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Thomas (TW) Willis BIOGRAPHY
1850 Denmark - 1925 New York City. Known for: Marine art, ship portrait painting on silk.
Note from Robert Willis, great grandson of the artist:. I found your site quite informative - you are the only site, in my opinion, that have the dates for his life correctly listed. All other sites... Read full biography
Note from Robert Willis, great grandson of the artist:. I found your site quite informative - you are the only site, in my opinion, that have the dates for his life correctly listed. All other sites I have found list him as dying well short of 1925. Most bracket his life from 1850 to 1910, which I... Read full biography
Note from Robert Willis, great grandson of the artist:. I found your site quite informative - you are the only site, in my opinion, that have the dates for his life correctly listed. All other sites I have found list him as dying well short of 1925. Most bracket his life from 1850 to 1910, which I am sure is not correct because I own one of his signed ship portraits dated 1920. It was given to my grandfather who was the son of the artist. Some other facts surrounding Thomas are rather... Read full biography
Note from Robert Willis, great grandson of the artist:. I found your site quite informative - you are the only site, in my opinion, that have the dates for his life correctly listed. All other sites I have found list him as dying well short of 1925. Most bracket his life from 1850 to 1910, which I am sure is not correct because I own one of his signed ship portraits dated 1920. It was given to my grandfather who was the son of the artist. Some other facts surrounding Thomas are rather confusing. He is listed in a number of places as Thomas Willes and as originally from Denmark. His relationship with Antonio Jacobson, who was from Denmark, makes me wonder. My Grandfather was his only son from his last wife, and I believe his life as an... Read full biography
Note from Robert Willis, great grandson of the artist:. I found your site quite informative - you are the only site, in my opinion, that have the dates for his life correctly listed. All other sites I have found list him as dying well short of 1925. Most bracket his life from 1850 to 1910, which I am sure is not correct because I own one of his signed ship portraits dated 1920. It was given to my grandfather who was the son of the artist. Some other facts surrounding Thomas are rather confusing. He is listed in a number of places as Thomas Willes and as originally from Denmark. His relationship with Antonio Jacobson, who was from Denmark, makes me wonder. My Grandfather was his only son from his last wife, and I believe his life as an artist was at its very end when the piece I have was made. I have reason to believe this was his last piece of art and was given to m... Read full biography
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Note from Robert Willis, great grandson of the artist:
I found your site quite informative - you are the only site, in my opinion, that have the dates for his life correctly listed. All other sites I have found list him as dying well short of 1925. Most bracket his life from 1850 to 1910, which I am sure is not correct because I own one of his signed ship portraits dated 1920. It was given to my grandfather who was the son of the artist.
Some other facts surrounding Thomas are rather confusing. He is listed in a number of places as Thomas Willes and as originally from Denmark. His relationship with Antonio Jacobson, who was from Denmark, makes me wonder.
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