Personal and Career Life
Walter Marsden, the son of a blacksmith, was born in Church near Accrington in Lancashire, England in 1882.
In 1901 Marsden was an apprentice at the Accrington Brick and Tile Company, whose owners, the McAlpine family, recognised his talent, and encouraged him to study at the Accrington Technical School. From there, Marsden secured a place at the Manchester Municipal College of Art in about 1908. In the 1911 census he gave his occupation as a "clay modeller".
He served as an officer in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and was awarded a Military Cross fighting in the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917. He was later taken prisoner at Cambrai, France and sent to a prisoner of war camp.
After the war he returned to his studies and attended the Royal College of Art between 1919 and 1920. Edouard Lanteri was one of his instructors at the college.
From 1930 until 1941, when he resigned, Marsden was a member of the Art Workers Guild. From 1930 to 1941 he was a member of the council of the Royal Society of British Sculptors; He became a Fellow of the society in 1938 and remained so until 1956. Marsden was a St Martin's School of Art temporary instructor starting in 1944. He taught modelling. He was an instructor from 1948 to 1952, his work including teaching sculpture.
Marsden died in August 1969.
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