Walter Edmonds

Trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Samuel S. Fleisher Arts Memorial, and the Philadelphia Museum School of Art (now University of the Arts), Edmonds was an early member of the collective Recherché, the group of African American artists that formed around the Sande Webster Gallery. He has designed and painted numerous murals in and around the city, and his paintings, prints, and sculptures can be found in several prestigious museums and private collections, including those of actor Danny Glover and writer Chinua Achebe.