Walter Balmer Hislop Explained

Walter Balmer Hislop
Birth Name:Walter Balmer Hislop
Birth Date:26 November 1886
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Death Place:Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey
Death Cause:Killed in action
Nationality:Scottish
Field:Painting, Art education
Training:Edinburgh College of Art

Walter Balmer Hislop (26 November 1886 ā€“ 28 April 1915) was a portrait painter and landscape artist.[1]

Hislop trained at the Edinburgh College of Art. His parents were Margaret Robertson Hislop and John Hislop (ex-bailie of Leith),[2] and they lived in a house named 'Summerside' on Pentland Avenue in Colinton, Edinburgh. He attended Leith Academy and in 1901 was awarded a Dux medal.[3] He graduated with a Diploma in Drawing and Painting in 1909 and served on the staff from 1911-12.

During World War I Hislop served with ā€˜Dā€™ Company, 1/5th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, Royal Scots, having been commissioned into the regiment as a Second lieutenant in March 1914.[4] He was involved in the Gallipoli Campaign but died on 28 April 1915 (aged 28)[5] and is buried in Redoubt Cemetery Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey.[6] His name appears on the War Memorial in the grounds of Colinton Parish Church.[7] His sister was Jessie Hislop who married the Edinburgh artist Adam Bruce Thomson in 1918.

Hislop mainly painted portraits[8] and landscapes particularly around Edinburgh and East Lothian.[9] His work rarely appears on display although two oil works on canvas were sold recently.[10]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Dictionary of Scottish Painters, Julian Halsby and Paul Harris, Birlinn Ltd., 2010
  2. Web site: Bailies of Leith . 1 June 2017.
  3. Web site: Leith Academy . 28 Jan 2021.
  4. Web site: The London Gazette 20th March 1914. 1 June 2017.
  5. Web site: Life Stories, Imperial War Museum. 25 Feb 2019.
  6. Web site: Commonwealth War Graves Commission . 1 June 2017.
  7. Web site: The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project . 1 June 2017.
  8. Web site: Walter Balmer Hislop Artist - John Hugh Shearer, 1911 . 1 June 2017.
  9. Book: W.B.Hislop Artist . 0300117302 . 1 June 2017. Wright . Christopher . Gordon . Catherine May . 2006 . Yale University Press .
  10. Web site: Ramsay Cornish Auctioneers . dead . 1 June 2017.