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Dale L. Walker (August 3, 1935 – December 7, 2015) was an American writer. [1] He was born in Decatur, Illinois , but spent most of his life in El Paso, Texas . The author of twenty-three books, he also served as a television reporter, editor, news and information officer, university press director, freelance writer, biographer, and historian.
Walker's first comprehensive suite of colour and monotone illustrations appeared in Stories for Pictures (1912) and in the Foreword for that title written by Mackay, Walker was described in the following terms: "Dugald Stewart Walker, a new artist of remarkable talent, suggesting Rackham and Dulac but entirely original in spirit and execution."
Walker was a student at St John's Wood Art School, [4] and would later teach and become Principal there. [5] [6] Walker was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1913, of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers in 1915 and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, [4] and exhibited at Walker Art Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts [7] and the Royal Glasgow Institute ...
How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, his third book, was a Finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction. [6] He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (2022) [7] a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (2018), [8] the Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction (2021), [9] a Pushcart Prize (2021), [10] a James A. Michener ...
This partnership continued until 1899 when it ended after Walker and Kimball were architects in chief for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Greater America Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska. [7] Walker practiced architecture solo until 1911 when he formed with his son, Harold D. Walker, the firm C. Howard Walker and Son.
Walker was the author of six books, including Bellini and Titian and Titian at Ferrara, and an autobiography, Self-Portrait with Donors. Like his predecessor, David Finley, Walker served on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, from 1967 to 1971. [4] In 1961, Walker hired J. Carter Brown as his assistant. [5]
John Albert Walker (1938–2023) was a British art critic and historian who wrote over 15 books on modern and contemporary art with an emphasis on mass media. He also wrote on design history methodology.
During the 1930s, Walker met Arthur Lismer, a Group of Seven Canadian landscape painter, who inspired her to change her focus from music to art. She sculpted and painted historic buildings in Edmonton. [5] Walker served as president of the Edmonton Chapter of the Alberta Society of Artists and as vice-president of the Edmonton Art Club.