William W. Gilchrist Jr.

William Wallace Gilchrist Jr. (March 2, 1879 – November 4, 1926) was an American painter. He was known for his impressionist paintings of American domestic scenes, genre scenes, landscapes, and portraits.

Early life and education

William Wallace Gilchrist Jr. was born on March 2, 1879, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His brother was Edmund B. Gilchrist, a noted architect. He began creating art in his youth.

Gilchrist studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where he was a student of Cecilia Beaux, Thomas Pollock Anshutz, and William Merritt Chase. He also took lessons from Winslow Homer during his summer vacations in Prout's Neck, Maine, and additionally studied in Paris, London, and Munich.

In December 1901, he married Lucretia Mott De Schweinitz, and together they had three children.

Career He was a member of the Salmagundi Club, Philadelphia Water Color Club, and Art Club of Philadelphia. During the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco, Gilchrist displayed a few of his landscape paintings. Gilchrist died of heart disease related issues on November 4, 1926, in Brunswick.

His grandson Robert Griffin authored, Affectionately, Wallace: The Life and Work of W. W. Gilchrist (2001).