George Edward Horton (1859 - 1950)
Newcastle Upon Tyne, looking towards Byker

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IMPORTANT:

This painting was exhibited at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne in a joint exhibition the artist had with fellow Northumbrian artists John Falconar Slater, Thomas Bowman Garvie and Frank Thomas Carter. This information was confirmed by the Gallery in March1997. The owner of the painting at that time was a Mr John Slade who resided at the time in Victoria Street, Westminster, London SW1.

The painting was also exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, in 1930.

Various notations in the artist's hand verso together with James Bourlet and Tynedale Fine Art labels. Also in the artist's hand, his name and address of 95 Jermyn Street, London SW1 and the inscription; 'For the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne' A superb example of his work. Framed.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

George Edward Horton (1859 - 1950)

George Horton, a member of the Bewick Club and the Cullercoats Colony, was born in North Shields and, on leaving school became a delivery boy for his father, a butcher. His mother, bizarrely, asked him to leave home when she found him drawing an animal's skull. As he then decided to become a professional artist, having moved in with relatives, his mother's reaction did the art world a service! Horton exhibited widely in the North and moved to London in 1918. From the late 1890s he made regular trips to Holland. His work is very distinctive and has always been considered undervalued commercially. Hopefully the recent recognition and increase in value of works by the Staithes Group and linked Impressionist artists of the Bewick Club and Cullercoats Colony will lead to Horton's work receiving the acclaim it deserves