By the time of his death in 1921, William Aiken Walker had produced a massive body of artwork on Southern subjects. Both a biography of Walker and a guide to his work, this magnificently
illustrated book features 99 color illustrations and 63 black and whites of his paintings and drawings. The book contains an extensive chronology and sections on Walker's life in Charleston,
Baltimore, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi. A comprehensive examination of African-Americans in Walker's art and the increasingly realistic qualities in his
painting help to place his work in perspective. A final chapter on Walker as a chronicler of the South defines his major contribution to American culture.
