William Willet

Painting, Visual Artist

1869 – 1921

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Who was William Willet?

William Willet was an American portrait painter, muralist, stained glass designer, studio owner and writer. An early proponent of the Gothic Revival and active in the "Early School" of American stained glass, he founded the Willet Stained Glass and Decorating Company, a stained glass studio, with his wife and partner Anne Lee Willet, in protest against the opalescent pictorial windows which were the rage at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Born
Nov 1, 1869
New York City
Died
Mar 29, 1921

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on July 23, 2013

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