Walter Launt Palmer

Birth: 1 Aug 1854
Albany County, New York, USA
Death: 15 Apr 1932 (aged 77)
Albany County, New York, USA
Burial: Albany Rural Cemetery

Menands, Albany County, New York, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 42.7049306, Longitude: -73.7310861
Plot: Erastus D Palmer Lot 15 sec 34
Memorial ID: 91992988 View Source

An American Impressionist painter. Palmer's father Erastus Dow Palmer was a
prominent sculptor, and their Palmer residence was frequented by his
father's friends, notably landscape painter Frederick E. Church. Church
trained Palmer in landscape painting. Palmer's most notable works are winter
landscape scenes, a tradition he carried throughout his career.

Exhibitions:

Palmer works were exhibited in group shows and solo exhibitions throughout
his career. Many of his works are collectable and can be found in museums
and private collections worldwide.

Universelle Exposition, Paris, 1900
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1908, 1910, 1912 Albright Art
Gallery, Buffalo, 1906

Prizes:

Hallgarten Prize, National Academy, 1887.
First Prize, Columbian World Fair, Chicago, 1893.
Gold Medal, Philadelphia Art Club, 1894.
Gold Medal, Boston Art Club, 1895.
W.T. Evans Prize, American Watercolor Society, 1895.
Silver Medal, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901.
Silver Medal, St. Louis Exposition
Silver Medal, Philadelphia Art Club.
Bronze Medal, St. Louis Exposition.
Butler Prize, Art Institute of Chicago, 1919.
Elected into the National Academy of Design, 1887

Source- Wikipedia
(provided by Kent Gebhard)
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Married Georgiana Seymour Myers on 25 Nov 1890 Saugerties, New York.
Married Zoe Marguerite Windham on 26 Dec 1895, New Brunswick, New Jersey.