A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, Seated Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, Seated Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Paper, Charcoal
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, Reclining Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
$1,400
A Post-War, Modern Southwestern Realist Landscape, Adobe House in New Mexico
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
A Post-War, Modern Precisionist Landscape, Urban Realism, House in New Mexico
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
A Large, Cheerful 1950s American Scene Mid-Century Modern Painting, "The Picnic"
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
Walter Burt Adams was an American painter who was involved in the Chicago Modern Art community. He was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1903 and spent his childhood in Fargo, North Dakota. Then in 1922 he enrolled and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He attended it with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer G. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. Paintings by Walter Burt Adams were exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago 15 times between 1930–42. Adams’s work was also exhibited at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Evanston Women’s Club and the Evanston Public Library. Adams moved to Belen, New Mexico in 1977 and died there in 1990.