William McGregor Paxton (June 22, 1869 – 1941) was an American impressionist painter.
Born in Baltimore, the Paxton family came to Newton Corner in the mid-1870s. At 18, William won a scholarship to attend the Cowles Art School, where he began his art studies with Dennis Bunker. Later he studied with Gérõme in Paris and, on his return to Boston, with Joseph DeCamp at Cowles. There he met his future wife Elizabeth Okie, who also was studying with DeCamp. After their marriage, William and Elizabeth lived with his parents and later bought a house at 19 Montvale Road in Newton Centre.
Paxton, who is best known as a portrait painter, taught at the Museum School from 1906 to 1913. Along with other well known artists of the era, including Edmund Charles Tarbell, he is identified with the Boston School.
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