Virgil | John Williams | Robin Williams | Robbie Williams | Tennessee Williams | Williams College | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Ted Williams | Vanessa L. Williams | William Carlos Williams | Hank Williams, Jr. | Hank Williams | Don Williams | Williams | Shirley Williams | Lucinda Williams | Andy Williams | Victoria Williams | Serena Williams | Brian Williams | Vanessa Williams | Esther Williams | Paul Williams | Bert Williams | Rowan Williams | Hype Williams | Wendy O. Williams | Michael K. Williams | John Williams (composer) | Clough Williams-Ellis |
SFAA was founded on March 28, 1871, by a group of some 23–30 artists, primarily landscape artists led by Virgil Macey Williams, with two goals: the forming of an art library, the promotion of art exhibitions, and the eventual establishment of an art school.
After one year at that school under the landscape painter Virgil Macey Williams, he continued his art education at the Royal Academy in Munich where he spent six years.