The Life and Art of James Webb James Webb was a British painter who spent his life looking toward the sea and the horizon. Born on 11 April 1835 at Glebe Place, Chelsea, London, he grew up in a house where the language of art was part of the daily rhythm. He was the second son of Archibald Webb, a painter of marine and coastal subjects, and Ellen Webb, née de Lawtre. This familial connection meant that the textures of the coast and th…