Winifred Ethel Walker (1882-1965) was a British artist known for her botanical illustrations.
Biographyedit
Walker was born at Hampstead in north London, both her parents being school teachers from Bath, Somerset.[1] She attended the Camden School of Art where she won the King's Prize for Modelled Design and gained her Art Masters' Certificate and also spent time studying at Ghent.[1] Walker became a botanical artist, painting in oils and watercolours. From 1929 to 1939 she was an official artist with the Royal Horticultural Society having been elected a Fellow of the Society in 1912 and throughout her career won over thirty medals with the Society.[1] Her flower paintings were awarded a gold medal in Philadelphia and she also received awards at exhibitions in London and Paris.[1] Walker was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society.[2] From 1943, she was an artist in residence at the University of California.[2]
^ abcdefSara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN978-1-911121-63-3.
^ abcdDavid Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN0-953260-95-X.
^"Walker, Winifred". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 31 October 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00193846. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
January 01, 1970
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