Lucien Whiting Powell (1846–1930) was a renowned landscape painter who gave the village of Airmont, Virginia its name for its scenic westward views.

Powell, himself, could be considered a native of Airmont, having been born a few miles southeast, near Upperville, Virginia.

[1] Powell served with the Confederate Army, 1863–65 and studied with Thomas Moran at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

He accompanied a geological survey party to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in 1901 and visited the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy in 1910.

Mrs. Henderson grew very fond of Mr. Powell's artistic talent and came to own over seventy of his paintings.