William Walcot

William Walcot RE was a Scottish architect, graphic artist and etcher, notable as a practitioner of refined Art Nouveau (Style Moderne) in Moscow, Russia (as Вильям Францевич Валькот). His trademark Lady's Head keystone ornament became the easily recognisable symbol of Russian Style Moderne. In 1920s-1930s, he concentrated on graphic art and was praised as "the best architectural draftsman" in London.

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