Dutch painter and engraver, born at Lillie, of whose early history little is known. He spent most of his life in Utrecht, and became an excellent landscape painter.
Antoine Watteau (1684-1721).
French painter, born at Valenciennes. At Paris he gained the friendship of Claude Gillot, whom he surpassed. His subjects are usually comic conversations, musical parties, balls, etc.
Samuel B. Waugh.
Was a Philadelphia portrait painter and his wife Eliza a miniature painter. He began his career there about 1843.
John Baptist Weenix (1621-1660).
Dutch painter, born at Amsterdam, the son of John Weenix, an architect. He studied first with John Micker and later with Abraham Bloemaert, then for two years with Nicholas Moyaert. He possessed extraordinary and varied talents.
Robert W. Weir (1803-1889).
Born in New Rochelle, N. Y., and studied under John Wesley Jarvis. After painting for several years, he went to Florence in 1824 and then to Rome. He was professor of drawing at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, which post he held for forty-two years.
Adrian vander Werf (1659-1722).