John Falconar Slater (1857-1937)

John Falconar Slater was a Newcastle born artist who painted a wide range of subjects in oils and watercolours exhibiting prolifically in the North East of England. Initially Slater worked as a bookkeeper for his father's corn mill and then, having emigrated at 20, ran a store in the diamond fields of South Africa. Returning to the Northumberland he turned to art as a career. J.F. Slater could well be one of the best Northern Impressionist artists and he was expert at depicting the many moods of the North Sea. It is reported that he was often seen clad in oil-skins, his easel tied to rocks and weighed down by stones, so he could paint in all weathers. Indeed, the blue plaque that honours him and commemorates his time lived in Cullercoats (St. Oswins Avenue) cites that he was, “known as the 'weatherproof artist' for his practice of painting outdoors in all conditions.” Having sold over 90 of Slater’s works you can see in the archive below that he wasn’t shy of snow, damp misty uplands not to mention mucky farmyards. John Falconar Slater was a member of the Bewick Club, the President of the North East Art Club, based in Whitley Bay, and a leading member of the Cullercoats Colony. Slater exhibited widely on Tyneside, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, (5) and Manchester City Art Gallery (1) and exhibited 22 works at the Royal Academy. Today his works are held, among others, by the: Laing Art Gallery; Shipley Art Gallery; Government Art collection; National Maritime Museum; South Shields, Sunderland, Lancaster, Museums. Admirers of Slater's works may be interested to know that first biography of the artist, by Marshall Hall, has recently been published, available here: https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/john-falconar-slater-the-north-easts-weatherproof-artist/marshall-hall/paperback/9781838280918.html

Paintings for sale by John Falconar Slater:

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*Glen River, Highlands* £1475	*Farmyard chickens* £625	*River landscape* £795	*Over the brook* £575
*Snow on the Farmyard* £675	*Summer Tide* SOLD	*Shimmering sea* SOLD	*Garden roses* SOLD
*Poplar Farm at sunset* SOLD	*Mill in winter* SOLD	*Seascapes pair - Moonlight & Sunset* SOLD	*The stable* SOLD
*Rooster and hens* SOLD	*Misty Scottish Highlands river* SOLD	*Cottage garden* SOLD	*A summer storm* SOLD
*Dunstanburgh stormy seas* SOLD	*Highland Cattle by a Stream* SOLD	*Newcastle 1929 Exhibition* SOLD	*Misty stream* SOLD
*Rolling ashore* SOLD	*Tug Boat 'Selina' at North Shields* SOLD	*Across Whitley Sands to St.Mary's Lighthouse* SOLD	*St.Mary's Lighthouse* SOLD
*Preparing for Sea* SOLD	*Farm Yard with Chickens* SOLD	*A Rocky Coastline* SOLD	*Gorse at Cullercoates* SOLD
*Barn with Horses and Chickens* SOLD	*Barn with Chickens* SOLD	*Sea & Sky* SOLD	*Double Horse Team Ploughing* SOLD
*A misty dawn* SOLD	*Poultry in a farm yard* SOLD	*Tug Boat 'Selina' at North Sheilds* SOLD	*Fishing Cobles.* SOLD
*On the Tyne* SOLD	*A corner of the farmyard* SOLD	*A Calm Sea* SOLD	*Mussel Pickers on the North East Coast* SOLD
*Chickens by a Farm Cart* SOLD	*Chickens by a Barn* SOLD	*A Dashing Sea* SOLD	*The Lonely Sea* SOLD
*Shirehorse by a Barn with Chickens* SOLD	*End of the Day* SOLD	*The Farm Wagon* SOLD	*Cobles off Cullercoats* SOLD
*A Northumberland Village* SOLD	*On the Northumberland Coast* SOLD	*Hunting Scene* SOLD	*Warehouses at Old South Shields* SOLD
*The Plough Team* SOLD	*Chickens by a Hen Coop* SOLD	*Farmyard with Hay Wagon* SOLD	*North Sea Reflections.* SOLD
*Old Whitley Bay Farm.* SOLD	*In the Farmyard* SOLD	*Sea and Sky* SOLD	*Hens by a Barn Door* SOLD
*A Gentle Seascape* SOLD	*The Tyne Valley* SOLD	*Farmyard - Impressionist view* SOLD	*Chikin Lickin* SOLD
*Warehouses at North Shields* SOLD	*Calves in a Farmyard* SOLD	*Menage a trois.....* SOLD	*Evening Light* SOLD
*Old South Shields* SOLD	*Haymaking by the Tyne* SOLD	*Off to school* SOLD	*Warkworth Castle, Northumberland* SOLD
*North Easterly* SOLD	*A Cottage Garden* SOLD	*Through the Snow* SOLD	*Off the Northumberland Coast* SOLD
*Hens by a hay barn* SOLD	*Herbaceous Garden* SOLD	*Winter In North Shields* SOLD	*Farm at Killingworth* SOLD
*River Landscape* SOLD	*Harvesting in Tynedale* SOLD	*Chickens by an arch* SOLD	*The Trawler* SOLD
*The Farmyard* SOLD	*Cullercoats Shore scene* SOLD	*Fighting Talk!* SOLD	*Farmyard Hens* SOLD
*Farmyard Hens* SOLD	*Returning to the fireside* SOLD	*A Highland Stream* SOLD	*The North Sea* SOLD
*Chickens in a Farmyard* SOLD	*Chickens in a Farmyard* SOLD	*The Gloaming* SOLD	*Impressionist Landscape* SOLD
*Highland Landscape 2 -Arran* SOLD	*Highland Landscape - Arran* SOLD	*Gorse at Whitley Bay* SOLD	*Hens in a Farmyard* SOLD