Walter Ronald Locke (b. 1883)
Washingtonian Palms, Florida
American: 1942
Titled pencil lower left: "Washingtonian Palms" Fla.
Signed dated pencil lower right: W.R. Locke '42
Etching, uncolored
8.75 x 10.25 inches, plate mark
12 x 15 inches, overall
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Washingtonian Palms, Florida
Walter Ronald Locke
Walter Ronald Locke
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Etching of a park-like setting with a fountain and a path lined with palm trees. A reminder that the U.S. had recently entered World War II intrudes on the idyllic scene in the form of two miliary airplanes flying in formation. Perhaps the planes were included as a patriotic counterpoint to the "Washingtonian" palms. Another copy of this print is in the collection of the library at Georgetown University.
Walter Ronald Locke was an etcher based in Florida who specialized in landscapes. Many of his surviving works are of Florida scenes, although he also made prints of places elsewhere in the United States. His works are in the collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah and Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington.
Reference:
"Artists Represented in the Collection." Georgetown University Lauinger Library: Special Collections Division. Washington, D.C. http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/namelist.htm (22 July 2002).