AN ARTFUL Life
When wintering in Naples, Lyn and E.T. Williams cherish their Pelican Bay condo that overlooks a peaceful lake and is only minutes away from Artis—Naples. In addition to impressive stacks of well-read fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, and coffee-table art books, each room features its own collection of colorful paintings. Framed family photos of their beautiful daughters and adorable grandchildren compete for space on shelves and desktops. Now 82 (E.T.) and 80 (Lyn), they are working to ensure that all the art they have collected over their long careers ends up in good homes. They want people to see it and, perhaps, learn about an African American artist they didn’t know before.
If it weren’t for the Williamses, works by such lauded African American artists as Romare Bearden and Hale Woodruff might not be drawing crowds at the Metropolitan
