and framed. In good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery. Trade enquiries welcome.

fig 1. A landscape watercolour painting depicting agricultural fields in the foreground with a whitewashed building and a rocky mountain range under a pale sky.
fig 1. J.d. Walker. "Monte De Segaria, Denia, Spain". Landscape Watercolour.

A very fine example. For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

John Dobby Walker (1863-1925) was a painter born in Bradford who started his working career as a coach trimmer and painter at Sheethams, a local coach building firm.
William Greenwood Fine Art

His first piece of art work was painting a crest on a carriage. He studied painting at the Bradford Church Institute and, following a spell as an art teacher, devoted his time to painting, mainly landscape views.

fig 2. A landscape watercolour painting depicting agricultural fields in the foreground with a whitewashed building and a rocky mountain range under a pale sky.
fig 2. J.d. Walker. "Monte De Segaria, Denia, Spain". Landscape Watercolour.

In addition to his work in England and Scotland, he visited Holland, Spain, Italy, painting scenes from his travels, and he exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour and at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. The Dowager Empress of Russia bought two of his paintings from a Royal Academy show. The Bradford Museums and Galleries collection also acquired his work at one time, and it can be found in the collection of Richmond Town Hall, North Yorkshire. The artist was ‘very much inspired by Yorkshire – particularly scenes around Bradford’.

fig 3. A landscape watercolour painting depicting agricultural fields in the foreground with a whitewashed building and a rocky mountain range under a pale sky.
fig 3. J.d. Walker. "Monte De Segaria, Denia, Spain". Landscape Watercolour.

Walker’s fine draughtsmanship and good sense of colour are especially evident in pictures of his own neighbourhood around Eccleshill, Woodland Hills and other parts of the former West Riding … He was a master of capturing the character and atmosphere of local landscapes.

he artist spent his last years around Kilburn, North Yorkshire, where many of his later watercolours were painted. He died in July 1925 and was buried at Nab Wood Cemetery, Shipley.

Height
40cm (15.75")
Width
48cm (18.90")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Date of Manufacture

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Spanish Landscape Watercolour Painting to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers
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SA912557
Dealers Internal Ref
wgb
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A landscape watercolour painting depicting agricultural fields in the foreground with a whitewashed building and a rocky mountain range under a pale sky.
J.D. Walker. "Monte De Segaria, Denia, Spain". Landscape watercolour.
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Authentic watercolours display subtle variations in pigment wash depth, individual brushwork, and natural age-related paper toning. Magnification reveals a continuous flow of paint across paper fibres rather than the mechanical dot patterns found in modern reproductions.

A traditional landscape watercolour introduces soft architectural texture when displayed above a sideboard, mantelpiece, or integrated into a curated gallery wall. Pairing the painting with simple timber frames creates a balanced accent within contemporary spaces.

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