Nellie’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Nellie V. Walker Collection
Nellie Verne Walker (1874-1973)
Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer's Wife
Walker Evans American, 1903–1975
Tight-Rope Walker
Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)
Portrait of Girolamo Ruscelli
Niccolò Nelli Italian, c. 1530-1575/85
Keys to the Coop
Kara Walker American, born 1969
Fun to Run (Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Estelle Laverne (American, 1915–1998) Produced by Laverne Originals (1934–1948) United States, New York, New York City
Penny Picture Display, Savannah
Negro Barber Shop Interior, Atlanta
A Child's Grave, Hale County, Alabama
Graveyard, Houses, and Steel Mill, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2033 Prairie Avenue, Chicago
Coal Miner's House, Scott's Run, West Virginia
"Joe's Auto Graveyard", Pennsylvania
Fable of Belonging
Walker Warehouse
Aaron Siskind American, 1903–1991
Lunch Wagon Detail, New York
Girl in Fulton Street, New York
Walker Evans American, 1903-1975
Citizen in Downtown Havana, Cuba
Factory Street in Amsterdam, New York
Tightrope Walker
Paul Klee German, born Switzerland 1879-1940