William Walker (muralist)

**William Walker** (ubochí itoolu n'ọnwa Mée, 1927 rụo ụbọchị irí na abụọ n'ọnwa Septemba, 2011) bụ ónyé a ma ama na-ese ihe na Chicago. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị guzobere Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC) na otu n'etiti ndị isi na ọrụ metụtara Wall of Respect. Ọ bụkwa otu n'ime ndị guzobere ihe ndị na-eme na Chicago n'afọ ndị 1960. O depụtara Jacob Lawrence, Charles White, na onye na-ese ihe na Chicago William McBride, yana ọrụ nke ndị na-ese mgbidi na Mexico Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, na Jose Clemente Orozco dị ka mmetụta dị mkpa.

## Mbido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ William Walker na Birmingham, Alabama na 1927. Nnà ya hapụrụ ụlọ obéré ógè amụrụ ya na nné ya, Millie Lee, kwagara Chicago mgbe ọ dị afọ abụọ iji chọta ọrụ. Ọ bụ nne nne ya, Lucy Arnold, zụlitere ya ruo 1938 mgbè ọ kwagara Chicago ka ya na nne ya biri. E debara aha Walker n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ ma mesịa debanye aha ọzọ ka o wee nwee ike inweta afọ anọ nke agụmakwụkwọ kọleji n'okpuru GI Bill. Ọ bụ ónyé odeakwụkwọ ozi ma bụrụkwa onye omeiwu na 99th Pursuit Squadron. N'afọ 1949, mgbe ọ rụchara ọrụ na Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ na Agha Korea, Walker debanyere aha na nkuzi nka azụmahịa na Columbus Gallery of Art na Columbus, Ohio (nke bụzi Columbus College of Art and Design). Ọ gbanwere majors site na azụmahịa gaa na nka dị mma n'etiti ogo ya, na-eto ónyé nkụzi ya Joseph Canzani maka mgbanwe ahụ, wee bụrụ nwoke Africa America mbụ meriri ihe nríte nke irí anọ na asaá nke ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ na 1952.

## Ọrụ
Mgbè ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, ọ gàrà Memphis ebe o sere ihe osise mbụ ya. Otu afọ mgbe e mesịrị na 1955, Walker laghachiri Chicago ma rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ese ihe ịchọ mma na ónyé na-arụ ọrụ na post. N'afọ 1967, o sonyere na ọrụ metụtara Organization for Black American Culture. Ọrụ a bụ mural ọbọdọ nke ga-asọpụrụ ndị dike Africa America ma kpọọ ya "The Wall of Respect". Mgbidi nke nkwanye ùgwù malitere mmegharị mba niile nke " nka ndị mmadụ". Site n'ebe ahụ, Walker na John Pitman Weber na Eugene Eda guzobere Chicago Mural Group (nke a maara ugbu a dị ka Chicago Public Art Group), ka ọ na-aga n'ihu na-ese ihe osise na Chicago. Walker sere ihe osise iji mee ka ọbọdọ mara banyéré esemokwu agbụrụ na-aga n'ihu na America n'oge ahụ na iji kpalie ndị mmadụ itinye aka na idozi nsogbu agbụrụ. Ónyé na-ese ihe Murry DePillars, osote ónyé isi oche nke Mahadum Chicago State na ónyé otu AfriCobra kwuru otu oge banyere ónyé na-eje ije...Bill arụghị ọrụ iji nweta aha ma ọ bụ ka edepụta ya. Ọ na-eme ya n'ezie màkà ọbọdọ".

A hụrụ William Walker nwụrụ n'ụlọ ya na Chicago na Septemba 12, 2011.

## Ọrụ ndị a họọrọ

## Ihe ngosi

* "Ihe oyiyi nke akọ na uche: The Art of Bill Walker", Mahadum Chicago State, 1984
* "Bill Walker: Urban Griot", Hyde Park Art Center, 2017-18

## Onyinye na nsọpụrụ

* 1986: City Brightener Award, Bright New City
* 1998: Ụlọ Nsọpụrụ, Illinois Labor History Society

## Ịgụ ihe ọzọ

* Dunitz, Robin J., na James Prigoff. Mgbidi nke Ihe Nketa, Mgbidi Pride: Mgbidi African American. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
* Gray, Mary Lackritz. A Guide to Chicago's Murals. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2001.
* [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji] Urban Art Chicago: Ntuziaka maka Mgbidi Obodo, Mosaics, na Ihe Ọkpụkpụ. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
* Huebner, Jeff W. Mgbidi nke Amụma & Mkpesa: William Walker na Mgbọrọgwụ nke Mgbanwe Ọha Ọha. Northwestern University Press, 2019.

## Ihe odide

## Njikọ mpụga

* Chicago Public Art Group