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Picture title: Sir William Walton* -
the music of his mountains in the background.
Painted in Ischia, Italy 1979. Oil on canvas. Size: 39-3/4" x 31-1/2"
(100cm x 80cm).
Exhibited and sold at the Royal Academy of
Arts Summer Exhibition, London 1986.
I was introduced to Sir William and Lady Walton in 1979 by
Bolivar,
the well known artist of Ischia, whose portraits come later in this gallery.
* Born 29th March 1902, died 8th March 1983
Note: The photograph of the painting has lost much of the fine
detail and colour subtlety.
Go to the William Walton Trust:
http://www.waltontrust.org/
Lady Walton* has created a garden of paradise in their grounds in Ischia,
and has done
much to retain remembrance of her late husband's music:
www.lamortella.it
Another resource centre dedicated to the life and works of the important
British composer
Sir William Walton:
http://www.williamwalton.net/
William Walton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walton
* Lady Walton
23rd March 2010
Lady Walton, who died on Sunday aged 83, devoted the whole of her
35-year marriage to the composer Sir William Walton to being the
perfect wife for a creative artist; at La Mortella, their home on
the island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples, she created one of the
great gardens of the world:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/7507086/Lady-Walton-obituary.html
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