Walter Cole, Carriage on St. George St., oil on board, 10 by 8 inches. Signed lower left, dated 1963, verso.
Walter Cole’s studio and home were in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Like many artists Cole spent winters in Florida, first in St. Augustine and later on South Beach in Fort Pierce.
Prominent in the magazine and advertising art world in New York City for over forty years, Cole exhibited at the National Academy, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the American Watercolor Society. During World War I he made a series of documentary paintings for the 302 Engineers, 77 Division A.E.F., done under action in the Argonne. He designed World War I posters for the Liberty Loan Committee.
In summers Cole taught at his studio in Sheffield. He first moved to St Augustine, and in1961 to Fort Pierce, opening an exhibit of his watercolors and oils at the Ft. Pierce Art Gallery in March.
Walter Cole, St. Augustine street scene, oil on board, 8 by 10 inches. Signed lower right.
Born: 1881. Died: 1965. Education: Academy Julienne, Paris; Art Students League, NYC; with George Bridgman; landscapes with Walter Kuhn. Membership: St. Augustine Art Association; Artists Guild of St. Augustine; Vero Beach Art Club; Fort Pierce Arts Club. Exhibits: Vero Beach Art Club at Community Center, March 1955, 1st prize professional watercolor; St. Augustine Art Association, February 1956, Princes Scherbatow 1st Award, oil, and outstanding painting in exhibit; SAAA, Exchange Bank of St. Augustine, February 1956, See the Town; Aviles Gallery, March 1956, one man exhibit; SAAA, January 1957, honorable mention, oil, 2nd prize, McNally Award, watercolor; Artists’ Guild of St. Augustine, farewell exhibit, January 1957; SAAA, February 1957, 2nd award, oil; Brush and Palette Gallery, Aviles Street, March 1957; SAAA, January 1958, 2nd Exchange Bank Award, oil; SAAA, 1st Florida Power and Light Award, watercolor; Palette and Brush Gallery, Aviles Street, February 1958, one man exhibit; SAAA, February 1959, 2nd award, oil, 1st award, watercolor; SAAA, January 1960, 1st award, oil; SAAA, February 1960, 1st award, oil, and most popular painting, Morning Mist, March-April 1960, honorable mention; Studio of A. E. Backus and Indian River Memorial Park, December 1962; 11th Annual Soroptimist Art Show, A. E. Bachus studio and Memorial Part, February 1963; Memorial Exhibit, Memorial Part, Ft. Pierce, December 3, 1965; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; American Watercolor Society; National Academy; Berkshire Art Association; Art Directors Club of New York; Mt Vernon Art Association, New York.
