(1891-1970) Painter. Born near Falls City, NE on April 1, 1891. Nell Walker graduated from the Lexington (MO) Women’s College in 1910. She then moved to California and graduated from the Los Angeles School of Art and Design in 1916. For four years she taught art at local girl schools and painted backgrounds for silent pictures. After her marriage to Dr. Bion S. Warner in 1920, she traveled to Europe and spent three summers in Cape Ann (MA) where she painted many harbor scenes; however, southern California remained her home. During the 1920’s she was art curator of the Tuesday Afternoon Club and further studied locally with Fechin, Werner, and Lauritz. In 1945 she wed Emil Shostrom and in 1952 moved to Carmel where she remained until her death on November 30, 1970. Antony Anderson, art critic of the Los Angeles Times, stated that she was one of the ablest flower painters America has produced. Her work also includes landscapes of California and the New England coast. Member: California Art Club; Glendale Art Association; California Watercolor Society; Laguna Beach Art Association; Artland Club; Academy of Western Painters; Pasadena Society of Artists; Women Painters of the West (pres. 1946-48); Carmel Art Association. Exhibited: Southern California Fair, 1925 (1st prize); California Eisteddfod, 1925 (four gold and silver medals); California Art Club, 1925-38; Willshire Gallery, 1928; California State Fair; Golden Gate International Expo, 1940; Society for Sanity in Art; Artist Guild of America. Works Held: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.