Difference between revisions of "SPECK, Walter Edward"
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[[File:Speck watercolor.jpg |350px|thumbnail|right|<center>“Catalina Pottery,” Santa Catalina Island<br> watercolor by Walter Speck, 1933 <br>Gift to the Santa Cruz Island Foundation <br>from the estate of Bill Stern (2020) </center>]] | [[File:Speck watercolor.jpg |350px|thumbnail|right|<center>“Catalina Pottery,” Santa Catalina Island<br> watercolor by Walter Speck, 1933 <br>Gift to the Santa Cruz Island Foundation <br>from the estate of Bill Stern (2020) </center>]] | ||
[[File:Walter Speck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Walter Speck painting a United Auto Workers mural in Detriot, Michigan as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project in 1937. </center>]] | [[File:Walter Speck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Walter Speck painting the "Ford Riot Mural", a United Auto Workers mural in Detriot, Michigan as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project in 1937. </center>]] | ||
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SPECK, Walter Edward (1896-1979) was born in Detroit, MI on Aug. 29, 1896. Speck studied in Paris with John P. Wicker and Othon Freisz. While on Catalina Island in 1933, he painted a view of the Catalina Pottery Factory. He was active first in Michigan and then in California until his death.
Speck died in Los Angeles on Oct. 11, 1979.
