William Thomas Nichols Boyce (1857-1911)
Shipping off the North East Coast

£995.00

One of the finest Northumbrian watercolour artists. This busy shipping scene is no doubt off the Tyne and a fine example of his work.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

William Thomas Nichols Boyce (1857-1911)

William Thomas Nichols Boyce was a marine and landscape painter in oil and watercolour. Originally from Norfolk he moved to South Shields in 1872. He was a joiner and a draper before becoming a full time artist. Boyce exhibited at the South Shields Art Club and the Bewick Art Club, Newcastle, and at the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle from 1905 until his death.

Boyce's sons were all artistically gifted:Albert Ernest Boyce, Herbert Walter Boyce and Norman Septimus Boyce.