Frank Watson Wood

Francis (Frank) Watson Wood (1862–1953) commenced his career as a Royal Navy officer, and was described in 1907 as “naval artist, Portsmouth”. He went on to become an internationally regarded watercolourist.  Wood studied at the Academic Julien and in London. Taught at Newcastle school of art and the Norwich school of art.  He exhibited at the Royal Academy and was a well-known artist in the Berwickshire and Northumberland areas