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1809 Princess Anne, Virginia - 1896 Brooklyn, New York. Known for: Coastal views, war genre, graphics.
Born at Ferry Plantation in Princess Anne County, Virginia, Henry Walke combined his duties as a naval officer with watercolor and oil painting of landscape and marine scenes. His work included... Read full biography
Born at Ferry Plantation in Princess Anne County, Virginia, Henry Walke combined his duties as a naval officer with watercolor and oil painting of landscape and marine scenes. His work included harbor scenes in Honolulu and sketches of Brazil that he later made into oil paintings. Henry Walke spent... Read full biography
Born at Ferry Plantation in Princess Anne County, Virginia, Henry Walke combined his duties as a naval officer with watercolor and oil painting of landscape and marine scenes. His work included harbor scenes in Honolulu and sketches of Brazil that he later made into oil paintings. Henry Walke spent much of his life traveling from place to place beginning with his childhood. At age two, he moved with his family to Ohio; in 1812 to Norfolk, Virginia; and in 1820, when he was age 12, back to Ohio... Read full biography
Born at Ferry Plantation in Princess Anne County, Virginia, Henry Walke combined his duties as a naval officer with watercolor and oil painting of landscape and marine scenes. His work included harbor scenes in Honolulu and sketches of Brazil that he later made into oil paintings. Henry Walke spent much of his life traveling from place to place beginning with his childhood. At age two, he moved with his family to Ohio; in 1812 to Norfolk, Virginia; and in 1820, when he was age 12, back to Ohio where they built a home at Chillicothe. His naval career began in 1827 when he, having been enrolled in the Naval School in Norfolk, Virginia, was appointed a midshipman, and then served throughout the 1830s in the Pacific and East Indies. This... Read full biography
Born at Ferry Plantation in Princess Anne County, Virginia, Henry Walke combined his duties as a naval officer with watercolor and oil painting of landscape and marine scenes. His work included harbor scenes in Honolulu and sketches of Brazil that he later made into oil paintings. Henry Walke spent much of his life traveling from place to place beginning with his childhood. At age two, he moved with his family to Ohio; in 1812 to Norfolk, Virginia; and in 1820, when he was age 12, back to Ohio where they built a home at Chillicothe. His naval career began in 1827 when he, having been enrolled in the Naval School in Norfolk, Virginia, was appointed a midshipman, and then served throughout the 1830s in the Pacific and East Indies. This brought him into contact with Oriental art, which remained an influence on his painting. In 1836 he was attached to the USS "North Caro... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesPicturing History: American Painting, 1770-1930
1993
(Exhibition catalog)Ayers, William S256 pages (color)Encounters with Paradise Views of Hawaii and Its People 1778-1941
1992Forbes, David285 pages (color)Tropical Renaissance North American Artists: Latin America 1839-1879
1989Manthorne, Katherine Emma235 pages (color)Dictionary of Marine Artists (Peabody Museum)
1982Brewington, Dorothy E R431 pagesViewpoints: The Library of Congress Selection of Pictorial Treasures
1975Fern, Alan; Milton Kaplan222 pagesThe History of the Brooklyn Art Association with Index of Exhibitions
1970
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S0 pagesThe New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957Groce, George; David Wallace759 pagesAn Album of American Battle Art 1755-1918
1947Mugridge, Donald H319 pagesNaval Scenes and Reminiscences of the Civil War
1877Walke, Henry0 pages