biography of Walter William BARKER (1921-2004)

Birth place: Koblenz, Germany

Addresses: Greensboro, NC

Profession: Painter, writer

Studied: Wash. Univ., BFA 1948, with Phillip Guston & Max Beckmann; with Mauricio Lassansky; Univ. Ind. MFA, 1950, with Alton Pickens & Henry Hope.

Exhibited: Int. Exhib. Mod. Graphic Art, MoMA,1952; CI, 1956; American Painting, VMFA, 1962; Schrift und Bild, Stedelijk Mus., Amsterdam, Holland, 1963; Painting and Sculpture Today, Herron AI, 1967; Betty Parsons Gallery, NYC, 1970s. Awards: New Talent USA Award, 1956; spec. citation for art rev., Col. Art Assn., 1966; distinguished alumnus, Washington Univ., 1972.

Member: Col. Art Assn.; Max Beckmann Gesellschaft, Munich, Ger. (contrib. mem., 1972-).

Work: MoMA; BM; BMFA; City Art Mus. St Louis, Mo.; LACMA

Comments: Positions: spec. corresp., Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, 1962-; consult. visual arts, St. Marks in the Bowery, New York, 1963-1966; mem. vis. comt. arts, Washington Univ., 1968-; chmn. NC Chap., Save Venice" comt., 1969-. Teaching: Lectr. art hist., Salem Col., 1949-1950; instr. painting, Washington Univ., 1950-1962; instr. found., Brooklyn Mus. Sch., 1963-1966; assoc. prof. painting, Univ. NC, 1966-. Research: Max Beckmann's last years in the U.S. Auth., introd. to exhib., "Max Beckmann in America," Viviano Gallery, 1969; contribr., "The May collection & Max Beckmann," review, Arts Mag. (Dec. 1, 1969); Lucian Krokowski & Max Beckmann, The Joseph Pulitzer Collection (vol 3, 1971).

Sources: WW73; Ernest Smith, Walter Barker, 1958-1968 (Webster Col., 1968); Mary King, "New work By Walter Barker," St. Louis Post Dispatch, 1968; Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Walter Barker (Fogg Mus. Art, Harvard Univ., 1971)."