| Leonard Walker | |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Birth Date: | 10 March 1877 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Death Place: | London, England |
Leonard Walker (10 March 1877 - 13 June 1964) was a British painter and stained glass designer.[1] [2] His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[3]
Walker was a student at St John's Wood Art School, and would later teach and become Principal there.[4] Walker was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1913, of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers in 1915 and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours,[5] and exhibited at Walker Art Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts[6] and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. His work, A Bowl of Roses, was described by The Studio:[7] His work as a stained glass artist was described in Modern Glass by Guillaume Janneau as:[8] Walker collaborated with Gilbert Bayes, on Bayes' first commission at Aldeburgh Church in Suffolk.[9] He was a member of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers[10] The Victoria and Albert Museum have a collection of Walker's work,[11] while examples of his windows can be seen at All Saints, East Tuddenham, Norfolk,[12] St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, London[13] and the East window at St Peter & St Paul, Tonbridge's Parish Church, which Gordon Rowe in The Daily Telegraph in 1955 described it as:[14] His later glass work was executed by James Powell and Sons.[15] In 1930, he presented The Future of Stained Glass at the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels moderne.[16]
In 1939, Walker was selected as one of the artists to work on the National Gallery's project "Recording Britain:the changing face of Britain" established by Sir Kenneth Clark, with "Foundling Hospital, London" being one of his contributions.[17] [18] He was elected the Master of the Art Workers' Guild in 1950,[19] previously being Master of the Junior Art Workers' Guild in 1905.[20] Walker was married to fellow artist Aileen Hollely[21] and his uncle was Frederick Walker.[22]
In 2014, the Stained Glass Museum, Ely, held an exhibition of Walker's work.[23]