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December Issue 2005
Elder Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Features Works by Ernest Walker
It is rare these days to be able to take yourself back to a time when life was much simpler. Elder Gallery in Charlotte, NC, has assembled a collection of artwork that has captured the essence of American life during the years from 1915 through the 1950s. This period of time and the activities of daily life during that time have affectionately been referred to as Americana.
Through Dec. 30, 2005, Elder Gallery presents The Best of Americana, featuring paintings from the collection of Ernest Walker (1892 - 1991), who painted scenes in and around New York City, New England, Paris and Great Britain. The exhibition contains approximately sixty-five miniature watercolor paintings as well as several larger paintings from the artist's personal collection. Each painting captures the spirit and relative innocence of America during its formative years.
Walker was born in Rochdale, England in 1892
where he demonstrated great promise as a young artist. He won
a scholarship to Sheffield School of Art in 1908 and subsequently
a full scholarship to Manchester Municipal School of Art in 1909.
During his studies he was awarded the coveted King's Prize for
Design.
In 1913, Walker moved to the United States and attended the Art
Student's League in New York City. He worked as a freelance artist
and, after serving in the United States Army, returned to England,
married and painted throughout Great Britain for a number of years.
In 1930, Walker returned to Long Island and became a freelance
artist and contributed to Fortune, Woman's Home Companion,
McCall's, Country Life and Pictorial Review.
In 1935, the artist was commissioned by House
& Garden to paint interiors of manor homes in England.
A number of his paintings were shown on the cover of the magazine.
The artist was invited to exhibit his work at the Chicago Art
Institute in 1938 and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Watercolor
Exhibition in 1939.
Elder Gallery's exhibition will offer for sale the painting entitled,
The Church, Redding Center, Connecticut, which was
included in The Whitney Museum of Art's Annual Exhibition of
Contemporary American Art of 1941.
During the 1940s and 1950s Walker continued painting for House & Garden, Lord and Taylor, Abraham & Strauss, General Electric and others. He illustrated a number of books for Harper Brothers Publishing and MacMillan Publishing.
Walker died in South Carolina in 1991 at the age of ninety-nine. Elder Gallery is the exclusive representative for the Walker Collection.
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Gallery listings, call the gallery at 704/370-6337 or at (www.elderart.com).
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