About Arthur James Wetherall Burgess
Lived 1879 – 1957 (aged 78). Arthur James Wetherall Burgess was an Australian painter.
Arthur James Wetherall Burgess (6 January 1879 – 16 April 1957) a British painter. His main speciality was marine paintings.
Burgess was the son of James Ogle Burgess and Dinah Eleanor Evans. He was born at Bombala, New South Wales on 6 January 1879. He studied with the Australian artist W. Lister Lister, In 1901 he moved to England, where he was a student of artists at St Ives, Cornwall. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Burgess exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy of Arts and elsewhere. He was a founder member of the Society (now Royal Society) of Marine Artists and was its Vice-President at his death.
Burgess married Muriel Coldwell, another artist, in 1911. He died in London on 16 April 1957.
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Australian painter (1879–1957)
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Arthur James Wetherall Burgess was born on 6 January 1879 in Bombala.
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Arthur James Wetherall Burgess died on 16 April 1957.
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Arthur James Wetherall Burgess was Australian.
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