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Walter Shirlaw

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Walter Shirlaw (1838 - 1909) was active/lived in Illinois / Spain, Scotland.  Walter Shirlaw is known for Genre, landscape, figure, portrait painting.

WALTER SHIRLAW

Walter Shirlaw, born on August 6, 1838, was only three (fourteen according to one obituary) when he came to Hoboken, New Jersey from his place of birth, Paisley, Scotland.  As a young man, he found work as a bank note engraver, a profession that he continued in Chicago, where he lived between 1865 and 1870.  But already in 1861 he was exhibiting genre paintings at the National Academy of Design.  In 1868, Shirlaw was a member of the Chicago Academy of Design, which would become the Art Institute of Chicago, after changing its name from the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. 

Shirlaw spent the years 1870-77 in Munich, at the height of the movement led by Wilhelm Leibl in which a low-keyed, dark palette, combined with bold, virtuoso brushwork, were applied to realist subject matter.  Michael Quick (in Quick, Ruhmer, and West, 1978, p. 28) defined the time of Shirlaw's arrival (1870-73) as an especially experimental period in progressive G   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9575 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  90
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2 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Walter Shirlaw
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Fine Art Connoisseur Walter Shirlaw: The Other American in Munich January 2007 Dingwerth, Shaun; Leland G. Howard Yes
American Art Review The Blanton Museum of Art, C.R. Smi December 2004 Saunders, Richard H Yes
90 Book References for Walter Shirlaw
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Dearinger, David B. Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925 672 Yes
2002 Gerdts, Dr. William H. (essay) The Friedman Collection: Artists of Chicago (Spanierman Gallery, LLC)
(Exhibition catalog)		 88 Yes
2001 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators 452 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers) 0 No
1996 Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum (2 Vols) 877 Yes
1996 Van Hook, Bailey Angels of Art Women and Art in American Society 1876-1914 287 No
1993 Carr, Carolyn K Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair
(Exhibition catalog)		 408 Yes
1993 Thiede, Rolf; David Cassedy, Matthew North, Christine Schultz American and European Paintings Under $7,500. (Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia)
(Exhibition catalog)		 72 No
1991 Fort, Ilene/Michael Quick American Art A Catalogue/Los Angeles County 510 Yes
1991 Sweeney, J Gray Masterpieces of Western American Art 239 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three 396 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two) 396 Yes
1989 Blaugrund, Annette Paris 1889 American Artists at the Universal Exposition
(Exhibition catalog)		 304 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)		 612 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 472 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 Saunders, Richard H Collecting the West The C R Smith Collection of Western American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 211 Yes
1987 Barter, Judith A; Eugene R. Gaddis (Intro) American Drawings and Watercolors from the Wadsworth Atheneum 94 Yes
1987 Sweeney, J Gray/J Ballinger The Lure of the West The Carl S Dentzel Collection of W American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 40 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Hirschl & Adler Galleries Arts of the American Renaissance
(Exhibition catalog)		 123 Yes
1985 Huneker, James G/Arnold Schwab Americans in the Arts 1890-1920 672 No
1985 Spasky, Natalie American Painting V 2, Catalog, Metropolitan Mus Artists born 1816-45 671 No
1984 Broder, Patricia Janis The American West The Modern Vision 345 Yes
1984 Reaves, Wendy Wick American Portrait Prints Tenth Annual American Print Conference 285 No
1983 Gerdts, William H Down Garden Paths The Floral Environment in American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 144 Yes
1983 National Academy of Design Artists by Themselves Artist's Portrait's from the National Academy of Design
(Exhibition catalog)		 175 Yes
1983 Sweeney, J Gray Great Lakes Marine Painting of the Nineteenth Century
(Exhibition catalog)		 104 Yes
1982 Koke, Richard J American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols) 1243 No
1982 Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist
