Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| Sculptor. Born in San Francisco, CA in 1877.
Walter studied locally with Arthur Mathews and Douglas Tilden at the School of Design, and then continued in Paris with Cormon and Perrin.
He taught at the CSFA (1927-36) and maintained a residence in San Francisco at 1803 Franklin Street until his death on March 2, 1938.
Exh: Paris Salon, 1898-1906; SFAA, 1900-20; PPIE, 1915; Helgesen Gallery (SF), 1916 (with Frank Van Sloun); NSS, 1923; SFMA, 1935; GGIE, 1939; Toledo (OH) Museum. In: MM; SF Opera House (spandrels); Morningside Park, NYC (Bear and Faun). & Ber, p. 59; CA&A; Fid; Ben; AAA 1912; CAS; 100 Years of Calif. Sculpture cat.
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Edgar Walter is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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