Two Original Handwritten and Signed Letters by American Artist Dwight Williams. Dated 1892 and 1894. Two very long letters to the same friend discussing his travels to England, religion, his artistic work, health and other family issues. Very detailed and informative. Dwight Williams (1856 - 1932) was active/lived in New York. Dwight Williams is known for Atmospheric landscape, rural scene painting, portraits. The son of a Methodist minister, Dwight Williams attended Cazenovia Seminary where he studied painting under John Calvin Perry. Williams became head of the seminary's art department in 1885. He later moved to Virginia, teaching painting at Norfolk College and then the National Park Seminary in Washington, D.C., before returning to New York in 1900. An avid outdoorsman, Williams painted landscapes, which are among his best work. Paintings by Williams are in numerous public collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Phillips Collection, and the Columbus Museum of Art. Sizes are 170mm x 115mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases.