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Its a thought, but very unlikely. With the newspaper article and the comments from purchasers this is a Brit. There are very few American early enlisters. If he was 'foreign' it would have been...

I have the death certificate for Gunner Mears and the information on the person present at death was an 'art dealer' who I tracked down using the census, so pretty legit info I think. Artists were...

Finally! if you dig you find! Still no news on birth and earlier life, but I have found his death. Frederick James Mears aged 49 years, confirmed from the certificate as dying at Sydney Road, Ealing....

What a link! I do hope it is him. Funny to think of him appearing as a cushion or poster. Adam Asar is represented by Saatchi Art so I have submitted a question on how this image came to be and any...

No will. I suspect he was not a man of means. Your Frederick 76494, was a Sergeant. Still digging on census etc to see if it fits. If I can just get an age and a location I could be more certain. If...

That's the direction I would have come from, but not mentioned in the article and before votes for women. Frustrating, but at least we have moved on from my last brick wall.

Managed to find the Nottingham Journal article. Clearly says RGA. Also skilled metal worker pre-war so rules out James. Also James was a widower unlike FJ who's wife was actively encouraging his...

That's great! a new clue.
Klackners were publishers and a gallery in London and New York. Electoral registers show a Frederick James Mears at 13 Windmill Street in 1921, 1922 and 1923. So I think...

I own a small watercolour by F J Mears. Research shows he has several evocative pictures in IWM etc. But who was he?
All the bits I dig up say he was born in approx 1890. He served in the Royal...