William Woodward (1859 - 1939) American Mixed Media on Paper Measure 6"in H x 8"in W and 7 1/2"in H x 10 3/4"in W with frame Known for: Town-landscape, portrait, genre painting, art education Biography: A painter, teacher, sketch artist, etcher, and architect, William Woodward is known primarily for his impressionist paintings of the French Quarter in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. He was active in New Orleans from 1885 to 1923, and Biloxi, Mississippi, from 1924 to 1939. He also painted landscapes including the Yellowstone Falls of the Grand Canyon when he traveled to Canada, Hawaii, and throughout the American West. Woodward was born in Seekonk, Massachusetts and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, the Massachusetts Normal Art School in Boston, and the Academie Julian with Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre. He and his brother, Ellsworth, were highly influential figures in New Orleans in the 19th century. William's interest in art was stirred by the Philadelphia Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. He moved to New Orleans in 1876 and taught at Tulane University and Newcomb College until his retirement in 1922. He was married to landscape painter Louise Giesen Woodward. He brought Ellsworth to Tulane, and they were both instrumental in the organization of Newcomb College. William was the founder of the Newcomb School of Architecture and worked hard to preserve the architectural integrity of the French Quarter. To achieve historic preservation, he did numerous paintings, prints and drawings of the French Quarter. In 1921, he had severe injury while painting a mural and spent the remainder of his life in a wheelchair. After he moved to Biloxi, he continued to paint and invented fiberloid, an etching process, with which he created prints based on his earlier paintings.