WALKER, HORATIO (1858-1938), American artist, was born at Listowel, Ontario, Canada, May 12, 1858. When he was a child his family settled at Rochester, N.Y. Although entirely self-taught, he became a distinguished painter of animals, the figure and landscape. His pictures, principally of Canadian peasant life and scenes, show the influence of Troyon and Millet, mainly in their feeling for largeness of composition, in solidity of paint ing and in the choice of themes. He was a member of the National
Academy of Design, New York, and of the American Water Color Society.
See F. Newlin Price, Horatio Walker (193o).