William E. Winner 1819-1883

William Winner was born in Philadelphia around 1815, and few facts are known about his early life.

He began exhibiting portraits at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Artist's Fund Society in 1836. A genre, portrait, historical and religious painter, Winner was elected a member of the Pennsylvania Academy in 1860. He was also a frequent exhibitor at the Boston Athenaeum, Apollo Association, American Art Union and National Academy of Design.

William Winner's works can be found at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, George Walter Vincent Smith Museum, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.