Walter Williams (painter)

[2] He is commonly confused with a contemporary, but different, landscape painter named Walter Heath Williams, to whom he is not related.

Walter Williams generally painted subjects similar to those by the rest of his family, with bodies of still water next to dense thickets of trees against backdrops of hills and clouds.

[2] By contrast, Walter Heath Williams painted landscapes that are much lighter and brighter in tone, characterized by yellows and light browns, his favorite subjects being farm fields with corn stalks and piles of hay.

He finally left his home in poverty in 1902 to enter a work house, and soon lost contact with family and friends.

It is said that his sister Caroline Fanny Williams lived just a short distance away, yet was unaware of her brother's passing.