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A Watering Place
Horatio Walker1909
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Walker was apprenticed to the photographic firm Notman and Fraser in Toronto. From 1878 he worked in New York City, having a studio there. In 1880 he traveled to Europe and was insipired by the work of the Barbizon painters and rural subject matter occupied him for the rest of his life. Walker was a member of several artists' organizations, including the American Watercolor Society, the Royal Canadian Academy of Art, and the National Academy of Design. He was a founding member of the Canadian Art Club, which elected him as its president in 1915.
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Details
- Title: A Watering Place
- Creator: Horatio Walker (American, 1858-1938)
- Date Created: 1909
- Subject Keywords: cows; farm animals; drinking
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Horatio Walker (American, 1858-1938)
- Provenance: Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: paintings
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Inscriptions: [Signature and date] Lower left: Horatio Walker 1909
- Dimensions: H: 34 x W: 45 11/16 in. (86.3 x 116.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.313
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