About William Vincent

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William Vincent Kirkpatrick
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    Born to Irish parents in St. Augustine, Florida, William Kirkpatrick, who signed his canvases William Vincent, became an impressionist painter of landscapes, florals, figures, and portraits. He also did murals, including two large ones at Tomasita's Santa Fe Station restaurant.

    He grew up in a cultured atmosphere of art and music; his mother, Eloise, was a painter, and his father, William Francis, played a variety of musical instruments. The young William took classical guitar lessons and wrote poetry.

    In 1949, when he was age ten, Kirkpatrick won his first art contest, which was sponsored by the Lightner Museum of Art in St. Augustine. From 1956 to 1960, he spent four years in the Air Force and was stationed at Clovis, New M...

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