Editorial reviews from 1944 to 1962

“Noted Artist William Corbett called by many critics the El Greco of the U.S.”

Sun-Sentinel (1960)

“Corbett gets many of his subjects from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, memories and dreams. The result is a house and a studio filled with many fragile, sensitive shapes, and canvasses whose messages are deep and almost other-worldly.” 

Miami Herald (1959)

“The Exhibition by one of our South Florida watercolorists at Miami Beach Art Center – Fort Lauderdalean William Corbett’s second one-man at the Center - holds up very well against the work of members of the national American Watercolor Society and constitutes the most artistically questing show now on the center’s walls. Corbett uses the medium as a wash, without firm outlines, which is our notion of how it should be used, and his approach is more imaginative than we had remembered from the highly realistic, firm-out-lined work in oil we have seen previously.”    Miami Herald (1957)

About Corbett’s painting The Wall – “It’s a big painting, a powerful work; filled with every human emotion. It’s a painting that always has some new surprise for a viewer who thinks he has seen it all.”   The Pittsburgh Press (1962)

“Although noted for realism, Corbett has also received recognition for a number of almost purely abstract compositions which depend entirely on line, color and shape for value. To these he has found that the new medium (Polymer) adds another quality – texture.  Philosophically, Corbett is a middle-of-the-roader.”  “I think sensitivity is what makes an artist” he says, “whether it be awareness or his subject of feeling for line. In a sense, this cannot be taught, but a sensitive teacher can often awaken that quality in his pupils.” 

Corbett was interviewed by Fort Lauderdale Daily News before his lecture on Polymer Medium. (1957)

“During the years residing and painting here, Corbett achieved, without a doubt, the number one position as the painter in the community; and at the same time receiving notable plaudits from art critics throughout the nation. His many works will attest to the fact that Corbett was forever searching for results of utmost originality, “Corbett-originality.”   Fort Lauderdale News (1960)

“William Corbett’s oils and watercolors on exhibit prove again the sound craftsmanship and technical versatility of this painter in realistic landscapes and portraiture, as well as in more imaginative work leaning toward expressionism.”  Louisville Courier-Journal  (1948)