Algernon Cecil Newton was an English landscape artist known as the "Canaletto of the canals".
Occupation
painter, designer
Citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born
February 23, 1880
Died
May 21, 1968
Overview
Algernon Newton (1880–1968) was a British landscape artist known as the "Canaletto of the canals".
Biography
Newton was born in Hampstead in 1880, a grandson of Henry Newton, one of the founders of the Winsor & Newton the art materials company.
Early in World War I, Newton held the rank of Sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Later, he served with the Army and was invalided out in 1916 after catching pneumonia, recuperating over the next few years among the artist community at Lamorna, Cornwall.
In 1919 he returned to London and started exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Art. In the 1920s, he also regularly exhibited at the New English Art Club. He was elected ARA (Associate Royal Academician) in 1936, and a full RA in 1943.
