Benjamin Williams Leader 1831-1923
Born in Worcester, Benjamin Williams Leader was the son of civil engineer Edward Leader Williams who was apparently a friend of John Constable. Unfortunately, as Constable died in 1837, my initial thought that a young Benjamin was influenced by the master himself seems unlikely, though not entirely impossible. (Shame, it would have been a nice story!)
Benjamin Williams Leader was a successful landscape painter throughout his life - his paintings were first exhibited at the Royal Academy when he was in his early 20s.
Read more about his life and see more of his paintings at Art Renewal Center.
Low tide on the South Coast, 1911 (Detail)
Oil on canvas,75.6 x 121.9 cm, Private Collection
We haven't been able to find out exactly where on the south coast, although there is a nearly identical painting called Morning on the Sussex Coast, also painted in 1911, so maybe that narrows it down a little bit.
See the complete image at Wikimedia Commons.
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