William Blake Richmond

Sir William Richmond KCB, RA
William Richmond c. 1907
Born	29 November 1842 Marylebone, Middlesex England, United Kingdom
Died	11 February 1921(1921-02-11) (aged 78) Hammersmith, County of London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Education	Royal Academy of Arts
Known for	Portrait painting stained-glass design mosaic design
Notable work	Mosaic decorations in St Paul's Cathedral
Movement	Arts and Crafts Movement
Spouses	Charlotte Foster Clara Jane Richards
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Sir William Blake Richmond KCB RA PPRBSA (29 November 1842 – 11 February 1921) was a British painter, sculptor and a designer of stained glass and mosaic. He is best known for his portrait work and decorative mosaics in St Paul's Cathedral in London.

Richmond was influential in the early stages of the Arts and Crafts Movement in his selection of bold colours and materials for the mosaics in St Paul's Cathedral and in his collaboration with James Powell and Sons, glass makers, in creating new colours and materials. This new material expanded the glassmaker's palette and was favoured by artists of the Arts and Crafts Movement, primarily in the creation of stained-glass windows and decorative art work. Richmond was the Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford from 1878 to 1883, succeeding his friend and mentor John Ruskin.