Walter Murch
1907–1967
Introduction
Walter Tandy Murch (August 17, 1907 – December 11, 1967) was a painter whose still life paintings of machine parts, brick fragments, clocks, broken dolls, hovering light bulbs and glowing lemons are an unusual combination of realism and abstraction. His style of painting objects as though they are being seen through frosted glass has been compared to 18th-century painters such as Chardin, while his oddly marred and pitted surfaces tend to evoke the 20th-century's abstract expressionists. He is the father of sound designer and film editor Walter Scott Murch and Louise Tandy Schablein.
Wikidata identifier
Q7966252
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Introduction
Comment on works: painter
Country of birth
Canada
Roles
Artist, painter, still life artist
ULAN identifier
500020472
Names
Walter Tandy Murch, Walter Murch
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Exhibitions
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Oct 6, 2011–Feb 12, 2012
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Dec 13, 1967–Feb 4, 1968
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Dec 8, 1965–Jan 30, 1966
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Dec 11, 1963–Feb 2, 1964
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Dec 13, 1961–Feb 4, 1962
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Dec 9, 1959–Jan 31, 1960
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Nov 20, 1957–Jan 12, 1958
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Nov 14, 1956–Jan 6, 1957
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Nov 9, 1955–Jan 8, 1956
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Oct 15–Dec 6, 1953
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Nov 8, 1951–Jan 6, 1952
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Mar 17–May 6, 1951
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Nov 10–Dec 31, 1950
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Dec 16, 1949–Feb 5, 1950
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Nov 13, 1948–Jan 2, 1949