Anderson, Walter Inglis, 1903-1965
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Walter Anderson was born in New Orleans in 1903 and grew up in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. This famous Mississippi artist created several children's books.
From the description of Walter Anderson papers, ca. 1945-1980s (bulk ca. 1970s). (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 48924178
Painter, muralist, sculptor, wood-carver, potter, printmaker, illustrator; Mississippi.
Attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1923-1929. He lived in Ocean Springs, Miss., 1929-1939, and painted murals for the Ocean Springs School auditorium for the WPA. In 1940, after being hospitalized for mental illness, he moved to Oldfields, near Gautier, Miss., and returned to Ocean Springs in 1946. From 1947 until his death, he travelled repeatedly to Horn Island and other remote sites on the Gulf Coast to paint and write. In 1991, the Walter Anderson Museum of Art opened in Ocean Springs, Miss.
From the description of Walter Inglis Anderson papers, [ca. 1915-1960]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123031
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