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Frederick Walker
British, 1840–1875
Frederick Walker was a British Realism artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Fitzwilliam Museum. Frederick Walker was born in London.
Frederick Walker (26 May 1840 – 4 June 1875) was a British painter and illustrator. He achieved considerable success in both oils and watercolour before his early death. According to John Everett Millais he was "the greatest artist of the century".
His career began as an illustrator, producing line drawings in ink to be turned into wood engravings for magazines and books. He is often regarded as the founder of the Idyllic school in Victorian painting, though that term was not coined until after his death. Among other stylistic trends of his period he sometimes displayed social realism and genre painting sentimentality.
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