Nellie Walker

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Tennoe, Mariam T.; Henssonow, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Nellie Verne Walker (December 8, 1874, Red Oak, Iowa - July 10, 1973, Colorado Springs, Colorado) was an American sculptor best known for her statue of James Harlan in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol, Washington D.C. Nellie Verne Walker was born in Red Oak, Iowa, the daughter of Everett Walker, a stone carver and monument maker, and Jane Lindsay Walker. By the age of 17 she was allowed to use her father''s tools and began making her own sculpture in her father''s monument shop in Moulton, Iowa. Her first noteworthy work was a bust of Abraham Lincoln that was displayed at the Columbian Exposition in 1893, as an exhibit in the Iowa Building there, labeled "The work of an Iowa Girl". She was to return to the theme of Lincoln again in her career. Unable to afford to go to art school, Walker worked as a legal secretary for six years before she could obtain enough money to attend the Art Institute of Chicago.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131282706
• ISBN-10: 6131282706
• Artikelnr.: 30174390