John Law Walker 1899-1965

Born in Glasgow, Scotland on Sept. 19, 1899, Walker was active in Los Angeles from the 1930s until 1953.

He studied at the Chouinard School of Art under Chamberlin, Murphy, Sheets, and Hinkle. A painter, muralist and etcher,

John Law Walker was active in both California and Arizona and traveled throughout the country as doing murals. As a WPA mural artist, he did work in United States Post Offices in Pasadena and Lockhart, Texas, and the Treasury Department in Washington D.C.

Exhibited: LA AA; Calif. WC Society, 1932-35; Pasadena Art Inst., 1933; Calif. Statewide (Santa Cruz), 1933 (2nd prize), 1937, 1938; Calif. State Fair, 1934 (1st prize); Santa Monica AA, 1934; GGIE, 1939; Oakland Art Gallery, 1939. I

In: Orange County (CA) Museum; Lockhart (TX) Post Office (mural); South Pasadena Post Office (mural); Treasury Dept. (Washington, DC)

He died in Tucson, AZ in January 1965. .