Francis Humphry W Woolrych - Artist Info

About Francis Humphry W Woolrych

Name variants

F Humphrey W Woolrych, F H W Woolrych
  • Biography

    The following is from Alice Avina, great granddaughter of Francis and Bertha Hewitt Woolrych:

    Francis Woolrych was born in Sidney Australia to English parents. He studied fine arts in Paris, France. His wife, Bertha Hewitt Woolrych, was born in Alton, Illinois. She also studied fine arts in Paris, France, where they met and were married.

    Francis Humphry Woolrych's speciality was nudes, landscapes and portraits. He has a mural in the dome in the capital building named the Wealth of the North in Jefferson City, Missouri and in the St. Louis Library. He was noted in the 1904 Artists Who's Who in America.

    Bertha Hewitt was a wonderful artist; she was noted in 1904 artists Who's Who in America, and "Wo...

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