Virgil Williams
In 1872, he co-founded the San Francisco Art Association with Juan B. Students of Williams included Harry Stuart Fonda, John Marshall Gamble, and James Everett Stuart, amongst others.
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Virgil Williams
Charles Joseph Carlson (1860-1929) · The Mark Hopkins Institute Review of Art - 1904-07 · Public domain
- Name
- Virgil Macey Williams
- Born
- October 29, 1830
- Birthplace
- Dixfield, Maine, U.S.
- Died
- December 18, 1886
- Place of death
- Napa County, California, California, U.S.
- Education
- Brown University
- Occupation
- Painter
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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In 1872, he co-founded the San Francisco Art Association with Juan B. Students of Williams included Harry Stuart Fonda, John Marshall Gamble, and James Everett Stuart, amongst others.
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Virgil Williams studied at Brown University. The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are United States, Italian Peninsula and Boston. Work by Virgil Williams is recorded in the collections of M. H. de Young Memorial Museum and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Virgil Macey Williams (1830-1886), American landscape painter
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• Name — Virgil Macey Williams • Born — October 29, 1830 • Birthplace — Dixfield, Maine, U.S. • Died — December 18, 1886 • Place of death — Napa County, California, California, U.S. • Education — Brown University • Occupation — Painter • Spouses — Mary Page • Relatives — William Page (father-in-law) • Illustration — Knight's Valley from the Slopes of Mount St. Helena by Virgil Williams, 1873, oil on canvas, De Young Museum
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