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1866 Berkeley County, West Virginia - 1955 New York City. Known for: Frontier genre, landscape and animal paintings.
Born near Falling Waters, West Virginia on a plantation a year after the Civil War, and raised in Baltimore, William Leigh became one of the foremost painters of the American West with a career of... Read full biography
Born near Falling Waters, West Virginia on a plantation a year after the Civil War, and raised in Baltimore, William Leigh became one of the foremost painters of the American West with a career of seventy-five years. Some people referred to him as the "Sagebrush Rembrandt". He was the son of... Read full biography
Born near Falling Waters, West Virginia on a plantation a year after the Civil War, and raised in Baltimore, William Leigh became one of the foremost painters of the American West with a career of seventy-five years. Some people referred to him as the "Sagebrush Rembrandt". He was the son of impoverished Southern aristocrats and took his first art training at age 14 from Hugh Newell (1830-1915) at the Maryland Institute where he was regarded as one of the best students in his class. From 1883... Read full biography
Born near Falling Waters, West Virginia on a plantation a year after the Civil War, and raised in Baltimore, William Leigh became one of the foremost painters of the American West with a career of seventy-five years. Some people referred to him as the "Sagebrush Rembrandt". He was the son of impoverished Southern aristocrats and took his first art training at age 14 from Hugh Newell (1830-1915) at the Maryland Institute where he was regarded as one of the best students in his class. From 1883 to 1895, he studied in Europe, mainly at the Royal Academy in Munich with Ludwig Loefftz. From 1891 to 1896, he painted six cycloramas or murals in the round, a giant German panorama. In 1896, he began working as a magazine illustrator in New York... Read full biography
Born near Falling Waters, West Virginia on a plantation a year after the Civil War, and raised in Baltimore, William Leigh became one of the foremost painters of the American West with a career of seventy-five years. Some people referred to him as the "Sagebrush Rembrandt". He was the son of impoverished Southern aristocrats and took his first art training at age 14 from Hugh Newell (1830-1915) at the Maryland Institute where he was regarded as one of the best students in his class. From 1883 to 1895, he studied in Europe, mainly at the Royal Academy in Munich with Ludwig Loefftz. From 1891 to 1896, he painted six cycloramas or murals in the round, a giant German panorama. In 1896, he began working as a magazine illustrator in New York City for Scribner's and Collier's Weekly Magazine, and he also painted portraits, landscapes, and genre scenes. However, he w... Read full biography
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- The Gund Collection at the Eiteljorg MuseumFebruary 2006Campbell, SuzanAmerican Art Review
- The Explorers ClubDecember 2004Peck, Robert McCrackenThe Magazine Antiques
- The Blanton Museum of Art, C.R. SmiDecember 2004Saunders, Richard HAmerican Art Review
- Art Events-CaliforniaSeptember 2004Gangelhoff, BonnieSouthwest Art
- Art EventsJune 2004Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- Arizona-Best of the WestMay 2004Osterman, JulieSouthwest Art
- From Sea to Shining SeaMay 2004Stern, JeanSouthwest Art
- Art Events- Coast to CoastAugust 2003Herrin, AliceSouthwest Art
- Coast to Coast, Best of the WestOctober 2002Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- American Impressionism in ContextFebruary 2002Severens, Martha RAmerican Art Review
- MarketplaceFebruary 2001Editors, Art & AuctionArt & Auction
- Arizona History Through ArtApril 2000Reisdorfer, KathrynAmerican Art Review
- Trauma, Tradition, and TransformatMay 1999May, StephenSouthwest Art
- Winds of ChangeMarch 1999May, StephenSouthwest Art
- William R Leigh: Wyoming Field SketFebruary 1999Morand, AnneAmerican Art Review
- The Lure of the WestOctober 1997Archer, Joan/A S SteebyAmerican Art Review
- Eye on AmericanOctober 1997Editors, Art & AuctionArt & Auction
- American WestJune 1994AR editorsAmerican Art Review
- Home on the RangeJune 1994AR editorsAmerican Art Review