Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA 01810-4166
Andover, MA 01810-4166
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Museums page for William Aiken Walker ((1838 - 1921)), known for Cotton kingdom genre and landscape painting, trompe l'oeil. Showing 18 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1838 Charleston, South Carolina - 1921 Charleston, South Carolina. Known for: Cotton kingdom genre and landscape painting, trompe l'oeil.
A genre painter, William Aiken Walker, is primarily known for his expressions of plantations, cotton fields, African Americans, and dock scenes. The son of a prominent cotton agent, he was a true... Read full biography
A genre painter, William Aiken Walker, is primarily known for his expressions of plantations, cotton fields, African Americans, and dock scenes. The son of a prominent cotton agent, he was a true Southerner, born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1838. Walker completed his first painting at twelve... Read full biography
A genre painter, William Aiken Walker, is primarily known for his expressions of plantations, cotton fields, African Americans, and dock scenes. The son of a prominent cotton agent, he was a true Southerner, born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1838. Walker completed his first painting at twelve and painted until his death in 1921. Although he studied in Dusseldorf sometime during the 1860s, he was primarily self-taught. A social and friendly man, Walker often entertained friends with stories... Read full biography
A genre painter, William Aiken Walker, is primarily known for his expressions of plantations, cotton fields, African Americans, and dock scenes. The son of a prominent cotton agent, he was a true Southerner, born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1838. Walker completed his first painting at twelve and painted until his death in 1921. Although he studied in Dusseldorf sometime during the 1860s, he was primarily self-taught. A social and friendly man, Walker often entertained friends with stories of his southern travels, which included Florida, Galveston, Texas, and the Carolinas. It is thought that he was somewhat inspired by European artistic subjects and styles, and also made at least one trip to that continent. Currier and Ives published... Read full biography
A genre painter, William Aiken Walker, is primarily known for his expressions of plantations, cotton fields, African Americans, and dock scenes. The son of a prominent cotton agent, he was a true Southerner, born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1838. Walker completed his first painting at twelve and painted until his death in 1921. Although he studied in Dusseldorf sometime during the 1860s, he was primarily self-taught. A social and friendly man, Walker often entertained friends with stories of his southern travels, which included Florida, Galveston, Texas, and the Carolinas. It is thought that he was somewhat inspired by European artistic subjects and styles, and also made at least one trip to that continent. Currier and Ives published several of his color lithographs in 1884; most notably "Cotton Plantation on the Mississippi" and "The Levee, New Orleans," and... Read full biography
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About William Aiken Walker: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (18)
All MuseumsAmon Carter Museum of American Art
3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695Gibbes Museum of Art
135 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401Greenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida
3259 Hull Road
P.O. Box 112700
Gainesville, FL 32611-2700High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
One Quinlan Street
Lynchburg, VA 24503-1526Morris Museum of Art
1 Tenth Street
Augusta, GA 30901Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Parrish Art Museum
279 Montauk Highway
Water Mill, NY 11968San Antonio Museum of Art
200 West Jones Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78215-1406Springfield Museum of Art
107 Cliff Park Road
Springfield, OH 45501The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Museum Of Arts And Sciences
1040 Museum Boulevard
Daytona Beach, FL 32114The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423Witte Museum
3801 Broadway
San Antonio, TX 78209Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271