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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.
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