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.

Homer Reciting the Iliad
William Ordway Partridge (American, 1861–1930) Cast by Roman Bronze Works (American, founded 1897)

Male Ecorché
John Partridge English, born Scotland, 1790-1872

Pave it and Paint it Green, Yosemite National Park
Rondal Partridge American, born 1917

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

Mills Hall
Roi Partridge American, 1888-1984

Women Fighting
William Rothenstein English, 1872-1945

Partridge Tureen
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory German, founded 1710

Potato Field Madonna, Kern County, California
Rondal Partridge American, born 1917

Alice
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

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

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)

The Beggar Girl
Roi Partridge American, 1888–1984

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

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

Maine Landscape
William Zorach American, 1887-1966

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

William Bonham
William Bonnell American, 1804–1865

Equality and the Beggar Girl
Roi Partridge American, 1888-1984

J. Ellis Bonham
William Bonnell American, 1804–1865