biography of Alyn WILLIAMS (1865-1941)

Birth place: Wrexham, Wales

Addresses: Wash. DC/Barrack's Hill, Plimpton, Sussex, England

Profession: Miniature painter, writer, lecturer, teacher

Studied: Slade Sch. Art, London; Paris, with Laurens, Constant

Exhibited: Royal Acad., London; New WCS, London; Paris Salon; most active exhibiting in U.S., 1890-1914; AIC

Member: Royal Brit. Colonial Soc. Artists; Royal Soc. Min. PS&G (pres.); Imperial AL; Min. PS&G Soc., Wash., DC; Royal Cambrian Acad., Wales; AFA

Work: miniatures of King Edward VII, and Queen Alexandra in Guildhall (London) Art Gal.; Queen Mary; in Rome of Pope, Cardinal Garquet, Cardinal Archbishop Bourrie, Premier Mussolini; H.R.H. Princess Marie Jose of Belgium; Cardinal Gibbons; Pres. Taft, Pres. Coolidge, in Smithsonian.

Comments: One of the most successful miniature painters at turn-of-the-century.