Painter. He was recognized as a prolific American Impressionist and Landscape painter. Born the son of English immigrants, he studied from 1889 to 1892 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts after graduating from Swarthmore Preparatory School and traveling to Texas, where he became interested in art. He eventually went to Europe and studied at Julian's Academy in Paris from 1892 to 1894, while traveling also about France. In 1894 he returned to the United States and worked in the family's prosperous business, but returned to Europe the next year. In 1886, the artist married Muriel Charlotta Redmayne, settling on the English coastline at Cornwall in St. Ives in the summers while returning for winters in the United States. In the summer he painted English cottages with gardens while in the winter he mainly painted snow scenes in Pennsylvania, such as his well-known 1920 oil-on-canvas "Frosty Morning." The majority of his exhibits were held in the United States. He had close friendships with artists Robet Henri, Edward Redfield, William Glackens, and John Sloan of the Ashcan School of art. His paintings are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City; the James A. Michener Art Museum; the Corcoran Gallery of Art; the Cincinnati Art Museum; the Carnegie Institute; the Albright Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Luxembourg Museum in Paris; and the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institute, among others. During his career, he received many awards including from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts the 1903 Gold Medal and 1914 Gold Medal; the Paris Salon; the Philadelphia Art Club prize in 1898; the Society of American Artists and the Paris Exhibition prizes both in 1900; from the National Academy of Design the 1901 prize, 1911 Gold Medal, and 1920 prize; the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo; the Carnegie Institute medal in 1904; the St. Louis Exposition medal in 1904; from the Corcoran Gallery Biennials the 1926 Silver Medal; the Art Institute of Chicago prize in 1921; from the National Arts Club the 1913 Gold Medal and prize; from the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco the 1915 Silver Medal; and the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia medal in 1926. He died at his home in England. The bust of W. Elmer Schofield, created by Charles Graflyin 1905, is on display at the National Academy of Design in New York City. A memorial exhibit was held at the Woodmere Museum in Philadelphia a year after his death and a second major exhibit, "International Impressionist," which highlighted the scope of his transatlantic career in 2015.