Edwin Willard Deming

Edwin Willard Deming
Born	August 26, 1860 Ashland, Ohio, United States
Died	October 15, 1942(1942-10-15) (aged 82) New York City, New York, United States
Other names	E. W. Deming, Man-Afraid-of-His-Name, Eight Bears
Education	Art Students League of New York, Académie Julian
Occupations	Painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist
Spouse	Therese Osterheld (m. 1892–)
Children	6

Edwin Willard Deming (August 26, 1860 – 1942) was an American visual artist and illustrator, who was known for his genre paintings of indigenous tribe members (particularly of the Blackfeet tribe) and wild animals. He worked as a painter, muralist, illustrator, and sculptor.¹² One of his murals was adapted for use on U.S. postage.³ Deming was also known as E. W. Deming, Man-Afraid-of-His-Name, and Eight Bears.

Edwin Willard Deming was born on August 26, 1860, in Ashland, Ohio, to parents Celestina Velutina (née Willard) and Howard Deming.¹⁴ As a child, his family moved due to the American Civil War, and he was raised in Geneseo, Illinois, where on occasion they were neighbors with the Winnebago people.¹ When he was a teenager, he traveled in Oklahoma, and sketched indigenous people.¹

Deming studied at the Art Students League of New York; followed by study from 1884 to 1885 at the Académie Julian in Paris, under Gustave Boulanger and Jules Joseph Lefebvre.¹

When he returned to the United States, he worked for the next two years painting cycloramas, which are panoramic paintings on the inside of a cylindrical canvas.¹

Deming traveled with fellow artist DeCost Smith in 1890.⁵ His artwork took him to Arizona and New Mexico, as well as to the tribal lands of the Blackfeet, Crow, and Sioux.¹

In 1892, he married Therese Osterheld from Yonkers, New York, and together they had six children.⁴

He died on October 15, 1942, in New York City.

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  Trading with Indians (1898), etching
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  The Fight (c. 1906)
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  Mutual Surprise (1907)
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  Good Luck Arrow (1908)