Edward Arthur Walton

Edward Arthur Walton RI (15 April 1860 in Glanderston House, Barrhead, Renfrewshire – 18 March 1922 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish painter of landscapes and portraits, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

Edward was one of twelve children of Jackson Walton, a Manchester commission agent and a competent painter and photographer.

He also produced a remarkable set of watercolours in Helensburgh in 1883, showing the affluent suburb and its decorous people.

These images are regarded as some of the finest of the Glasgow School and praised for their clarity, colour and strong decorative sense.

[3] dw In 1889 Walton appeared at the Glasgow Art Club Fancy Dress Ball as Hokusai which coincided with an exhibition of Hokusai's (Walton's) Japanese prints at the gallery of Alexander Reid at 124 St Vincent Street.

At the same event Walton announced his engagement to Helen Law, an artist's model known as "Butterfly" by James Whistler.