America's Distinguished Artists
a national registry of historic artists
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Deceased American artists and artisans of note who created representational art are indexed in this catalogue by last name in alphabetical order. There are references to Resource Library texts and those from other sites. Click on letters below to access the alphabetical index.
Elmer Wachtel from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Elmer Wachtel from Sullivan Goss, an American Gallery

above: Elmer Wachtel, California Spring Landscape, c. 1020, watercolor, 9 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Bequest of Mrs. James S. Harlan (Adeline M. Noble Collection). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Marion Kavanagh Wachtel from Resource Library essay (dedicated solely to this artist by a named author)

(above: Marion Kavanagh Wachtel, Sunset
Clouds, 1904, Google
Books. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Caroline D. Wade from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Caroline Dupee Wade from Wikipedia
Fred Wagner
from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named
author) also see Fred
Wagner from Wikipedia
Theodore Wahl from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Teodore Wahl from Keith Sheridan Fine Prints
William Walcutt from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see William Walcutt from Archives of American Art
Sylvia Wald from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Sylvia Wald from the sylvia wald + po kim art gallery
Samuel Lovett Waldo from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Samuel Lovett Waldo from Worcester Art Museum
Gwendolyn Meux Waldrop from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Gwendolyn Meux Waldrop from David Cook Galleries
Charles Alvah Walker from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Charles Alvah Walker from White Mountain Art & Artists
Inez Nathaniel Walker from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Inez Nathaniel Walker from Don Bayley
James Walker from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see James Walker from The Johnson Collection
J. Edward Walker from Resource Library biography dedicated to this artist by a named author
William Aiken Walker from Resource Library essay (dedicated solely to this artist by a named author)

(above, William Aiken Walker, Cotton Wagon, 1893, oil on canvas, 12 x 20 inches, Private Collection, Australia. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
David Birdsey Walkley from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see David Birdsey Walkley from Mystic Museum of Art
Abraham Walkowitz from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist) also see Abraham Walkowitz from Wikipedia
Alfred Bryan Wall from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see A. Bryan Wall from Bedford Fine Art Gallery
Alfred S. Wall from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Alfred S. Wall from Dollar Bank
William Coventry Wall from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see William Coventry Wall from The Westmoreland Museum of American Art
William Guy Wall from Resource Library essay (dedicated solely to this artist by a named author)
James W. Wallace from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist)
J. Laurie Wallace from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see J. Laurie Wallace from Wikipedia
William Walmsley from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see William Walmsley from Muscarelle Museum of Art
Elizabeth Morse Walsh from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Elizabeth Morse Walsh from The Lowell Sun
Christian Walter from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist)
Martha Walter from Resource Library essay (dedicated solely to this artist by a named author) also see Martha Walter from Wikipedia
Emile Walters from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist)
Mary Josephine Walters from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Mary Josephine Walters from Birmingham Museum of Art
Henry Walton from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Henry Walton from Wikipedia
Juan B.Wandesforde from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Juan Buckingham Wandesforde from Laguna Art Museum
Bernard Evans Ward from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Bernard Evans Ward from Wikipedia
Charles Ward from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist)
Edith G. Ward from Resource Library biography dedicated to this artist by a named author
Jacob Caleb Ward from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Jacob C. Ward from Google Books: The Catskills: Painters, Writers, and Tourists in the Mountains, 1820-1895, Hudson River Museum, 1987, p. 190
John Quincy Adams Ward from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see John Quincy Adams Ward from Wikipedia
Lynd Ward from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Lynd Ward from Wikipedia
Nina Belle Ward from Resource Library essay (dedicated solely to this artist) also see Nina B. Ward from Wikipedia
Andy Warhol from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist)
Leila Waring from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist)
Laura Wheeler Waring from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Laura Wheeler Waring from Wikipedia
Everett Longley Warner from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Everett Longley Warner from Wikipedia
Nell Walker Warner from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Nell Walker Warner from Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery
Olin Levi Warner from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Olin Levi Warner from Wikipedia
J. Warrell from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see J. Warrell from Google Books: Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volumes 3-4, edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler, p. 414
Elizabeth Boardman Warren from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author)
Melvin C. Warren from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Melvin Warren from Cowboy Artists of America
Howard Warshaw from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Howard Warshaw from Sullivan Goss, an American Gallery
Abel George Warshawsky from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Abel G. Warshawsky from Plain Dealer Publishing Co. and Northeast Ohio Media Group
Augustus Washington from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist)
Marcus Waterman from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Marcus Waterman from Wikipedia
George W. Waters from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see George Wellington Waters from White Mountain Art & Artists
Herbert Waters from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Herbert Waters from RIT Libraries, Rochester Institute of Technology
Susan Catherine Moore Waters from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Susan Catherine Moore Waters from Wikipedia
Carleton E. Watkins from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist)
Franklin Watkins from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Franklin Watkins from NCpedia
Susan Watkins from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist)
Harry Willson Watrous from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Harry Willson Watrous from Questroyal Fine Art
Amelia Montague Watson from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Amelia Watson from Wikipedia
Eva Watson-Schutze from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Eva Lawrence Watson-Schutze from Wikipedia
William C. Watts from Resource Library biography dedicated to this artist by a named author
Alfred Waud from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Alfred Waud from Wikipedia
Frederick Judd Waugh from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist)

(above: Frederick J. Waugh, Southwesterly Gale, St. Ives, 1907, oil on canvas, 30.1 x 50.1 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Ida Waugh from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Ida Waugh from Kathleen L. Nichols, Pittsburg State University
Agnes Way from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author)

(above: Andrew John Henry Way, Bunch of Grapes, 1873, oil on canvas, Walters Art Museum. Image and text source: Wikimedia Commons - public domain)
Hedley William Waycott from Resource Library essay (dedicated solely to this artist by a named author)
June Wayne from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see June Wayne from Wikipedia
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