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

Salt and Pepper Shakers
William Spratling Shop Taxco, Mexican, 20th century

Hummingbird Necklace
William Spratling (American, 1900–1967) Taxco, Mexico

The Millinery Shop
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

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

Boulevard de Strasbourg (Corsets)
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927

Women Fighting
William Rothenstein English, 1872-1945

The Shoe Shop
Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones (American, 1885–1968)

Shop Girls
Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones (American, 1885–1968)

Necklace and Pair of Earrings
Kalo Shop (American, 1900–70) Chicago or Park Ridge, Illinois

Waves
William Spratling (American, 1900–1967) Taxco, Mexico

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

Alice
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

Untitled
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927

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