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.

Wild Horse Mesa
William Dean Fausett American, 1913-1998

The First Ten Minutes, plate two from The Leicestershire Hunt
John Dean Paul (English, 1775-1852) published by Thomas McLean (English, 1788-1875)

Disappearance at Sea II
Tacita Dean English, born 1965

A Struggle for the Start, plate one from The Leicestershire Hunt
John Dean Paul (English, 1775-1852) Thomas McLean (English, 1788-1875)

The Death
After John Dean Paul (English, 1775-1852) published by Thomas McLean (English, 1788-1875)

Symptoms of a Skurry, plate three from The Leicestershire Hunt
John Dean Paul (English, 1775-1852) published by Thomas McLean (English, 1788-1875)

State Birds and Flowers Quilt
Jeannette Dean Throckmorton (American, 1883–1963) Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Genghis Khan
Dean Jackson Meeker American, 1920-2002

Trojan Horse
Dean Jackson Meeker American, 1920-2002

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

"Rosebreasted Grosbeak and Iris" Quilt
Jeannette Dean Throckmorton (American, 1883–1963) Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Small Landscape with Cut Trees
Dean Byington American, born 1958

Blue Iris Quilt
Jeannette Dean Throckmorton (American, 1883–1963) Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Women Fighting
William Rothenstein English, 1872-1945

Organic Variant
Dean Jackson Meeker American, 1920–2002

37 Walker Street
Dean Brown American, 1936–1973

Le Vitrier
Dean Jackson Meeker American, 1920-2002

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