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Walter Launt Palmer
American 1854 -1932
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Born: |
Albany, New York, United States
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Died: |
Albany, New York, United States
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Studied: |
Paris
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Instructors: |
Frederic Edwin Church Charles Loring Elliott
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Exhibited: |
National Academy of Design 1872
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Examples of Work: |
Butler Institute of American Art Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Art Association of Richmond, Indiana Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York
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Specialty: |
Painter
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Style/School: |
Impressionism
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Subjects Known For: |
Landscapes Snow Scene
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Memberships: |
American Federation of Artists National Academy of Design ANA 1887; NA 1897 American Watercolor Society Century Association New York Watercolor Club Salmagundi Club, New York
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Artist Profile |
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BIOGRAPHY: |
Walter L. Palmer studied art under Charles Elliott and F.E. Church, a member of the Hudson River School, in 1870. He was the son of sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer and is best known for his winter landscapes and scenes of Veni...
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Walter was born in Albany NY in 1854, the son of the famous sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer. In his youth he was aquatinted with the leading artists of the day such as Frederick E. Church, John Kensett and John McEntee. All of whom frequented the Palmer home. At age 24, he began his formal study of a...
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Walter Launt Palmer was the nineteenth century's most celebrated painter of snow scenes. The son of the sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer, Walter was surrounded by great art and artists at an early age. He trained with the noted H...
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