Lewis also showed great aptitude as a painter of natural subjects.

By the mid-1950s he had found his calling as a painter of religious subjects.

He was a painter of historical American subjects and examples of his work are in many prominent collections.

Under this master he became a good painter of historical subjects.

He is also active as a painter of other subjects.

Although he was primarily a painter of religious subjects, his portraits, though less numerous, are equally high in quality.

He developed a love of the sea and is probably best known as a painter of marine subjects.

For here is not only the portraitist but also the less familiar painter of historical and religious subjects.

He became known as a painter of domestic subjects and single figures.

He was initially a painter of historical themes and military subjects.