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Actually, Ernest Walbourn's father wanted his son to become an architect. But the artist, who was born in the east of London in 1872, was absolutely right with the decision to go against the will of his wealthy father, who at first thought nothing of his painterly ambitions. Only after Ernest Walbourn had run away from home out of youthful resistance, the father finally decided to give in to his son's wishes. He converted an old barn in the garden of the family estate for him, which was to serve as his painting studio. The farm owner, who was sceptical at first, was to become one of the most important promoters and financiers of his son's artistic career.
In search of artistic success, the young Ernest Walbourn moved to Chingford in Essex. From there he began to exhibit his paintings at the Royal Institute of British Painters. This was followed by further regular participation in exhibitions at the renowned London Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists, where other famous landscape painters, such as John Constable (1176-1837), already exhibited. In this way, Walbourn's paintings reached a wide public, which meant that his works sold during his lifetime. Ernest Walbourn's paintings are still very popular today, which is why they are represented in numerous galleries and museums in England and repeatedly fetch high prices at auctions.
Walbourne's paintings, which are in the style of Romanticism, show above all the idyll of the English landscape and invited even his contemporaries to dream. Walbourn used oil and watercolours as his preferred painting medium, with which he masterfully captured the natural play of light and shadow. However, he was not a pure landscape painter, but also created works of portrait and genre painting. Among the painter's most popular motifs were women and children, whom he embedded in the rural ambience of Victorian England. Some of Walbourne's paintings show his wife Eva Knight as a model, whom he married in 1906 and supported his artistic activity. Not only was she his muse, but she also played an active role in Walbourn's large-format works, taking over the painterly design of the backgrounds, which made her famous as an amateur landscape painter.
Actually, Ernest Walbourn's father wanted his son to become an architect. But the artist, who was born in the east of London in 1872, was absolutely right with the decision to go against the will of his wealthy father, who at first thought nothing of his painterly ambitions. Only after Ernest Walbourn had run away from home out of youthful resistance, the father finally decided to give in to his son's wishes. He converted an old barn in the garden of the family estate for him, which was to serve as his painting studio. The farm owner, who was sceptical at first, was to become one of the most important promoters and financiers of his son's artistic career.
In search of artistic success, the young Ernest Walbourn moved to Chingford in Essex. From there he began to exhibit his paintings at the Royal Institute of British Painters. This was followed by further regular participation in exhibitions at the renowned London Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists, where other famous landscape painters, such as John Constable (1176-1837), already exhibited. In this way, Walbourn's paintings reached a wide public, which meant that his works sold during his lifetime. Ernest Walbourn's paintings are still very popular today, which is why they are represented in numerous galleries and museums in England and repeatedly fetch high prices at auctions.
Walbourne's paintings, which are in the style of Romanticism, show above all the idyll of the English landscape and invited even his contemporaries to dream. Walbourn used oil and watercolours as his preferred painting medium, with which he masterfully captured the natural play of light and shadow. However, he was not a pure landscape painter, but also created works of portrait and genre painting. Among the painter's most popular motifs were women and children, whom he embedded in the rural ambience of Victorian England. Some of Walbourne's paintings show his wife Eva Knight as a model, whom he married in 1906 and supported his artistic activity. Not only was she his muse, but she also played an active role in Walbourn's large-format works, taking over the painterly design of the backgrounds, which made her famous as an amateur landscape painter.