Bernard Fleetwood Walker RA
Born 22 March 1893
Died 30 January 1965
Active: 1910 - 1965
Country of birth and death: England
Painter, modeller, silversmith, goldsmith, sculptor
Born in Birmingham. He was the son of William Walker, an electrical engineer and co-inventor of the Walker-Wilkins battery, while his mother, Electra Amelia (née) Varley was granddaughter of the 19th century watercolourist Cornelius Varley. Fleetwood-Walker trained first as a silver and goldsmith, through this becoming interested in painting. His career was interrupted by service in the First World War. Afterwards he taught at a school in Birmingham and began to establish a professional practice as a painter. Amongst the positions he held later in his career was Assistant Keeper at the Royal Academy Schools. He died in London.
There is extensive information about his career at http://www.fleetwood-walker.co.uk (accessed 11 June 2014).
Works
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Lacquered Wooden Figure
1926 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1926
Multiple works
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected PRBSA Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1950 - 1951
First listed in the RBSA exhibition catalogues as President in Autumn 1950; still listed as President in 1951.
Sources
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1950
1950
p. 2.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1926
1926
p. 29.
Citing this record
'Bernard Fleetwood Walker RA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1217929481, accessed 29 May 2023]
