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| | Born in Vienna, Austria in 1846. Walter was an attaché of the Austrian Embassy in London before immigrating to the U.S. in 1878. He settled in San Francisco in 1883, founded a school of drawing, and was active in San Francisco through the late 1890s. Walter died in Honolulu on Feb. 26, 1900. Exh: Bohemian Club, 1897, 1898; SFAA annuals. In: CHS. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
California State Library (Sacramento); Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs (Bénézit, E); American Art Annual 1900 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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