at Grosse Pointe. He continued his prolific art work, including portraits, religious subjects, and a variety of others. The artist and his family remained in Detroit for 12 years. He eventually moved to Washington, D.C. in 1894. There he continued his painting, completing many portraits, still life, and scenes of nature. He was a devout lifelong Catholic. He died in Washington in 1911 at age 79. He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Toledo. In his lifetime William Machen completed more than 2700 oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, and sketches. He maintained a single register of his works which is now preserved in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. References Source Information Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art" 1832 births 1911 deaths 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters Dutch emigrants to the United States Artists from Detroit University of Detroit Mercy faculty 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists