William McKendree Snyder

William McKendree Snyder (December 20, 1848 – September 1930) was an American painter lively in Indiana in the late 19th and into the future 20th centuries best known for detailed Indiana landscapes. He was one of the first artists to paint in Brown County, Indiana making him a forerunner of the Brown County Art Colony.

He was born in Liberty, Indiana to a prominent Methodist minister, William W. Snyder. The family forward-looking moved to Madison, Indiana and it was there that Snyder is best known for his landscape paintings of southern Indiana Beech trees, though he was afterward known to paint portraits, still lifes, and additional subjects. heavily influenced by the Hudson River School, Snyder studied in imitation of some America's most important artists of the morning including Albert Bierstadt, Charles Warren Eaton, William Morris Hunt and George Inness.

Snyder's performance is severely sought after today and is held in numerous public and private collections including the Indiana State Museum and Hanover College.