Walker Evans

(American, 1903–1975)

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Walker Evans

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Biography

Timeline

1903
Born on November 3 in St. Louis, MO
1922
Graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, MA; attended Williams College, Williamstown, MA
1941
Guggenheim Fellowship
1959
Guggenheim Fellowship
1968
Received an honorary degree from Williams College; became a Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Letters
1973
Received Grant from Mark Rothko Foundation.
1975
Died on April 10 in New Haven, CT

Exhibitions

2005
"Walker Evans: African Art," Gallery Luisotti. Santa Monica, California, November 13 - January 8, 2005. -solo
1966
Szarkowski, John, curator. "Walker Evans: Subway Photographs," The Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York, October 5-December 11, 1966. -solo
"Walker Evans," Robert Schoelkopf Gallery. New York, New York. December 16-January 7, 1967. -solo
1964
Edwards, Hugh, curator. "Walker Evans," The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois, November 13-January 10, 1965. -solo
1962
"Walker Evans: American Photographs," The Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York. June 8-August 14, 1962. -solo
1948
"Walker Evans Retrospective," The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois, November 14-January 4, 1948. -solo
1938
"Walker Evans: American Photographs," Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York, September 28-November 18, 1938. -solo
1935
"African Negro Art: A Corpus of Photographs by Walker Evans," The Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York. March 18-May 19, 1935. -solo
1933
"Walker Evans: Photographs of Nineteenth-Century Houses," The Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York, November 16-December 8, 1933. -solo