Walter Rossiter PS (16 February 1871 - 1948)[1][2] was an English landscape and garden painter mainly in pastel and watercolour although he also produced some fine examples in oil.

Born in Bath,[3] Walter studied in Paris and Rouen[1][4] and took part in exhibitions at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool, The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours[4] the Pastel Society, the Paris Salon and in 1913 the Royal Academy.[1][5]

His father Thomas, professional gardener[3], might have been influential in his devotion to paint gardens but he also lived for a time in Kent,[6] where he probably came in touch with the work of Samuel Elgood and Ernest Arthur Rowe, both garden painters living in Kent.[7]

In 1918 after the Exhibition at the Pastel Society, Rossiter received a mention by the critic Ezra Pound on the New Age Magazine.[8][9] Walter Rossiter was a member of the Pastel society and Founder of the Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists.[6][1]


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  1. ^ a b c d G. M. Waters, Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. (Edition 1975)
  2. ^ Public Catalogue Foundation & BBC www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/walter-rossiter
  3. ^ a b , English Census 1871. Class RG10; Piece 2485; Folio 52; Page 23; GSU roll 835196
  4. ^ a b Johnson/Greutzner, The Dictionary of British Artists 1880 - 1940. (Edition 1980)
  5. ^ Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-1970, Vol V (EP Publishing LTD, 1979)
  6. ^ a b C. Wood, Dictionary of Victorian Painters, 2nd edition 1981, Antique Collector's Club.
  7. ^ C. Wood/P. Hobhouse, Painted Gardens, (Atheneum, 1991)
  8. ^ H. Zinnes, Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts, (Published 1980)
  9. ^ The New Age Magazine, Nº 1327, Vol XXII, Nº 16, 14 Feb 1918
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