William Walker Alexander
William Walker Alexander was a Canadian printmaker (1869–1948). He was born in Toronto.
Also recorded as W. W. Alexander
William Walker Alexander
- Born
- 1869 · Toronto.
- Died
- 1948 · Toronto.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- printmaker
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William Walker Alexander was a Canadian printmaker (1869–1948). He was born in Toronto.
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1869
William Walker Alexander born at Toronto.
1948
William Walker Alexander died at Toronto.
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Their recorded dates run from 1922 to 1951.
Streetcar, dated 1951, sheet steel, brass, wire, and paint
The Art Institute of Chicago
(3 x 5) + 1, dated 1949, aluminum, iron, and paint
The Art Institute of Chicago
Reclining Torso, dated 1922, black-glazed ceramic
The Art Institute of Chicago
Literature
Literature
The Search for a Democratic Aesthetics: Robert Rauschenberg, Walker Evans, William Carlos Williams by Alexander Leicht, William Carlos Williams Review, 2018
Alexander, William, Oxford Art Online, 2003
Alexander, William, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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William Walker Alexander is connected to 3 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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Work by William Walker Alexander is
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, RiverBrink Art Museum and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Prints
4,138 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
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- William Turner DaveyEngraver
- William UngerEngraver
- William VillalongoEngraver
- William WattsEngraver
- William WoollettEngraver
- William WoolnothEngraver
- William Young OttleyEngraver
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