19 St. Oswin's Avenue

HER Number

17298

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

19 St. Oswin's Avenue

Place

Cullercoats

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

John Falconar Slater (1857-1937). A leading member of the Cullercoats Artists Colony, he lived in this house for the last 12 years of his life. Known as the 'weatherproof artist' for his practice of painting outdoors in all conditions, and an outstanding British Impressionist painter.

Easting

436230

Northing

571270

Grid Reference

NZ436230571270

Sources

http://openplaques.org/plaques/11802; http://www.johnnicholsonfineart.co.uk/department/john-slater-john-falconer-slater-landscape-coastal-marine-portrait-animal-flower-street-scene-painter-oil-watercolour/; http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/north-tyneside-mayor-unveils-plaque-4410296