J.W.R. Linton
Deceased Person
1869 – 1947
Who was J.W.R. Linton?
James Walter Robert Linton was an influential West Australian artist and teacher.
He emigrated to Australia in 1896 to look after his family's gold mining interests in Kalgoorlie after studying in England.
He established the Linton Art School in Perth in 1899 and became an art instructor at Perth Technical School until he retired in 1931. He was also vice-president of the West Australian Art Society and a trustee of the Public Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia.
His son J.A.B. Linton became a silversmith after training from his father and became one of Australia's best-known metalworkers by the late 1940s.
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