Description
Walter Powell started at the Hadley factory in Worcester in 1900 when they first started to employ quality freehand painter. He was a fine craftsman, known for his flowers and foreign birds, especially storks and flamingos.
When the Hadley factory was taken over by Royal Worcester in 1905, he move across to their paint shop and stayed there, doing the same bird studies, until he left to fight in the Frist World War.
He survived the war but did not return to England, staying in France with a girl he met. There is some evidence to suggest that he painted for the Sevres factory in 1920s.
He was a wonderful artist, with very atmospheric paintings that are highly thought of and very sought after, although his work is rare. There are many fine watercolours of similar subject matter that are also highly collectable.
Walter於1900年開始在伍斯特郡的Hadley窯廠工作，當時該窯廠開始聘請大師級水準的不打底手繪畫家，他的繪畫功力非常優秀，其中以他的花卉和鳥類的描繪最為知名-尤其是白鸛、送子鳥和紅鶴。
當Hadley窯廠在1905年被皇家伍斯特窯廠所接收時，他也同時搬進皇家伍斯特的畫家工作室，也同樣持續鳥類繪畫的鑽研，直到第一次世界大戰爆發時，他便去參戰。
他從一次大戰的戰火之下生存下來，但他並未返回英國，他結識一名法國女子並待在法國，有諸多文獻顯示他在1920年代左右開始到法國國窯賽佛爾窯工作。
他是一位非常傑出的藝術家，他的作品筆觸細膩，深受藝術收藏界的追捧並獲得極高的評價，他同時間也創造了相同主體的傑出水彩畫，同樣受到收藏家高度喜愛。
備註：Hadley窯廠是由Jame Hadly所創立，他是皇家伍斯特的首席塑型師，所以瓷器的外型上和伍斯特窯場非常相似，不過有一特殊之處在於Hadley窯廠所製作的瓷器多帶有藍、棕，最多是綠色的描邊，讓整體外型顯得十分立體，因此能夠輕易地被辨識出來。
