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For a late 19th-century aesthete, though, Waller's background was unusual: he was the son of a builder. Robert John Waller ran a thriving building firm from Lyall Street in London, and when he died in 1892, Pickford Waller continued to run the business. Eventually, though, the arts came to hold more of his attention than bricks and mortar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs well as being a practising artist himself, Pickford Waller was also an important collector and patron of the arts. In particular, he was an early supporter of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), who he first met as a young man when he visited Whistler's studio with the artist Matthew White Ridley. Waller became an avid collector of Whistleriana, and Whistler's influence can be seen in much of his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesign works by Pickford Waller are held in the collections of the V\u0026amp;A, London and the Getty Museum, Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pickford-robert-waller-decorative-art-nouveau-design-motif-original-1925-pen-ink-drawing-ke-084","title":"Pickford Robert Waller, Decorative Art Nouveau Design Motif – 1925 pen \u0026 ink drawing","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original 1925 pen \u0026amp; ink drawing – Pickford Robert Waller, Decorative Art Nouveau Design Motif.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stylish, miniature double-sided sheet of decorative designs by distinguished designer and collector Pickford Robert Waller (1849–1930).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWaller was a leading member of the Aesthetic Movement, which championed 'art for art's sake,' emphasising the sensual qualities of art and design rather than any practical, moral or narrative purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is best known as a prolific designer of books and bookplates or 'ex libris'. 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