Charles Walter Simpson (English artist) should not be confused with Charles Walter Simpson (Canadian artist).
Charles Walter Simpson | |
Honorific Suffix: | RI |
Birth Date: | 8 May 1885 |
Birth Place: | Camberley, Surrey, England |
Occupation: | Painter |
Spouse: | Ruth Simpson |
Charles Walter Simpson RI (8 May 1885 - 3 October 1971) was an English painter. He was born in Camberley, Surrey, England.[1] Simpson lived in Lamorna, Cornwall, in the early 1910s, and returned there in the 1930s, earning a reputation as an animal and bird painter.[2] He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1948, and his work was part of the art competitions at four Olympic Games.[3] An exhibition of his work was held at Penlee House Gallery and Museum in 2005. From 1913 until her death in 1964, he was married to the artist Ruth Simpson.