Walter James Watson - Artist

James Watson (1851-1936) was a landscape and figure painter in oil and watercolour and art teacher at Newcastle Grammar School until 1919. Born Newcastle and later attended South Kensington School of Art. Was a regular exhibitor with the Bewick Club, Newcastle. In 1900, he sent one work to the Royal Academy. By 1903 he had started to exhibit with the Staithes Art Club. He lived and painted on the North Yorkshire coast until 1930.