Artists by Name

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• Wadsworth, Frances Laughlin

  Frances Laughlin Wadsworth

  1909 – 1978

• Walkley, David Birdsey

  David Birdsey Walkley

  1849 – 1934

• Wallant, Edward Lewis

  Edward Lewis Wallant

  1926 – 1962

• Warburg, Edward M. M.

  Edward M. M. Warburg

  1908 – 1992

• Waring, Laura Wheeler

  Laura Wheeler Waring

  1887 – 1948

• Warneke, Heinz

  Heinz Warneke

  1895 – 1983

  A WPA artist, Warneke became a major figure in the direct carving movement in sculpture, in which the artist retained full control of the work by carving the final piece. His best known works are large-scale animal figures including the Nittany Lion at Pennsylvania State University and the African elephants at the Washington DC zoo.

• Warner, Gertrude Chandler

  Gertrude Chandler Warner

  1890 – 1979

• Warren, Robert Penn

  Robert Penn Warren

  1905 – 1989

• Webster, H. Daniel

  H. Daniel Webster

  1880 – 1912

  Webster was the sculptor of Westport’s Minute Man monument, completed in 1910 and placed at the corner of Compo Road South and Compo Beach Road. He was a member of the Silvermine Guild.

• Weinberg, Elbert

  Elbert Weinberg

  1928 – 1991

  A nationally known sculptor, Weinberg’s work has been displayed at MoMA in New York, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Wadsworth Atheneum. He designed the 1980 Holocaust Memorial in Wilmington, DE.

• Weir, Irene

  Irene Weir

  1862 – 1944

  Irene Weir studied with J.H. Twachtman and her uncles J. Alden Weir and John Ferguson Weir as well as with her grandfather, Robert Walter Weir. She was the first “Directress” of the Norwich Art School from 1890-93. She later taught in Brookline, Massachusetts and in New York City. She founded and was director of the School of Design and Liberal Arts in New York from 1917-29.

• Weithas, Arthur

  Arthur Weithas

  1911 – 2006

• Welling, Richard

  Richard Welling

  1926 – 2009

  Richard Welling is best known for his prints and drawings of Hartford, especially for those documenting demolition and construction from the 1960s through the 1980s. He also drew the New York City skyline and construction of the World Trade Center towers.

• Westermann, Horace Clifford (H. C.)

  Horace Clifford (H. C.) Westermann

  1922 – 1981

  From the late 1950s on, Westermann worked with a variety of materials to create sculptures that spoke against militarism and materialism.

• Weston, George

  George Weston

  1880 – c. 1956

• Whitcomb, Jon

  Jon Whitcomb

  1906 – 1988

• White, Paul Lowell

  Paul Lowell White

  1917 – 2012

  For the forty years that White lived in Mystic he painted, exhibited, and supported the Mystic Art Association, of which he was also at one time president, by hosting meetings in the home.

• White, George C.

  George C. White

  1935 –

• White, Nelson Cooke

  Nelson Cooke White

  1900 – 1989

  The development of the Hartford Colony began when Henry Cooke White (1861-1952), the patriarch of this artistic family, discovered the area in 1891.
  Several group shows of the White family’s [three generations] have been held in recent years. Celebrating the longevity of their
  association with the region, these exhibits record how Connecticut’s natural world was interpreted by the individual artistic sensibilities of father, son, and grandson. One held in 1985 at the Florence Griswold Museum was entitled, ‘The Whites of Waterford: An American Landscape Tradition.’

• Wick, Walter

  Walter Wick

  1953 –

  Innovative photographer and puzzle-maker; books combine creating miniature scenes incorporating hidden or optical puzzles, construction of puzzles like marble runs, optical illusions. Popular books with Jean Marzollo since 1991. Most of Wick’s significance has been for work after 1979.

• Wiggins, John Gregory

  John Gregory Wiggins

  1893 – 1956

• Wiggins, Guy Carleton

  Guy Carleton Wiggins

  1883 – 1962

  A noted American Impressionist of New York City winter streetscapes in the years before World War I, Wiggins’ style began shifting toward Regionalism after a 1925 trip to Europe. In the 1930s and 1940s, he exposed students at his art school to more modern styles, inviting guest painters/teachers such as George Luks of the Ashcan School and Eugene Higgins a Social Realist in subject matter.

• Wilbur, Richard

  Richard Wilbur

  1921 –

  Wilbur taught at Wesleyan University in Middletown for twenty years, where he was a founder of the acclaimed Wesleyan University Press poetry series in 1959.

• Wilder, Thornton

  Thornton Wilder

  1897 – 1975

  Author and playwright Thornton Wilder was a three time Pulitzer Prize winner. One of his best known works is “Our Town,” a play that premiered in 1938 and is still produced all over the world.

• Wilk, Max

  Max Wilk

  1920 – 2011

• Williams, Wayland Wells

  Wayland Wells Williams

  1888 – 1945

• Wilson, Edmund

  Edmund Wilson

  1895 – 1972

• Winter, Ezra

  Ezra Winter

  1886 – 1949

  A renowned muralist during the 1920s through 1940s, Winter had many prestigious commissions for the Library of Congress, Radio City Music Hall, US Supreme Court and others. He painted in a traditional style when many of his contemporaries were exploring modern modes of expression.

• Wiseman, Mark

  Mark Wiseman

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• Woodbridge, Elisabeth

  Elisabeth Woodbridge

  1870 – 1964

• Woodward, Hildegard

  Hildegard Woodward

  1898 – 1977

  Illustrator who worked predominantly in watercolors, Woodward received Caldecott Honor Book Citations for illustrations in two books by Lavinia Riker Davis, “Roger and the Fox” in 1947 and “The Wild Birthday Cake” in 1949, and authored her own children’s books.

• Wright, George Hand

  George Hand Wright

  1872 – 1951

  During the 1920s Wright was considered the top illustrator in the nation. His presence in Westport drew other artists to town and he would become known as the Dean of the Westport Art Colony. Artist visitors often joined him in his studio to explore and discuss techniques and experiences.

• Wright, Richardson

  Richardson Wright

  1887 – 1961