Edwin Willard Deming
{{Short description|American painter, sculptor (1860–1942)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Edwin Willard Deming
| image = Edwin Willard Deming - Photo by DeWard, New York.jpg
| other_names = E. W. Deming, Man-Afraid-of-His-Name, Eight Bears
| birth_date = August 26, 1860
| birth_place = Ashland, Ohio, United States
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1942|10|15|1860|08|26}}
| death_place = New York City, New York, United States
| education = Art Students League of New York, Académie Julian
| occupation = Painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist
| spouse = Therese Osterheld (m. 1892–)
| children = 6
}}
Edwin Willard Deming (August 26, 1860 – 1942) was an American visual artist and illustrator, who was known for his genre paintings of indigenous tribe members (particularly of the Blackfeet tribe) and wild animals. He worked as a painter, muralist, illustrator, and sculptor.{{cite web |title=Edwin Willard Deming |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/edwin-willard-deming-1208 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sidrichardsonmuseum.org/gallery.php/art/indians|title=Indians (Indian Attack) by Edwin W. Deming – Sid Richardson Art Museum – Fort Worth|website=sidrichardsonmuseum.org}} One of his murals was adapted for use on U.S. postage.{{cite web|url=http://wisconsinproject.blogspot.com/2013/11/found-landing-of-nicolet-green-bay-wi.html|title=The Wisconsin Project: Found: Landing of Nicolet, Green Bay, WI|first=Shimon And|last=Lindemann|date=November 27, 2013}} Deming was also known as E. W. Deming, Man-Afraid-of-His-Name, and Eight Bears.
Life and career
Edwin Willard Deming was born on August 26, 1860, in Ashland, Ohio, to parents Celestina Velutina (née Willard) and Howard Deming.{{Cite book |last1=Leonard |first1=John W. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fI_hAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA632 |title=Who's Who in America |last2=Marquis |first2=Albert Nelson |date=1928 |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |pages=632 |language=en |chapter=Deming, Edwin Willard}} As a child, his family moved due to the American Civil War, and he was raised in western Illinois, where on occasion they were neighbors with the Winnebago people. When he was a teenager, he traveled in Oklahoma, and sketched indigenous people.
Deming studied at the Art Students League of New York; followed by study from 1884 to 1885 at the Académie Julian in Paris, under Gustave Boulanger and Jules Joseph Lefebvre.
File:The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (17537641734).jpg (1893)|200x200px]]
When he returned to the United States, he worked for the next two years painting cycloramas, which are panoramic paintings on the inside of a cylindrical canvas.
File:Deming The Mourning Brave SAAM-1912 9 1 1.jpg
Deming traveled with fellow artist DeCost Smith in 1890.{{cite web|url=https://www.alexanderjacksondavis-skaneateles.com/smiths|title=reuel-smith-house – Smiths|website=reuel-smith-house}} His artwork took him to Arizona and New Mexico, as well as to the tribal lands of the Blackfeet, Crow, and Sioux.
In 1892, he married Therese Osterheld from Yonkers, New York, and together they had six children.
He died on October 15, 1942, in New York City.
Gallery
File:Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood (1898) (14760794596).jpg|Trading with Indians (1898), etching
File:The Fight MET 07.42.jpg|The Fight (c. 1906)
File:Mutual Surprise MET 08.69.jpg|Mutual Surprise (1907)
File:The Good Luck Arrow, by Edwin Willard Deming.jpg|Good Luck Arrow (1908)
References
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External links
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- {{Gutenberg author|id=8411}}
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Edwin Willard Deming}}
- [https://scua.uoregon.edu/repositories/2/resources/2618 Edwin Deming papers] at the University of Oregon
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Category:19th-century American male artists
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Category:Académie Julian alumni
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