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Hirst Walker

Also known as: Hirst Walker; primary name: Walker, Hirst
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1868-1957
Biography: Watercolourist and draughtsman, mainly of landscape and topographical subjects; born near Malton, Yorkshire and was educated at Kings College School, London, but was largely self-taught as an artist; lived and worked in the Scarborough and Whitby area and was associated with the Staithes Group of Impressionists artist, who painted plein air in the North Yorkshire fishing village of Saithes; exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Academyand Goupil Gallery; His work is held in the V&A Museum and by Whitby Town Council.