The
Arts In Berwick -- Visual Arts -- Painting
James Wallace (1872-1911)
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Salmon
Fishers on the Tweed by James Wallace, jnr
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Woman
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on the Old Bridge James Wallace, jnr (c.1900) |
Shortly after he was born in Blyth, James Wallace's family moved to Berwick,
where his father, James Wallace, snr took charge of the Berwick Art School.
Young James was educated at the Royal College of Art and travelled around
the continent. Returning to Berwick he took up a post at the Art School
but died unexpectedly in the same year as his father. The Art School was
forced to close.
In his short career Wallace produced a mass of work, especially views
of Berwick. His paintings are in the Victorian narrative tradition, with
some influence of the conservative and nationalistic Hague school of Dutch
artists.
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