Nellie Walker

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  • Nellie
  • Walker
  • Walker
  • December 8, 1874
  • Red Oak, Iowa
  • July 10, 1973
  • Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Chicago
  • Photographer
  • 1901-1904:  School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • figurative portraiture
  • 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
  • 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
  • National Sculpture Society, elected 1911

    Cordon Club, Chicago (co-founder)

    Society of Western Artists, Chicago

    Little Room, Chicago
  • 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
  • teacher

    lecturer