Lionel WALDEN
1861–1933, USA/France

A painter of seascapes and marine scenes, Lionel Walden was born in Connecticut in 1861. He trained in Paris with Carolus Duran, and became a highly recognized artist in France. He received medals from the Paris Salon and was made a Knight of the French Legion of Honor. In Paris, Walden became acquainted with Kimo Wilder, a Honolulu artist. The meeting was to prove fateful, as Wilder invited Walden to come to Hawaii, which he did in 1911. That visit was the first of many, as Walden fell in love with the light and water in Hawaii. Though he also exhibited and won prizes in London, St. Louis, and San Francisco, Walden considered Paris his home, where he died in Chantilly in 1933.

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