Virgil Macey Williams

Virgil Macey Williams
BornOctober 29, 1830
Dixfield, Maine, U.S.
DiedDecember 18, 1886
Napa County, California, California, U.S.
EducationBrown University
OccupationPainter
SpousesMary Page
RelativesWilliam Page (father-in-law)
Knight's Valley from the Slopes of Mount St. Helena by Virgil Williams, 1873, oil on canvas, De Young Museum

Virgil Macey Williams (October 29, 1830 – December 18, 1886) was an American painter, and the director of the San Francisco School of Design (now known as San Francisco Art Institute).[1][2][3] In 1872, he co-founded the San Francisco Art Association with Juan B. Wandesforde.[4]

Students of Williams included Harry Stuart Fonda,[5] John Marshall Gamble,[6] amongst others.

  1. ^ Post, Ruth N. (June 1987). "The California Years of Virgil Macey Williams". California History. 66 (2): 114–129. doi:10.2307/25591535. JSTOR 25591535.
  2. ^ "Death of Virgil Williams". Los Angeles Herald. December 19, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved December 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "An Artist Gone". The San Francisco Examiner. December 19, 1889. p. 6. Retrieved December 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Lekisch, Barbara (2003). Embracing Scenes about Lakes Tahoe & Donner: Painters, Illustrators & Sketch Artists 1855-1915. Lafayette, California: Great West Books. p. 35. ISBN 9780944220146. OCLC 1001900414.
  5. ^ Shields, Scott A. (2006-04-17). Artists at Continent's End: The Monterey Peninsula Art Colony, 1875-1907. University of California Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-520-24739-0.
  6. ^ "Local artist is praised by critics". The Independent. 1911-02-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-02-12.