Walter MacEwen was born in Chicago February 13,1860 and died in New York on March 20,1943. He lived in Europe for many years and was one of the founding members of the Artist Colony at Edmond, Holland with George Hitchcock and Geri Melchers.

MacEwen studied in Munich at the Royal Academy under Frank Duveneck, in Paris with Fermand Cormon and at the Academy Julian with Tony Robrt-Fleury. In Europe, MacEwen was a member of the Society of American Painters, Order of St. Michael, Bavaria, Order of Leopold II, Belgium (1909). In 1896, he was awarded Chevalier of Honor and became an Officer in 1908.

In the United States, MacEwen was an Associate Member of the National Academy (1903), a member of the Century Club, the National Institut

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