Walter Stuempfig

Walter Stuempfig (January 26, 1914 – November 29, 1970) was an American artist and teacher. From 1932 to 1966 he exhibited regularly at the Pennsylvania Academy's Annual Exhibitions.

In 1935 he married Lila Hill, a sculptor who had also studied at the academy. He painted figure compositions, landscapes and architectural subjects, still lifes, and portraits; all in a style of romantic realism that fell outside the artistic mainstream of his time. Robert Sturgis Ingersoll has written of him: A layman's chat with him would constitute a lesson in late 16th century and early 17th century Italian art. His heroes were Caravaggio, Degas and Eakins. One would risk acrimonious rebuttal if making a disparaging remark with respect to any one of them and earn a more violent rebuttal to a remark in praise of American Expressionism. He was interred at the cemetery of St. David's Episcopal Church in Radnor, Pennsylvania.