William Walcot

American (1874-1943)

Born in Lustdorf, Russia in 1874, etcher, architect and graphic artist William Walcot studied art and architecture under Leon Benois at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg and later attended art schools in Paris.

In 1906, Walcot relocated to London where he worked as a draftsman. He exhibited his works frequently at the Royal Academy’s summer exhibitions and was sponsored by the Fine Art Society to travel to Venice and Rome. In 1919, a folio of his prints and paintings titled, “The Architectural Watercolors and Etchings of William Walcot” was published to much acclaim.

Walcot was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1913, as an associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and engravers in 1916, a fellow of RIBA in 1922 and associate of the British School of Rome. Walcot’s palette is preserved at the Royal Institute and a major retrospective was held at the Fine Arts Society in 1974.