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for Charles Howard Walker
1857 - 1936
Architect C. Howard Walker was known as much for his teaching and writing as for the public structures he designed in Boston and elsewhere. After a public-school education in Boston, he entered the firm of Sturgis and Brigham in 1874. Five years later, he went to New York City for further training. From there, he left in 1881 for Asia Minor on an American Archaeological Society expedition, which he followed with two years of travel and study in Europe. Returning to Boston, he practiced on his own before forming the firms of Walker and Best in 1887, Walker and Kimball in 1890, and later, Walker, Walker, and Kingsbury.
Tarbell undoubtedly knew Walker from the latter's work at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, where he taught "decoration" as of 1885 and which he directed as of 1902. He also lectured at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and MIT. Although Walker's election as an Academy Associate occurred in 1911, his diploma portrait was not accepted until 1918.
Tarbell undoubtedly knew Walker from the latter's work at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, where he taught "decoration" as of 1885 and which he directed as of 1902. He also lectured at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and MIT. Although Walker's election as an Academy Associate occurred in 1911, his diploma portrait was not accepted until 1918.