(Exhibition catalog)		 213 No
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Ballinger, James K Beyond the Endless River W American Drawings, W/C-19th Cen
(Exhibition catalog)		 182 Yes
1979 Brooklyn Museum American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works 133 Yes
1979 Eisler, Colin American Drawings: Paul Magriel Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 38 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1979 Strickler, Susan (Catalogue); William Hutton (Editor) The Toledo Museum of Art American Paintings 227 Yes
1978 Fink, Lois Marie Academy The Academic Tradition in American Art 62 Yes
1978 Getlein, Frank The Lure of the Great West 352 Yes
1978 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Art & Commerce American Prints of the Nineteenth Century
(Exhibition catalog)		 179 Yes
1978 Trumble, Alfred Representative Works of Contemporary American Artists 139 No
1978 West, Richard V Munich and American Realism in the 19th Century
(Exhibition catalog)		 127 Yes
1977 Benjamin, S G W Our American Artists 1879 and 1881 (reprints in one volume) 145 No
1977 Brown, Milton W American Art to 1900 Painting, Sculpture, Architecture 631 Yes
1977 Gamble, Kathryn (Foreward); Thomas Hoving, William Gerdts, Lloyd Goodrich The American Painting Collection of the Montclair Art Museum 268 Yes
1977 Weinberg, H Barbara (intro) Book of American Figure Painters (Art Experience, Late 19th Cen/ no. 11) 240 No
1976 Brindle, John V/Sally Secrest American Cornucopia 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies
(Exhibition catalog)		 48 Yes
1976 Chambers, Bruce W Robert P Coggins Collection of American Art/Selections from
(Exhibition catalog)		 93 Yes
1976 Pierce, Patricia Jobe The Ten 201 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1976 Stebbins, Theodore E American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper 464 Yes
1975 Fink, Lois M/Joshua Taylor Academy The Academic Tradition in American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 272 No
1975 National Academy of Design A Century and Half of American Art, 1825-1975
(Exhibition catalog)		 262 No
1974 Gerdts, William H Revealed Masters 19th Century American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 152 Yes
1974 Gerdts, William H The Great American Nude A History in Art 224 Yes
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)		 1075 No
1972 Curry, Larry The American West Painters from Catlin to Russell
(Exhibition catalog)		 198 Yes
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1970 Myers, Bernard S (editor) Encyclopedia of Painting (Painters of the World...etc) 511 Yes
1965 Hayes, Bartlett H Jr American Drawings: Drawings of the Masters 141 Yes
1961 Art Institute of Chicago Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago/A Catalogue of the Collection 490 Yes
1955 Myers, Bernard Encyclopedia of Painting 511 Yes
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1953 Taft, Robert Artists and Illustrators- Old West 1850-1900 400 No
1952 McCracken, Harold Portrait of the Old West 216 Yes
1947 Slatkin, Charles/R Schoolman Treasury of American Drawings 176 No
1940 Carnegie Institute Survey of American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 320 No
1937 Caffin, Charles H The Story of American Painting The Evolution of Painting in America 396 No
1936 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts The Main Currents in the Development of American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 80 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1932 Hartmann, Sadekichi A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One 363 No
1931 Neuhaus, Eugen The History and Ideals of American Art 444 No
1927 Isham, Samuel The History of American Painting (supplemental chapters by Royal Cortissoz) 608 No
1925 National Academy of Design Commemorative Exhibition 1825-1925
(Exhibition catalog)		 160 No
1914 Editors, Grand Rapids Art Association Catalogue of the Twenty-Sixth Exhibition - Paintings by American Artists The Michigan State Federation of Art 2 Yes
1909 Rathbun, Richard The National Gallery of Art Smithsonian Inst, Bulletin 70 140 No
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor) Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 281 No
1898 Hoyt, Deristhe L. The World's Painters and Their Pictures 272 No
1897 Small, Herbert (compiler) Handbook of the New Library of Congress in Washington 128 No
1879 Benjamin, Samuel Greene Wheele Art in America a Critical and Historical Sketch 214 No
1879 Sheldon, G W American Painters With Eighty-three Engraved Examples of Their Work 184 No
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