Martha Walter

Martha Walter
Born	March 19, 1875(1875-03-19) Philadelphia
Died	January 1976 Massachusetts
Occupation	American Impressionist Painter

Martha Walter (March 19, 1875 – January 1976) was an American impressionist painter.

Walter was a Philadelphia native. She studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, where she was taught by William Merritt Chase. She won the school's Toppan Prize and Cresson Traveling Scholarship. In 1909 also she won the school's Mary Smith Prize for the best painting by a resident female artist. On her scholarship she traveled to Spain Italy, the Netherlands and France. In France she received tuition from Rene Menard and Lucien Simon at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.

She went on to teach art at Chase's New York School of Art.

References

• W Douglass Paschall. 2002. Impressionist Jewels: The Paintings of Martha Walter. Woodmere Art Museum.

Books

• James M. Alterman. 2005.New Hope for American Art, ISBN 0-9772665-0-8
• Martha Walter Artwork Examples on AskART.

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Name	Walter, Martha
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Date of birth	March 19, 1875
Place of birth	Philadelphia
Date of death	1976
Place of death	Massachusetts