places the first and second lens elements so as to accomplish the aforesaid illumination of the wall surface application_number US 83384904 A description referring now to the drawing and especially to fig1 thereof a wall washer lighting fixture constructed in accordance with the present invention is shown at 20 and is seen to include a housing 22 within which there is mounted a light source in the form of a lamp 24 lamp 24 may be any one of a variety of lamps chosen from currently available incandescent fluorescent or high intensity discharge lamps as well as light emitting diodes a reflector system 26 is interposed between the lamp 24 and housing 22 in a manner well known in the construction of lighting fixtures a lens member 30 is affixed within housing 22 by a support structure 32 of the housing 22 and is held at an acute angle 34 to the horizontal direction 36 lighting fixture 20 is shown installed within a ceiling 40 recessed so as to be essentially flush with generally horizontal surface 42 of the ceiling 40 the generally horizontal ceiling surface 42 being placed at a predetermined vertical level l that is lighting fixture 20 does not protrude below ceiling 40 to a degree which would disturb the aesthetic effect of a continuous uninterrupted generally planar ceiling surface 42 lighting fixture 20 is constructed so as to illuminate an adjacent generally vertical wall 50 as well to provide illumination to.