Background
Schevill, William V. was born on March 2, 1864 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Ferdinand and Johanna (Hartmann) Schevill.
Schevill, William V. was born on March 2, 1864 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Ferdinand and Johanna (Hartmann) Schevill.
He studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy with Frank Duveneck, and at Academy of Fine Arts Munich with Ludwig Löfftz, Max Lindenschmitt, and Nikolaos Gyzis.
Has made portraits of Robert South. Brookings, William H. Taft, Rolla Wells, Alfred L. Shapleigh, Paul M. Warburg, Judge William Choate, Abraham Jacobi, Karl Bitter, Frank Damrosch, Colonel East. Doctorate. Meier, William K. Bixby, et cetera Paintings on permanent exhibition in museums of Saint Louis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Leipzig (Germany), et cetera
Member Archaeological Institute America, Numismatic Society of Saint Louis, Artists’ Guild of Saint Louis. Clubs: Century Association, Salmagundi.
Married Elizabeth Porter Meier, of New York City, 1905. Children: William, Edward.