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James Walker

James Walker (1819 - 1889) was active/lived in California.  James Walker is known for Historical battle, portrait and animal painting.

James Walker, a painter of military battles and illustrator, was born in Northamptonshire, England on June 3, 1819. In 1823, Walker immigrated with his family to the United States and settled on the Hudson River at Albany, New York. A painting for which he remains known is a large panorama, completed 1870, of the Battle of Gettysburg.  Showing the clash of Union and Confederate forces on the climactic third day, the work was first shown in Boston in March of 1870.  A reviewer wrote that it was "at once a fine work of art and a wonderful illustration of the battle's history, the position of every regiment and battery being defined on a battle-field several miles in extent." (Charleston-Renaissance Gallery).

Little is known of Walker's art training. It is thought that he is to have studied painting in New York City. Upon leaving home in his early twenties, he went first to New Orleans and then to Mexico where he became interested in the Spanish-American culture. In 1846,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6293 characters.]  Artist bio

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