Naper, Charles W.S. (1882-1968)
Creator details
- Name
- Naper, Charles W.S. (1882-1968)
- Nationality
- English
- Biography
- Charles Naper was a British painter and architect. Born in Exeter in 1882, Naper was educated at Haileybury College from 1898 and later attended the Royal Academy Schools from 1900 to 1907. It was here that Naper developed his skill as a draughtsman, studying illustration from both an architectural and a painterly perspective. In 1910 the artist relocated to Looe, Cornwall where he lived and worked for a number of years with his wife, the painter and jeweller Ella Naper. The couple settled permanently in Trewoofe in Lamorna in 1913, where Naper had bought land in order to design and build a home with ample studio and workshop space for both himself and his wife.
