Horatio Walker (1858–1938) was a Canadian painter known for rural scenes, particularly animals and farm workers on the Île d’Orléans near Quebec City. Born in Listowel, Ontario, he moved to Toronto as a young man and developed his artistic skills largely through observation and the study of paintings.
Walker spent time in New York and travelled in Europe, where he admired the French Barbizon painters, including Jean-François Millet. Their emphasis on agricultural labour and the dignity of rural subjects influenced his choice of themes, although Walker developed a distinctive style with strong modelling and subdued colour.
His Oxen Drinking (1899) depicts working animals at water, a subject to which he returned in different forms. Oxen, fields and peasant labour offered him opportunities to observe the relationship between people, animals and the land.
Walker exhibited internationally and was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. His work was admired in both Canada and the United States. He died in Sainte-Pétronille, Quebec, in 1938.
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