Anne Walker

Anne Walker (born September 20, 1933) is an American artist and contemplative thinker, primarily known for printmaking and painting. In 2001, Walker was named a Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et Lettres by French Minister of Culture Catherine Tasca. Walker lives and works in Paris and has exhibited widely in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, and the United States. Her solo exhibition Anne Walker: Painted Books at the Boston Athenaeum in 2003 featured handwritten poems by an impressive roster of writers: Emily Dickinson, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others, including the artist herself and one of her major collectors and collaborators, Edward Kessler. A major exhibition in 2005 Poetics of Color: Books by Anne Walker featured thirty-two artist's books–likened to poetic jewel boxes–which she donated to the Mortimer Rare Book Collection at Smith College on the occasion of her 50th college reunion. Walker’s work has continued to be recognized in both group and solo exhibitions in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia and the United States and her painted books have been acquired by major libraries and museums in those countries.

Awards On December 11, 2001 Catherine Tasca, the French Minister of Culture, made Anne Walker-Dorny a Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et Lettres in recognition of her creation in the artistic domain and her contribution to culture in France and in the world. Piza, Clélia (preface): Anne Walker, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Biren, Paris, 1979. Plazy, Gilles (preface): Jardins, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Biren, Paris, 1987. Le Roman de l'emotion, ou Le Travail d'Anne Walker by Bernard Noël, Angers: Présence de l'Art contemporain, 1996. Herbert, Robert: Anne Walker: Painted Books, exhibition catalogue, The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, 2003. Anne Walker: Gouaches et Pastels sur Papier, by Yves Peyré; Michel Butor, poèms, [Tesserte]: Pagine Arte.