William Stott (artist)

William Stott (20 November 1857 – 25 February 1900) was a painter born in Oldham, Lancashire, England.

On his return to England he became a follower and close friend of the painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler, until his painting of Whistler's mistress depicted naked as 'Venus Born of the Sea Foam' caused a rift between them.

[4] For much of his career, Stott painted landscapes, but during the late 1880s began to move towards pictures involving classical figures and allegorical themes, such as The Nymph of 1886, and The Birth of Venus of 1887.

He worked in oils, watercolours and pastels, a medium appropriate to his atmospheric post Impressionistic style.

"[5] He died unexpectedly whilst travelling on a ferry from London to Belfast on 25 February 1900.