Frances Walker
Frances Walker CBE RSA RSW (born 19 August 1930) is a Scottish painter, printmaker and retired lecturer. After teaching art in the Hebrides, Walker accepted a lecturer position in Drawing and Painting at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, where she also contributed to the foundation of Peacock Visual Arts print studio. Walker's work takes inspiration from nature of the Western Isles and Antarctica, where she visited upon receiving the James McBey Travel Award from Aberdeen Art Gallery in 2007.
Frances Walker
- Name
- Frances Walker
- Born
- 19 August 1930
- Education
- Edinburgh College of Art
- Known for
- Printmaking
- Birthplace
- Kirkcaldy
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker
- Languages
- English
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Frances Walker CBE RSA RSW (born 19 August 1930) is a Scottish painter, printmaker and retired lecturer. After teaching art in the Hebrides, Walker accepted a lecturer position in Drawing and Painting at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, where she also contributed to the foundation of Peacock Visual Arts print studio. Walker's work takes inspiration from nature of the Western Isles and Antarctica, where she visited upon receiving the James McBey Travel Award from Aberdeen Art Gallery in 2007.
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She received the Churchill Award for art in 2014. Her technique includes screenprinting, lithography, monoprinting, etching, and collagraphy.
The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Aberdeen. Work by Frances Walker is recorded in the collections of National Galleries Scotland, McManus Gallery, Kirkcaldy Galleries, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery and Linthouse Building.
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• Name — Frances Walker • Honorific Suffix — CBE RSA RSW • Born — 19 August 1930 • Education — Edinburgh College of Art • Known for — Printmaking • Birthplace — Kirkcaldy
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- 1.Vidinova, Nadia. Antarctic paintings 'most significant donation by an artist' to Dundee in a generation. The Courier. 14 May 2016.
- 2.Art reviews: Frances Walker Henry Kondracki David Martin. The Scotsman. 5 November 2018.
- 3.Aberdeen City Council. Frances Walker: Printing On. Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums. 29 March 2022.
- 4.Collections: Frances Walker. Peacock - a workshop for art.
- 5.Artists: Frances Walker. The Scottish Gallery.
- 6.Sutherland, Giles. Visual art: Frances Walker - The Antarctic Suite, MacManus Gallery, Dundee. The Times. 26 May 2016.
- 7.Buckman, David. Artists: Frances Walker - b.1930. Art UK.
- 8.Dobie, Fiona. Refreshed display of art set to open at Kirkcaldy Galleries. Fife Today. National World. 9 February 2023.
- 9.Artists: Frances Walker. National Galleries of Scotland.
- 10.Collections: Frances Walker: Printing On. Peacock - a workshop for art.
- 11.McKenzie, Janet. Frances Walker: 'For me, art is all about being able to communicate with someone I haven’t even met'. Studio International. 4 November 2015.
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