Edwin Willard Deming (August 26, 1860 – 1942) was an American visual artist and illustrator, who was known for his genre paintings of indigenous tribe members (particularly of the Blackfeet tribe) and wild animals. He worked as a painter, muralist, illustrator, and sculptor.^[1][2] One of his murals was adapted for use on U.S. postage.^[3] Deming was also known as E. W. Deming, Man-Afraid-of-His-Name, and Eight Bears.

Edwin Willard Deming was born on August 26, 1860, in Ashland, Ohio, to parents Celestina Velutina (née Willard) and Howard Deming.^[1][4] As a child, his family moved due to the American Civil War, and he was raised in western Illinois, where on occasion they were neighbors with the Winnebago people.^[1] When he was a teenager, he traveled in Oklahoma, and sketched indigenous people.^[1]

Deming studied at the Art Students League of New York; followed by study from 1884 to 1885 at the Académie Julian in Paris, under Gustave Boulanger and Jules Joseph Lefebvre.^[1]

When he returned to the United States, he worked for the next two years painting cycloramas, which are panoramic paintings on the inside of a cylindrical canvas.^[1]

Deming traveled with fellow artist DeCost Smith in 1890.^[5] His artwork took him to Arizona and New Mexico, as well as to the tribal lands of the Blackfeet, Crow, and Sioux.^[1]

In 1892, he married Therese Osterheld from Yonkers, New York, and together they had six children.^[4]

He died on October 15, 1942, in New York City.

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  Trading with Indians (1898), etching
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  The Fight (c. 1906)
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  Mutual Surprise (1907)
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  Good Luck Arrow (1908)

• Works by Edwin Willard Deming at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Edwin Willard Deming at the Internet Archive
• Edwin Deming papers at the University of Oregon