About Emma Walter
Lived 1833 – 1893 (aged 59–60). Emma Walter was a British artist.
Emma Walter (born 1833/1834, died 1893) was an English artist, known for her watercolour paintings of flowers, fruit and still lifes.
The daughter of Edward Walter, a civil servant, she was born in London and largely self-taught, she began drawing at the age of five. In 1855, she first submitted her paintings to the Society of British Artists, continuing to exhibit with them until 1875. In total during her career Walter exhibited some sixty-six paintings at the Society's Suffolk Street gallery. She also began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1855, continuing until 1887. Around 1857, she was elected to the Society of Female Artists.
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English artist
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Emma Walter was born in 1833.
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Emma Walter died in 1893.
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Emma Walter was an artist.
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Emma Walter was British.
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