| Virgil Williams was born in Dixfield, Maine, in 1830. After receiving his degree from Brown University, Williams studied art in New York, and in Rome with William Page, whose daughter he would marry. Returning to the States, Williams would maintain a studio in Boston while teaching at Harvard University and the Boston School of Technology. In 1874 he took a position as Director of the newly opened San Francisco School of Design, where he would be a major influence on early-California painting. Though he was a resident of California for 12 years before his death, he rarely painted its landscape, having preferred European subject matter. For more information on Virgil Williams and other artists we represent, please visit the artist index on our gallery website |
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