W.’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.

Diego Rivera
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Robert Weeks De Forest
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Carolyn Even Gledhill
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Thomas Moran
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Two Children
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Jeddu Krishnamurti
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Edward Borein
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Keith Gledhill
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Mrs. Chester Alan Arthur
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Mrs. Josiah Doulton
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Frederick Hurren Rhead
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

George Parrish Tebbets
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Charles F. Lummis
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

Edwin Markham
W. Edwin Gledhill American, 1888–1976

View of Cotopaxi
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)

This Person
Geng Jianyi Chinese, born 1962

Woman in a Shawl, Sketch of Legs
Augustus Edwin John English, 1878-1961

Nude
Edwin Dickinson American, 1891–1978

Cut Bank, Montana
Edwin Rosskam American, born Germany, 1903–1985