“A new member of the rapidly growing local group [Morro Bay Art Association] Bailey has been painting scenic California for many years. He has a particular admiration for Morro Bay. His best known... Read full biography
“A new member of the rapidly growing local group [Morro Bay Art Association] Bailey has been painting scenic California for many years. He has a particular admiration for Morro Bay. His best known murals are four magnificent 18-foot canvases in the orchestra promenade of the music hall of the... Read full biography
“A new member of the rapidly growing local group [Morro Bay Art Association] Bailey has been painting scenic California for many years. He has a particular admiration for Morro Bay. His best known murals are four magnificent 18-foot canvases in the orchestra promenade of the music hall of the $8,000,000 municipal auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. and two in the Indian Room of the mid-west’s treasure house of art, the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art in that city. Fifteen other murals are... Read full biography
“A new member of the rapidly growing local group [Morro Bay Art Association] Bailey has been painting scenic California for many years. He has a particular admiration for Morro Bay. His best known murals are four magnificent 18-foot canvases in the orchestra promenade of the music hall of the $8,000,000 municipal auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. and two in the Indian Room of the mid-west’s treasure house of art, the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art in that city. Fifteen other murals are located at the University of Texas in Austin, and many others in public buildings and private homes. Born on a farm in Wyandotte county, Kan., artist Bailey entered the newspaper field via the Kansas City Star at an early age. Color attracted him and he... Read full biography
“A new member of the rapidly growing local group [Morro Bay Art Association] Bailey has been painting scenic California for many years. He has a particular admiration for Morro Bay. His best known murals are four magnificent 18-foot canvases in the orchestra promenade of the music hall of the $8,000,000 municipal auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. and two in the Indian Room of the mid-west’s treasure house of art, the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art in that city. Fifteen other murals are located at the University of Texas in Austin, and many others in public buildings and private homes. Born on a farm in Wyandotte county, Kan., artist Bailey entered the newspaper field via the Kansas City Star at an early age. Color attracted him and he felt the urge to paint. With the encouragement of his teachers, he began painting seriously and won a scholarship from the Tiffany Art... Read full biography
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About Walter Alexander Bailey: Books
Books & Publications (14)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Biographical Directory of Kansas Artists Active Before 1945
2006
Craig, Susan (Compiler)
0 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
First National Exhibition of American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1936
Breckinridge, Mrs. (essay)
32 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index