Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, John George | 
Born in
Durham in northern England, John George Brown studied art while training as a
glass-cutter in Newcastle-upon-Tyne; he continued his studies at the Edinburgh
Royal Academy. After a short stay in London, Brown emigrated
to the United States in 1853, studied at the National Academy of Design, and
opened a portrait studio in Brooklyn, New York.... | 1831 - 1913 | Anonymous | 04/03/2012 |
| Brown, John Henry |
John Henry
Brown
(Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, 1818-1891, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Brown's
prolific career illuminates the fate of antebellum miniaturists. He began an
apprenticeship in 1836 to the painter Arthur Armstrong (1798-1851) while
working as a clerk in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Recorder's Office. In 1839
Brown established himself as a... | 1818 - 1891 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| Brown, Mather | 1761 - 1831 | Anonymous | 12/14/2012 | |
| Brown, William Mason | 1828 - 1898 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 | |
| Bruce, Patrick Henry |
A pioneer
in the development of abstract painting, Patrick Henry Bruce focused on the
still life in his explorations of the boundary between representation and
“pure” painting. Bruce was a descendent of American statesman
Patrick Henry (1736–1799). He began his art studies at the Richmond Art
School at the age of sixteen. In 1902 he moved to... | 1881 - 1936 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Brumidi, Constantino |
Constantino
Brumidi (July 26, 1805 – February 19, 1880) was an Greek/Italian-American
historical painter, best known and honored for his fresco work in the Capitol
Building in Washington, DC.
Parentage and early life
Brumidi was
born in Rome, his father a Greek and his mother an Italian. He showed his
talent for fresco painting at an early age... | 1805 - 1880 | Anonymous | 07/29/2012 |
| Brush, George de Forest | 1855 - 1941 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 | |
| Buck, William Henry | 1840 - 1888 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 | |
| Bufford, John Henry |
John Henry Bufford (1810-1870) was a lithographer in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts.
Biography
Bufford trained "in the Pendleton shop in Boston from 1829 to 1831."[1] According to one historian, Bufford's work as a lithographer represented "a mediocre sort of craftmanship at best. ...He had no very special skills as [an] original artist and... | 1810 - 1870 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Bunce, William Gedney | 1840 - 1916 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
