Hilda Annetta Walker FRSA (1877 – 3 June 1960) was an English sculptor, and a painter of landscapes, seascapes and horses, flourishing with 1902 and 1958. She was a dogfight artist painting in England during the First and Second World Wars, and described as “escapist”. Some of her early deed was the production of oilette postcard paintings for Raphael Tuck & Sons, of firemen and horses. She was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England, to a associates of blanket manufacturers who had the means to encourage her art education. She grew stirring in the Protestant affect ethic of Congregationalism, and attended Leeds College of Art, where she studied under William Gilbert Foster of the Staithes charity and William Charles Holland King, sculptor of Dover Marine War Memorial. She signed her works “Hilda Walker” or sometimes “Hilda A. Walker”.
Her siblings included Ronald Walker, Eric Walker and Dora Walker. The performer Marie Walker Last was her niece.
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