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American Painter
Biography and images courtesy of lenglefinearts.com/
A 1906 graduate of Yale, William L’Engle spent the years 1909 through 1914 in Paris, where he studied at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Academie Julian. He met and married Lucy Stelle Brown while in Paris. Following the outbreak of World War I, the L’Engles returned to America, spending their summers in Provincetown and their winters in New York City.
Although exhibiting frequently at New York City galleries, William is most closely associated with the modernist faction of the Provincetown Art Association, which included progressive artists such as Karl Knaths and William and Marguerite Zorach. As far as is known, his very last painting was The Sacrifice of Abraham, 1957, the year of his death, which explores an interpretation of the biblical story that has fascinated major artists throughout history.