1984 “Chipmunk Flagstaff” Watercolor Painting by Walter Sorge

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A 1984 watercolor painting by the Canadian artist Walter Sorge (1931-2021). Titled Chipmunk Flagstaff, this painting a chipmunk perched on … Read more A 1984 watercolor painting by the Canadian artist Walter Sorge (1931-2021). Titled Chipmunk Flagstaff, this painting a chipmunk perched on a boulder, amid trees and yellow grass. Held in a black frame against a white mat, this piece is signed, dated and titled lower right.

Born in Alberta, Canada, Walter Felix Sorge attended UCLA and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from there during the 1950s. He continued his education at Columbia University in New York where he received his Doctorate in Fine Art and Fine Art Education. Sorge also studied under Stanley William Hayter in Paris and worked at Atelier 17. He later had an extensive career as an art educator and served as head of the art department at Kentucky Southern College in Louisville, the head of the art department at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, as well as chairman of the art department at Eastern Illinois University. Sorge exhibited widely during his lifetime in the United States and abroad. See less