Guy Anderson (November 20, 1906 – April 30, 1998) was an American artist known primarily for his oil painting who lived most of his life in the Puget Sound region of the United States.

Beauford Delaney, American, 1901 - 1979 (Artist) In this “memory” portrait—produced in Paris but with an awareness of the civil rights struggles underway in the United States—Delaney expressed his ongoing admiration for Anderson's sensitive brilliance as a performer and person.

He works with a strong palette to create deep impasto effects with the paint, and relishes the often frantic nature of mixing and arranging the paint in thick, impressionistic daubs. This process allows the paint to create its own detail and form, and forces Anderson to be bold and decisive in his brushstrokes.