Horatio Walker

Horatio Walker, photographed by MO Hammond, 1931

Horatio Walker (born May 12, 1858 in Listowel , Ontario , † September 27, 1938 in Sainte-Pétronille , Quebec ) was a Canadian photographer and painter .

Life

Horatio Walker, 1933

Horatio Walker was the son of Thomas Walker and his wife Jeanne Maurice. Between 1873 and 1876, Walker trained with the photographers Notman and Fraser in Toronto . He later worked as a photographer in Rochester for a number of years. In the early 1880s, Walker toured Europe and learned about and was heavily influenced by the Barbizon French School . In the later years he spent his winters in New York City and the summer months on Île d'Orléans .

In 1883 he married Jeanette Pretty († 1938) in Toronto. Their marriage resulted in two children, Alice (1884-1891) and Horatio Jr. (1886-1910). His daughter died of complications from diphtheria and his son from tuberculosis . As a result of the tragedy, his wife Jeanette suffered a nervous breakdown and lived in a psychiatric hospital from 1914 until her death .

Memberships and Organizations

1882 American Watercolor Society 1883 Royal Canadian Academy of Art 1887 Society of American Artists 1891 full member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design 1898 member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

1901 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors 1915 founder and president of the Canadian Art Club 1916 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Toronto 1938 Honorary Doctorate from Laval University in Québec

literature

• Walker, Horatio . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 88 .
• Hans-Peter Bühler: The Barbizon School. French landscape painting in the 19th century , Bruckmann Verlag, Munich (1979) ISBN 3-7654-1761-0
• Dorothy Farr: Horatio Walker 1858-1938 , Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Center (1977)
• Lyne Gravel: Les Oeuvres d'Horatio Walker , Quebec: Musée du Québec (1987)
• Russel Harper: Painting in Canada: A History , Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1981)
• David Karel: Horatio Walker , Québec: Fides (1986)
• Newland F. Price: Horatio Walker , New York and Montreal: Louis Carrier Co. (1928)

Web links

Commons : Horatio Walker  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Biography Horatio Walker (English)
• Works by Horatio Walker (English)
• Works by Horatio Walker (English)

Remarks

1. ↑ Dorothy Farr: Horatio Walker 1858-1938 , Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Center (1977)
2. ↑ Dorothy Farr: Horatio Walker 1858-1938 , Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Center (1977)
3. ↑ nationalacademy.org: Artists & Architects "W" / Horatio Walker, 1858 - 1938 ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 19, 2015) 
4. ^ Members: Horatio Walker. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed May 1, 2019 .