David Horatio Winder was born on 19th August 1855 in Bolton

Bolton

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, Lancashire

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, England

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. He is part of a family of artist

Artist

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s and produced high quality oil painting

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s and watercolours well into his 70's before he died on 8th April 1933 in Bolton. He is buried in Heaton Cemetery, also in Bolton.

One of his earliest existing paintings is his portrait of the former Mayor of Bolton, Charles James Darbishire, painted in oil. C.J. Darbishire portrait by D.H.Winder

Most of his work consisted of painting a wide range of English and Scottish

Scotland

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 landscapes. However, he also produced maritime paintings including scenes on the waterfront at Venice

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His son Sydney Percy Winder [b 1884, d 1966] was also an accomplished artist and framer in Bolton.