William Bowyer obituary

Landscape and portrait painter admired for the post-impressionist brilliance of his picturesWilliam Bowyer, who has died aged 88, represented a tradition in British painting that extended back to the late 19th century. As honorary secretary of the New English Art Club for three decades, he was a fitting successor to luminaries such as Philip Wilson Steer, John Singer Sargent and Stanhope Forbes. His art was essentially conservative, but his bright hues and lucid compositions gave his landscapes