Halsall was educated in Boston and worked as a sailor for seven years from 1852 to 1859. In 1860, he had begun to study fresco painting but due to the outbreak of the American Civil War, he enlisted in the United States Navy. He resumed his fresco study after two years of service.
william, halsall, william, formby, halsall, march, 1841, november, 1919, marine, painter, born, kirkdale, england, parents, were, john, mary, bornwilliam, formby, halsall, 1841, march, 1841kirkdale, englanddiednovember, 1919, 1919, aged, winthrop, massachusett. William Formby Halsall March 20 1841 1 November 7 1919 was a marine painter born in Kirkdale England His parents were John and Mary 1 William HalsallBornWilliam Formby Halsall 1841 03 20 March 20 1841Kirkdale EnglandDiedNovember 7 1919 1919 11 07 aged 78 Winthrop Massachusetts U S OccupationPainter He lived at Provincetown Massachusetts and died as a US citizen Contents 1 Mariner and fresco painter 2 Marine painting 3 References 4 External linksMariner and fresco painter editHalsall was educated in Boston and worked as a sailor for seven years from 1852 to 1859 In 1860 he had begun to study fresco painting but due to the outbreak of the American Civil War he enlisted in the United States Navy He resumed his fresco study after two years of service Marine painting edit nbsp Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor one of Halsall s famous paintings 1882 In 1862 Halsall changed to marine painting and studied at the Lowell Institute in Boston until 1870 2 Halsall was also a founding member of the Provincetown Art Association in 1914 3 He died in Winthrop Massachusetts on November 7 1919 4 References edit a b Halsall William Formby in Marquis Who s Who 1901 1902 edition via archive org Short Biography AskART com Retrieved June 2009 PAAM Archives paam org Archived from the original on February 4 2001 Deaths Halsall New York Tribune November 10 1919 p 6 Retrieved January 15 2020 via Newspapers com External links editWorks by William Halsall at Project Gutenberg Works by or about William Halsall at Internet Archive nbsp This article about a painter from the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Halsall amp oldid 1188471847, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
