William Bill Alexander art

William Bill Alexander art Music, Ernesto Cortazar William Bill Alexander (2 April 1915 24 January 1997) was a German painter, art instructor, and television host. He is best known as the creator and host of The Magic of Oil Painting (19741982) television programs that ran on PBS in the United States. The Art of Bill Alexander (19871994) was a series of books on wetonwet oil painting. He is also remembered as the teacher of celebrity and popular television painter Bob Ross. Bill Alexander was born in East Prussia, but his family fled to Berlin during World War I. Apprenticed as a carriage maker, Alexander was drafted into the Wehrmacht during World War II. Captured by Allied troops, he made himself notable by painting portraits of Allied officers wives and he soon made his way to the United States. Alexander is best known for the television program The Magic of Oil Painting (19741982), which ran on PBS in the United States