Walter Farndon
1873 - 1964
Walter Farndon was born in 1873 in Coventry, England, and soon immigrated to the United States and settled in Yonkers, NY. His first job was as a designer at a carpet company, painting watercolor floral motifs that would be made into rugs. He decided to pursue a full time career as an artist and enrolled in the National Academy of Design where he studied with Edgar M. Ward. He was part of a group called the Country Sketch Club. Based in New Jersey, the Sketch Club found their inspiration in nature and they spearheaded the American Impressionist movement. Farndon also traveled extensively along the East Coast and New England finding favorite seaside locations such as Monhegan Island, Boothbay Harbor, Gloucester, MA, Long Island and Nova Scotia. He died in 1964 in Valley Stream, NY.
Maine
14 x 18 inches
Oil on panel
Signed lower right