Nellie Verne Walker
"Lorado Taft"
plaster with overcoloring
Krannert Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1954-12-1
Artist Details
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Nellie
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Walker
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Walker
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December 8, 1874
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Red Oak, Iowa
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July 10, 1973
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Chicago
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Photographer
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1901-1904: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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figurative
portraiture
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1904-1928 (16 times): Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, AIC
1910: Annual Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists, Detroit, Michigan
1915: Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, California
1916, 1919: Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings & Sculpture by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago
1928: Woman's World's Fair, Chicago
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
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Art Institute of Chicago
Illinois State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois
Statuary Hall, United States Capital Building, Washington, DC
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
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National Sculpture Society, elected 1911
Cordon Club, Chicago (co-founder)
Society of Western Artists, Chicago
Little Room, Chicago
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1906, 1908: Grower Prize, "Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists," Art Institute of Chicago
1907: Shaffer Prize, "Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists," Art Institute of Chicago
1912: Walton Prize, "Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists," Art Institute of Chicago
1941: National Sculpture Society
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teacher
lecturer