William Alexander Griffith

{{short description|American painter}} {{Infobox person | name = William Alexander Griffith | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1866|08|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = Lawrence, Kansas, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1940|05|25|1866|08|19|mf=y}} | death_place = Laguna Beach, California, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = Washington University in St. Louis<br/>Académie Julian | employer = | occupation = Painter | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = | spouse = Ida Griffith | children = 2 sons, 3 daughters | parents = | relatives = }} '''William Alexander Griffith''' (August 19, 1866 – May 25, 1940) was an American painter and educator.

Griffith was educated at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and became the chair of the Art department at the University of Kansas for twenty-one years,<ref name="kansasguide">{{cite web |title=Guide to the William A. Griffith and Stevens Family Collection |url=http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead/ksrl.kc.griffithwilliama.xml;route=ksrlead;brand=ksrlead;query= |website=Kenneth Spencer Research Library |publisher=University of Kansas Libraries |accessdate=July 7, 2020}}</ref><ref name="oceansidegriffithexhibition">{{cite web |title=William Alexander Griffith September 11–November 14, 1999 |url=https://oma-online.org/past_exhibitions1999/william-alexander-griffith/ |website=Oceanside Museum of Art |accessdate=July 7, 2020}}</ref> and he co-founded of the art colony in Laguna Beach, California in 1919.<ref name="santaanaregisterobit">{{cite news |title=W. A. Griffith, Well Known Artist, Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/81769846/?terms=%22William%2BAlexander%2BGriffith%22 |work=Santa Ana Register |date=May 25, 1940|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He was the president of the Laguna Beach Art Association from 1920 to 1921, and from 1925 to 1927.<ref name="oaklandtribuneobit">{{cite news |title=California Artist Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/136087082/?terms=%22William%2BAlexander%2BGriffith%22 |accessdate=July 7, 2020 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=May 26, 1940|page=5|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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