John Noble (painter)

John Noble
Born(1874-03-15)March 15, 1874
DiedJanuary 6, 1934(1934-01-06) (aged 59)
Cause of deathParaldehyde poisoning
Other namesWichita Bill
EducationArt Academy of Cincinnati
Académie Julian
OccupationPainter
Notable work
  • On the Marne (1927)
  • The Big Herd (1928)
MovementPost-Impressionism
Spouse
Amelia Peiche
(m. 1909)
Children2, including John A. Noble
AwardsCarnegie Prize (1928)

John "Wichita Bill" Noble (March 15, 1874 – January 6, 1934) was an American painter. He was a noted post-impressionist painter of sunrises and seascapes. His painting, The Big Herd, won the Carnegie Prize in 1928. Following his death, his works appeared in the private collection of William Randolph Hearst, and he became the subject of Irving Stone's 1949 biographical work The Passionate Journey.