James Walter Robert Linton (1869–1947) was an influential
West Australian artist and teacher.
Life
Linton was born in 1869. His father was the artist
Sir James Linton. James W. R. Linton emigrated to Australia in 1896 to look after his family's
gold mining interests in
Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, as the surrounding urban area includ ...
after studying in England.
He established the
Linton Art School in
Perth in 1899 and became an art instructor at
Perth Technical School
Central Institute of Technology was a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institution based in Perth, Western Australia until 2016 when it became a part of North Metropolitan TAFE. It was the equal oldest post-secondary educational institution ...
until he retired in 1931. His students included the notable painter and potter
Flora Annie Landells. He was also vice-president of the West Australian Art Society and a trustee of the Public Museum and
Art Gallery of Western Australia.
On 26 April 1902 James W. R. Linton married Charlotte Barrow in Perth; she was a granddaughter of Major-General Joseph Lyon Barrow. James and Charlotte's son J.A.B. (Jamie) Linton became a
silversmith after training from his father and became one of Australia's best-known
metalworkers by the late 1940s.
Notes
Further reading
* ''Linton, James W. R. (James Walter Robert), 1869–1947''. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Western Australian Art Gallery, June 1977, and later at various country centres. Perth, W.A. Western Australian Art Gallery. "3–30 June 1977."
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Australian artists
1869 births
1947 deaths
Artists from Perth, Western Australia
British emigrants to colonial Australia