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As is the case with far too many artists, the multitalented Frank Walter (1926\u20132009) did not receive his due during his lifetime. By all accounts a polymath\u2014his second cousin recalls<\/a> that \u201cas a child, he\u2019d sit us down under a fruit tree, and while he\u2019s typing on one subject matter, he\u2019s lecturing us on other matter\u201d\u2014Walter spent much of his life in relative solitude on Antigua, with his ideas and memories to keep him company as he painted, drew, wrote, sculpted, captured photographs, made sound recordings, and fashioned toys. He brimmed with a restless creativity; he left behind some five thousand paintings, two thousand photographs, fifty thousand pages of writing across various genres, and much more. A new exhibition<\/a> featuring a fraction of this work will open at David Zwirner\u2019s London gallery on April 15. A selection of images from the show appears below.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Frank Walter, LANDSCAPE Untitled (Airplanes over boats in harbor)<\/em>, n.d. \u00a9 Courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts. Image courtesy of Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frank Walter, Untitled (Watermelon)<\/em>, n.d. \u00a9 Courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts. Image courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frank Walter, Untitled (black birds in foreground with white bird on a shark)<\/em>, n.d. \u00a9 Courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts. Image courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frank Walter, Untitled (Abstract Triangles Red, Yellow, Black and Silver)<\/em>, n.d. \u00a9 Courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts. Image courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frank Walter, FIGURATIVE Untitled (Self-portrait on water with red hurrican sky moving in)<\/em>, n.d. \u00a9 Courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts. Image courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frank Walter, Untitled (Red sun, black mountain, grey sea)<\/em>, n.d. \u00a9 Courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts. Image courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frank Walter, Better be UGLY than BAD BEAUTIFUL<\/em>, n.d. \u00a9 Courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts. Image courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frank Walter, Untitled (Pink and lavender sky with green foreground and brown plantings)<\/em>, n.d. \u00a9 Courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts. Image courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cFrank Walter<\/a>\u201d will open at David Zwirner\u2019s London gallery on April 15.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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