William A. Coulter, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam A. Coulter
American artist
Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1849
Date of Death: 13-Mar-1936
Profession: painter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About William A. Coulter
- William A.
- Coulter, born William Alexander Coulter (March 7, 1849 – March 13, 1936), was an American painter of marine subjects.
- Coulter was a native of Glenariff, County Antrim, in what is today Northern Ireland.
- He became an apprentice seaman at the age of 13, and after seven years at sea, came to settle in San Francisco in 1869.
- In the late 1870s, he went to Europe to study with marine artists Vilhelm Melbye, François Musin, and J.
- C.
- Jacobsen.
- In 1896, he joined the art staff of the San Francisco Call.
- Between 1909 and 1920, he painted five 16-by-18-foot murals for the Assembly Room of the Merchants Exchange Building.
- Coulter resided in the San Francisco Bay Area until his death at the age of 87, in his Sausalito home.
- During the course of his life, his paintings chronicled the history of shipping and navigation in the San Francisco and San Pablo bays.
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