William’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Handkerchief
Designed by William Hanson (English, active c. 1794) Engraved by Slack English, active c. 1794

Polychrome Basket
Isabel Hanson (Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, 1880/85-1964) Inyo county, California

Saint William of Maleval
After Salvator Rosa Italian, 1615-1673 Carlo Antonini ? c.1740 - c.1784

Women Fighting
William Rothenstein English, 1872-1945

St. Anthony Pleasure Park
Philip Hanson American, born 1943

Country Club Dance
Philip Hanson American, born 1943

False Image Decals
Philip Hanson American, born 1943

James William Wallack
Charles Robert Leslie American, born England, 1794–1859

Dancing Couple III
Philip Hanson American, born 1943

Alice
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

The Circle of the Thieves; Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent. Inferno, canto XXV
William Blake English, 1757-1827

A City Park
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

At Mouquin's
William Glackens (American, 1870–1938)

Colinet Mocked by Two Boys, from The Pastorals of Virgil
William Blake English, 1757-1827

William Bonham
William Bonnell American, 1804–1865

Maine Landscape
William Zorach American, 1887-1966

It's a New Age
Sue Williams American, born 1954

J. Ellis Bonham
William Bonnell American, 1804–1865

Dancing Couple II
Philip Hanson American, born 1943