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J.d. Walker. "The River Wharfe". Landscape Watercolour.
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J.d. Walker. "The River Wharfe". Landscape Watercolour.

1900 - 1920
Description

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

Title: "The River Wharfe, Yorkshire".

Signed. Circa 1910. Watercolour.

Size: 10 1/2"x 14 1/2". Framed size: 19 1/2"x 23 1/2".

Cleaned and framed. In very good ready to hang condition.

See SA914838, SA913283 and SA914114 for similar examples by the artist. All the same size and frame.

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
50cm (19.69")
Width
60cm (23.62")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
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William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Antique Landscape Watercolour Painting to the 1910s.

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SA913283
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Description
Artist: John Dobby Walker. (1866-1925). Bradford.

Title: "The River Wharfe, Yorkshire".

Signed. Circa 1910. Watercolour.

Size: 10 1/2"x 14 1/2". Framed size: 19 1/2"x 23 1/2".

Cleaned and framed. In very good ready to hang condition.

fig 1. A landscape watercolour painting depicting the River Wharfe bordered by leafy green trees under an overcast sky, signed by artist J.D. Walker in the lower left corner.
fig 1. J.d. Walker. "The River Wharfe". Landscape Watercolour.

See SA914838, SA913283 and SA914114 for similar examples by the artist. All the same size and frame.

Free UK delivery. Trade enquiries welcome.

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

fig 2. A landscape watercolour painting depicting the River Wharfe bordered by leafy green trees under an overcast sky, signed by artist J.D. Walker in the lower left corner.
fig 2. J.d. Walker. "The River Wharfe". Landscape Watercolour.

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

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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 3. A landscape watercolour painting depicting the River Wharfe bordered by leafy green trees under an overcast sky, signed by artist J.D. Walker in the lower left corner.
fig 3. J.d. Walker. "The River Wharfe". 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 4. A landscape watercolour painting depicting the River Wharfe bordered by leafy green trees under an overcast sky, signed by artist J.D. Walker in the lower left corner.
fig 4. J.d. Walker. "The River Wharfe". 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
50cm (19.69")
Width
60cm (23.62")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Date of Manufacture

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

Reference Numbers
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SA913283
Dealers Internal Ref
wgb
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Archive I A landscape watercolour painting depicting the River Wharfe bordered by leafy green trees under an overcast sky, signed by artist J.D. Walker in the lower left corner.

J.D. Walker. "The River Wharfe". Landscape Watercolour.

Archive II A landscape watercolour painting depicting the River Wharfe bordered by leafy green trees under an overcast sky, signed by artist J.D. Walker in the lower left corner. View II
Archive III A landscape watercolour painting depicting the River Wharfe bordered by leafy green trees under an overcast sky, signed by artist J.D. Walker in the lower left corner. View III
Archive IV A landscape watercolour painting depicting the River Wharfe bordered by leafy green trees under an overcast sky, signed by artist J.D. Walker in the lower left corner. View IV
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A landscape watercolour painting depicting the River Wharfe bordered by leafy green trees under an overcast sky, signed by artist J.D. Walker in the lower left corner.
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The British landscape watercolour tradition flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries, evolving from topographical record-keeping into an expressive art form. Artists utilized portable paint boxes to capture natural light, atmospheric conditions, and rural scenes directly from nature across the British countryside.

Traditional watercolours were created using finely ground mineral or botanical pigments bound with gum arabic and applied to heavy cotton or linen rag paper. Artists employed varying transparent washes, bodycolour, and dry brush techniques to create texture and depth.

Authenticity is evaluated through artist signatures, natural age toning on the paper, foxing patterns, and period-correct framing materials. Examining the reverse of the sheet for watermark stamps or period gallery labels also provides physical evidence of era and provenance.

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