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| bgcolour = #6495ED | name = William Walker | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year|1927}} | birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama | death_date = {{Death date|2011|09|12}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois | nationality = American | field = Painting | training = Columbus Gallery of Art | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = Jacob Lawrence, Charles Wilbert White, William McBride[1] | influenced = | awards = | website = }} William Walker is a notable muralist in Chicago. He was one of the founders of the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC) and one of the leaders in the project involving the Wall of Respect. He was also one of the critical founders of the mural movements in Chicago during the 1960s. BiographyWilliam Walker was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1927. Although born in the South, he grew up in Chicago. After serving in World War II and in the Korean War, he studied fine arts at the Columbus Gallery of Art in Columbus, Ohio (now Columbus College of Art and Design), and became the first African-American man to win the 47th annual group exhibition award.[1] After graduating, he went to Memphis where he painted his first murals. A year later in 1955, Walker returned to Chicago and worked as a decorative painter and a postal worker. In 1967, he participated in a project related to the Organization for Black American Culture. This project was a community mural that would honor African American heroes and was named "The Wall of Respect". The Wall of Respect started a nationwide movement of "people's art". From there, Walker cofounded the Chicago Mural Group (now known as the Chicago Public Art Group) with John Pitman Weber and Eugene Eda, while continuing to paint murals in Chicago. Walker painted murals to make the community more aware of the racial strife going on in America at that time and to spur individuals to get more involved in solving racial problems. William Walker was found dead of natural causes in his apartment in Chicago on September 12, 2011. Selected works
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References1. ^1 2 {{cite news |first=Jeff |last=Huebner |title=Man Behind the Wall |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-man-behind-the-wall/Content?oid=894264 |work=Chicago Reader |date=1997-08-28 }} 2. ^{{cite news |first=Jeff |last=Huebner |title=Back to the Walls: Public art advocates rally to save the last remnants of the famous "Mural Revolution." |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/back-to-the-walls/Content?oid=906406 |work=Chicago Reader |date=2001-09-06 }} 3. ^{{cite news |first=Layton and Justine Jablonska |last=Ehmke |title=A Chicago mural tells a story of a recent past, but will the future accept it? |url=http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=152629 |work=Medill Reports - Chicago |date=2009-12-09 }} 4. ^{{cite news |title=The CPAG Watch List |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-cpag-watch-list/Content?oid=906407 |work=Chicago Reader |date=2001-09-06 }} 5. ^{{cite news |title=City hires 3 artists in new building plan |work=Chicago Tribune |date=1979-06-28 |page=W5 }} 6. ^{{cite news |first=Cecilia |last=Cummings |title=20 win awards for brightening life in Chicago |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=1986-03-27 |page=66 }} 7. ^{{cite web |title=1998 Hall of Honor |url=http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/1998.htm }} External links
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