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Walter Herbert Withers was an Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists*.
Withers was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, the son of Edwin Withers. He showed an early desire to paint, but objection was made to this by his father. It is not known what occupation he followed in England, but his father objected to his becoming a professional painter.
In 1882 Walter arrived in Australia with the intention of working on a farm. After w (showing 500 of 3696 characters). |
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