Abstract: A picture hanger having a T-shaped wall mount member for fastening to a wall and a picture mount member for fastening to a picture frame or the like, the T-shaped wall mount member having a pendulum member for determining horizontal level of the T-shaped wall mount member on the wall and being connectable to the picture mount member and attached picture frame or the like to form an assembly; and the method of using the picture hanger by mounting the assembly on the wall temporarily at an approximate desired location, separating the picture mount member and attached picture frame from the T-shaped wall mount member, leveling the T-shaped wall mount member on the wall to establish an exact desired location and re-forming the assembly by securing the picture mount member and picture frame to the T-shaped wall mount member.