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David Walkley (1849 - 1934)

Father and Daughter

Connecticut artist David Walkley was born in Rock Creek, Ohio. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and in Paris with Boulanger and Lefebvre. He returned to the United States and taught at the Pittsburgh School of Design, then went to NYC where he studied with William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League. He later settled in New London and in Mystic whwere he was a founder of the Mystic Art Association. He often painted along the Connecticut shore, featuring his daughters as models.