Background
Kendall, William Sergeant was born on January 20, 1869 in Spuyten Duyvil (now part of New York City). Son of Benjamin Franklin and Elizabeth Anne (Sergeant) Kendall.
Kendall, William Sergeant was born on January 20, 1869 in Spuyten Duyvil (now part of New York City). Son of Benjamin Franklin and Elizabeth Anne (Sergeant) Kendall.
Pupil of Thomas Eakins, 1883, Art Students League, New York, 1886, Academie Julien, Paris, 1888, École des Beaux Arts, 1890, Luc Olivier Merson, Paris, 1891. Honorary Master of Arts, Yale, 1913.
Honorary mention Paris Salon, 1891. Awarded medal, Chicago Exposition, 1893. Lippincott prize, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1894.
Honorable mention, Tennessee Exposition, 1897, Omaha Exposition, 1898.
2d prize, Worcester Art Museum, 1900. Bronze medal and prize, Carnegie Institute, 1900.
Medal, Paris Exposition, 1900. Silver medal for painting, bronze medal for drawing, and honorable mention for sculpture, Buffalo Exposition, 1901.
Shaw prize, Society American Artists, 1901.
2d prize, Worcester Art Museum, 1902. Shaw Fund purchase prize, Society American Artists, 1903. Gold medal, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904.
Isidor gold medal, National Academy of Design, 1908.
Harris prize, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1908. Potter Palmer gold medal and $1000 prize, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1910.
Gold medal for painting and silver medal for sculpture, Panama Pacific Exposition, 1915. Edward B. Butler prize, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1918.
Gold medal, Mississippi Art Association, 1926.
Isidor gold medal, National Academy of Design, 1927, with Ranger Fund Purchase. Chauncey Woodworth prize, Palm Beach Art Center Exposition, 1934. Represented in Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Albright Art Gallery (Buffalo), Peabody Institute (Baltimore), National Gallery and Corcoran Gallery (Washington, District of Columbia) Rhode Island School of Design, College of Physicians and Surgeons (New York), Johns Hopkins University, Williams College, Yale University, United States War College (Newport, Rhode Island), Detroit Museum of Art, Saint Paul’s School (Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.)), and numerous private collections.
Exhibited in France, Italy, Germany, United States and South. America.
National Academician. Member National Institute Arts and Letters, Art Association of Newport (president 1911-1913).
Dean School of Fine Arts, Yale, 1913-1922. Home: Hot Springs, Virginia.
Member National Institute Arts and Letters, Art Association of Newport (president 1911-1913). Dean School of Fine Arts, Yale, 1913-1922.
Married Margaret Weston Stickney, February 17, 1896. Married second, Christine Herter, August 2, 1922. Children: Elizabeth (Mistress Pierson Underwood), Beatrice, Alison (Mistress Edward L. Parker).