PICKNELL, William Lamb, artist, born in Hinesburg, Vermont, 23 October, 1854. He studied under George Inness, in Rome, in 1873-'5, and with Gerome, in Paris, in 1875-'7. Then for four years he lived and worked in Brittany, where he painted under Robert Wylie, but in 1882 he returned to the United States. He received honorable mention at the Paris salon in 1880, and medals in Boston in 1881 and 1884. He was elected a member of the Society of American artists in 1880, and of the Society of British artists in 1884. Among his works are "Route de Conearneau" (1880); " On the Borders of the Marsh," in the Academy of fine arts, Philadelphia (1880) ; "A Stormy Day" (1881) ; "Coast of Ipswich," in Boston art museum (1882); "Sunshine and Drifting Sand" (1883) ; "A Sultry Day" (1884); " Wintry March" (1885) ; "Bleak December" and "After the Storm" (1886) ; and "November Solitude" (1887).