Guy Wilthew

British painter
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish painter
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasPainter
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth31 January 1876, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom
Death1920Le Faouët, canton of Le Faouët, arrondissement of Pontivy, France (aged 43 years)
Star signAquarius
The details

Biography

Guy Wilthew, real name Gerard Herbert Guy Smith, is an English artist born on 31 January 1876 in Shortland Grove, Beckenham and died in 1920 in Le Faouët.

Biography

Guy Wilthew settled in Faouët, a small village which attracted many artists to it. Here he married the daughter of a local artist Louis Le Leuxhe. Her name was Marguerite. They had three children, Guy, Armelle and Marguerite and eventually moved to Vannes. Wilthew was the great grandfather of Louise Bourgoin.

Works

  • "Le bénitier de la chapelle Saint-Fiacre This study of two Bretons standing by a stoup was painted in 1898. It is held by the Musée du Faouët [fr].

External link

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