 | John Falconar Slater
John Falconar Slater was a Northumbrian artist who exhibited prolifically in his own area. Initially, however, he worked as a bookeeper for his father's corn mill and then ran a store in the diamond fields of South Africa before turning to art as a career. He was a member of the Bewick Club and President of the North East Art Club, based in Whitley Bay, and also a member of the Cullercoats Colony. He could be one of the best Northern Impressionist artists, and was expert at depicting the many moods of the North Sea. The last twelve years of his life were spent in Cullercoats.
He exhihbited at Manchester City Aert Gallery, the Walker Gallery Liverpool, the Laing Gallery Newcastle, the Royal Academy and widely on Tyneside.
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