Artist: Marcus Adams.

 

Dates: (1875-1959).

 

Marcus Adams (1875-1959). Born in Reading, the seventh son of artist and photographer Walton Adams (1842-1934), Marcus went on to work in a solicitor’s office. Attending night school at Reading Art College, he began to develop his skills as a draughtsman and designer. In 1892 he was apprenticed at his father’s photography studio, first preparing negatives and then proofing and retouching. Whilst he was starting to gain a reputation for the photographic portraits for which he would become famous, he continued his artistic education by studying in Paris and travelling to Switzerland, North Africa and beauty spots around England. In 1919 he left the studio of his father and established the Three Photographers’ Studio with husband and wife Bertram Park and Yvonne Gregory. He continued to paint and draw throughout his life, travelling widely and pursuing his other great passion of gardening. In 1926, took first official photographs of the Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth II) and continued up to 1956 in a sitting with Princess Anne. His son Gilbert Adams assisted in his early years but later established his own highly successful career as a photographer.

 

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Title: Impressionist Rainbow And Trees Landscape.

 

Medium: Watercolour.

 

Date: Circa 1930.

 

Signed: Signed lower left Marcus Adams.

 

Dimensions: Painting Size Approx: 175mm x 122mm.

 

Condition: Very good.

 

Notes: A beautiful watercolour painting by a very good artist. Unframed.