GAY, WALTER (1856-1937), American artist, was born at Hingham (Mass.), on Jan. 22, 1856. In 1876 he became a pupil of Leon Bonnat in Paris. He received an honourable mention in the Salon of 1885; a gold medal in 1888, and similar awards at Vienna (1894), Antwerp (1895), Berlin (1896), and Munich (1897) . He became an officer of the Legion of Honour and a member of the Society of Secession, Munich. Works by him are in the Luxembourg, the Tate Gallery (London), and the Boston and Metropolitan (New York) Museums of Art. His composi tions deal mainly with French interiors and French peasant life.