M.
Walton Leader
(1877-1966) Austin, Texas
Morris Walton Leader was born in
Marshall, Texas and died in Austin where he moved in his youth. He studied art in New York
and Chicago shortly before World War 1. Later in Texas he studied with San Antonio artists
Peter Lanz Hohnstedt, Frederick Becker
and Harry Anthony DeYoung.
Texas Hill
Country landscapes were Leader's specialty, including areas near his home in Austin,
along Shoal Creek, Williamson Creek, Brushy Creek, the lakes, etc., and traveled through
the Hill Country near San Antonio, Medina, Bandera, Kerrville, etc.
Exhibits of his
include: Witte Museum, San Antonio 1932; Austin Texas Fine Arts Association 1933; Prize
1934, Texas Artists Circuit Exhibitition, etc. His paintings were sold in galleries
throughout many parts of the nation.
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