| Dorothy Walker | |
| Birth Name: | Dorothy Cole |
| Birth Date: | 16 January 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Art Critic |
| Nationality: | Irish |
Dorothy Walker (16 January 1929 – 8 December 2002) was an Irish art critic and a vocal champion of abstract modernism in Ireland.
Born Dorothy Cole in Dublin in 1929 to the owner of a fruit and vegetable business, living in Mountjoy Square, Dublin, and educated in the Dominican Convent Wicklow and École du Louvre in Paris she was a co-founder of the occasion modern art exhibition Rosc and a board member and even an interim director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. She was married to architect Robin Walker with whom she had five children.[1] After her death the museum held an exhibition in her honour, featuring work by artists, such as Patrick Scott and Sean Scully who she particularly favoured. Her books include a rare but much admired discussion of contemporary Irish art.[2] [3]