William’s work is defined by its 20th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

The Old Cabman
William Newenham Montague Orpen (Irish, 1878-1931)

Two Nudes on a Beach
Sir William Orpen Irish, 1878-1931

Woman with a Fan
William Newenham Montague Orpen Irish, 1878-1931

Two Sketches of a Man (recto); Forearm (verso)
William Newenham Montague Orpen Irish, 1878-1931

Sleeping Figure
William Newenham Montague Orpen Irish, 1878-1931

Lady Elizabeth Montagu
James McArdell (Irish, c. 1728-1765) after Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792)

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

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

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

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