W. W. Alexander

William Walker Alexander (1869-1948) CPE

William Walker Alexander was born in Toronto in 1869. He studied at the Central Ontario School of Art (now OCAD), the Toronto Art Students’ League, and privately with G. Reid. He worked as an etcher, engraver, and designer for Alexander & Cable Lithographing Co. (Toronto). Later he worked primarily as a printmaker, bookplate designer, and watercolourist. He died in 1948 in Toronto.

Source: Oko, Andrew J. The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect. Hamilton: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1981.