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.

Three Persons Viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight
William Pether (English, 1731/38-1821) after Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734-1797)

The Rabbi
William Pether (English, 1731/38-1821) after Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Democritus and Protagoras
William Pether (English, 1738-1821) after Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673) published by John Boydell (English, 1719-1804)

Herdsmen, Cows and Sheep in Landscape
William Pether English, 1731-1821

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

Women Fighting
William Rothenstein English, 1872-1945

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

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

Maine Landscape
William Zorach American, 1887-1966

William Bonham
William Bonnell American, 1804–1865

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

J. Ellis Bonham
William Bonnell American, 1804–1865

The Bathers
William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905)

Thenot Under Fruit Tree, from The Pastorals of Virgil
William Blake English, 1757-1827

The Coast of Labrador
William Bradford (American, 1823–1892)

Cyclops
William Baziotes American, 1912–1963