A leading figure in American art scholarship, John Wilmerding has been instrumental in the acceptance of American painting as a special area of art history, and has brought many eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American artists to public attention. American Views is a richly illustrated anthology of his work.A leading figure in American art scholarship, John Wilmerding has been instrumental in the acceptance of American painting as a special area of art history, and has brought many eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American artists to public attention. American Views is a richly illustrated anthology of his work.