Martha Walter

[5] In 1909 she also won the school's Mary Smith Prize for the best painting by a resident female artist.

In France, she received tuition from Rene Menard and Lucien Simon at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.

[8] She was also good friends with designer Zerelda Rains, who she met at Chase's Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art in 1896.

[11] She was lauded in her early career for her "intimate portrayal of little children" in paintings such as The Picnic and A Parasol Tea, which were noted particularly for her use of color.

[5] In the 1930s, Walter traveled to North Africa and began to paint the market places of Tunis, Tripoli and Algiers.