William Alexander Griffith (August 19, 1866 – May 25, 1940) was an American painter and educator. Griffith was educated at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and became the chair of the Art department at the University of Kansas for twenty-one years, and he co-founded of the art colony in Laguna Beach, California in 1919. He was the president of the Laguna Beach Art Association from 1920 to 1921, and from 1925 to 1927. References 1866 births 1940 deaths People from Lawrence, Kansas People from Laguna Beach, California Washington University in St. Louis alumni Académie Julian alumni University of Kansas faculty Painters from Kansas Painters from California American male painters 19th-century American painters 20th-century American painters