Artist. Annie E. Anderson Walker was an African-American artist born in 1855 in Flatbush, Brooklyn. She was known for her work in pastels and portraits, and was one of the first African-American women to complete an institutional art education in the United States and exhibit at the Paris Salon. After being rejected due to her race by the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., she was accepted into the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City, where she studied from 1892 to 1895. She later went to Paris to study at the Académie Julian and was selected to exhibit her work at the Paris Salon in 1896. She settled in Washington, D.C. after her studies and continued to paint while also being the wife of a successful lawyer.
Artist. Annie E. Anderson Walker was an African-American artist born in 1855 in Flatbush, Brooklyn. She was known for her work in pastels and portraits, and was one of the first African-American women to complete an institutional art education in the United States and exhibit at the Paris Salon. After being rejected due to her race by the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., she was accepted into the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City, where she studied from 1892 to 1895. She later went to Paris to study at the Académie Julian and was selected to exhibit her work at the Paris Salon in 1896. She settled in Washington, D.C. after her studies and continued to paint while also being the wife of a successful lawyer.
Bio by: hsorensen
Inscription
Artist
Advertisement
See more Walker or Anderson memorials in:
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
