William Ayerst Ingram or W. Ayerst Ingram RBA (27 April 1855 Twickenham, Surrey – 20 March 1913 Falmouth, Cornwall) was a painter and member of the Newlyn School. He did notable Landscape art and Marine art. In 1906 he joined the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and in 1907 he joined the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.

Personal life and education William Ayerst Ingram was born on 27 April 1855 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England. His father, Rev G. S. Ingram, was born in Glasgow, ScotlandWilliam Ayerst Ingram. Cornwall Artists. Retrieved 3 October 2012.Witt Library,. Checklist of Painters from 1200–1994. Taylor & Francis US; 1 August 1995. . p. 243.Christopher Wright. British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections. Yale University Press; 24 August 2006 [cited 4 October 2012]. . p. 459.Martin Hardie. Water-colour Painting in Britain: The Victorian period. Barnes & Noble; 1968. p. 82. and served as the minister of Twickenham Congregational Church 1854-1864 and Vineyard Congregational Church, Richmond, Surrey 1864-1888. Ingram was the third son born to Reverend G.S. Ingram and his mother. It was first accepted that William would become a businessman, so it was later in his life that he began exploring artistic pursuits by studying with A.W. Weedon and John Steeple.

In 1882 Ingram moved to the Cornwall town of Falmouth. He married May Martha Fay, an American, by 1896. The couple lived in Tregurrian in Falmouth in 1911. Ingram died on 20 March 1913 in Falmouth.

Career He set up a studio in Chelsea, London. The same year he also founded the Anglo-Australian Society and was established as its President. By this time Ingram had well-travelled, including travels to Australia, according to a fellow artist and friend, George Percy Jacomb-Hood. He became the Royal British Colonial Society of Artists' President in 1888.

Having moved to Cornwall in 1882, Ingram established friendships with people from the Newlyn School, including Laura and Harold Knight.

In 1894 Ingram and two good friends Jack Downing and Henry Scott Tuke established the Falmouth Art Gallery. From 1902 to 1904 Ingram was the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society's Vice-President in Falmouth. His works for 1893 A P. & O. Voyage and 1902 Waters of the Old and New Worlds exhibits reflected his world-wide travel experiences. A Saturday Review of A P. & O. Voyage stated that Ingram was adroit at capturing the "convexity" of the sea waves, but fell short in capturing the reality of some of the scenes, such as of the Australian coast, which "for the most part is incredibly monotonous both in colour and scenery..."

Works Ingram's works included outdoor scenes, such as seascapes and landscapes, generally in oil and watercolour. A partial list of Ingram's work is:Past Auction Results: William Ayerst Ingram Art Net. Retrieved 4 October 2012William Ayerst Ingram Find Art Info. Retrieved 4 October 2012William Ayerst Ingram Arcadja. Retrieved 4 October 2012

A Highland Landscape With Figures Near A Loch, watercolour A Noontime Rest, watercolour A Sailing Ship at Sea, watercolour A Snow Covered Forest, watercolour A Tidal Harbour, oil An English Two Mast Top Sail Schooner Off Falmouth, watercolour At Anchor, oil Cockle Gatherers, watercolour Falmouth, watercolour Falmouth Bay, bodycolour and watercolour Falmouth Harbour, watercolour Falmouth Town from the Water Fishing boat in the Hayle estuary HM Training Ship 'Ganges' Uploading Grain – Falmouth Holyloch Argyllshire, oil Horse And Cart On Beach Loch Ranua Castle, oil Moored Alongside in a River Estuary, watercolour Morphets Mussel gathering at Low Tide Newlyn Harbour, 1884 Restronguet Point and Feock Sailing Boats In A Choppy Sea, watercolour Sailing Boats Off The Cornish Coast, watercolour Sailing Ship At Sea Sailing Ship at Sea with Ghost Freighter, oil Seascape With Sailing Vessel In Foreground, watercolour Ship At First Light, oil Ship of the Line under Tow Shipping Ships at Sea, watercolour Still Life With Ducks, A Basket Of Fruit And A Pot On A Ledge The End of the Voyage, 1894, oil The First Flood, oil The Harbour Under the Hill, 1880, pencil and watercolor The Home Port, Falmouth, 1912 The Return of the Herring Boats, watercolour The Rising Moon, oil The Seaweed Gatherer, watercolour The Wreck, watercolour Trawler Becalmed Off Torquay, watercolour Trawlers at Tenby, 1889 Whitby, watercolour Yachts Becalmed, watercolour

His works, which have been compared to those of the painter Henry Moore and are in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia; Public Galleries in Otago, New Zealand and Bendigo, Victoria and the Guildhall Art Gallery, London.Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art. John W. Parker and Son; 1886. p. 124.

Memberships Ingram was a member and Vice-President or President of some of the following organisations:Year's Art. 1894. p. 87.

Anglo-Australian Society – Founder and President Royal British Colonial Society of Artists – 1888 President Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth (RCPS) – 1901–03, Vice-President 1902–04 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours – 1907 Royal Institute of Oil Painters – 1906 Royal Society of British Artists Royal Society of Painter-Etchers

Exhibitions Ingram exhibited at Dowdeswells, Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Whitechapel, NWS in 1886 and the Fine Art Society in 1888 and 1902.

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References

Further reading Harold Begbie. The life of General William Booth: the founder of the Salvation army. The Macmillan company; 1920. p. 303. Note: Sweet story of William Ayerst and his wife being moved by a Salvation Army worker when they lived in Falmouth. Charles Holme; Guy Eglinton; Peyton Boswell. International Studio. New York Offices of the International Studio; 1900. p. 271. Note: description of one of his works. Cornwall Polytechnic Society. Annual report. 1905. George Percy Jacomb Hood. With Brush and Pencil. J. Murray; 1925.

External links

William Ayerst Ingram, images of works Falmouth Art Gallery holds seven of Ingram's works, two of which are included in the exhibition "Hemy and friends" 24/11/2012 to 2/2/2013 The seven paintings are online at .