James Webb was a fine British painter of marine and continental landscape subjects.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1853 and 1888 as well as at the British Institution, the Royal Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street, the New Watercolour Society, Grosvenor Gallery and various other venues.
Webb painted coastal scenes in England, Wales, Holland and France and views on the Rhine in a robust, naturalistic style, using a range of pale colours, perhaps influenced by J. W. M. Turner.
His works can be found in permanent collections at the Tate Gallery, London, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, The Dallas Museum of Fine Art, and most of the provincial art galleries.
Sales of his remaining works and his own collection were held at Christie’s on March 3rd, June 13th, and July 13th 1868.
