Wilfred Israel Duphiney
# Wilfred Israel Duphiney

Wilfred Israel Duphiney (1884–1960) was an illustrator, painter, and lecturer who had a 40-year career teaching at Rhode Island School of Design and painted portraits of many prominent people in Rhode Island. His 1956 painting of Harold Brooks Tanner, a former judge in Rhode Island, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.

Duphiney was born in Central Falls. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design.

## Career

Duphiney painted Thomas Wilson Dorr, Commodore John Barry, and many politicians. The walls of the Rhode Island State House are decorated with 15 of his paintings.

Duphiney was a member of the Providence Art Club. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 2015.

