Biography
Augustus Joel Walker (b. Wandsworth, London 1868 - d. Odiham, Hampshire, UK 1965) was an art dealer, artists' colourman, frame-maker and fine art publisher. He was the son of a tailor who founded Walker's Galleries located at 118 New Bond Street which staged the first exhibition of the Seven and Five Society in April 1920. It published Walker's Quarterly during the period 1920-32. Each edition was devoted to a monograph on an individual artist or a specific aspect of art. These included David Roberts, Thomas Shotter Boys, John Sell Cotman, William Callow, Henry Holiday, John Fredrick Lewis, John Burgess, Henry Bright, Edward Morison Wimperis, Charles Bentley, Francis Nicholson, Samuel Lucas, James Holland amongst others.
