Artists

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Lindsay, Thomas Corwinnotes
Lindsay was know as a landscape and animal painter, although he was also known to have done portraits.  He resided in Cincinnati, OH and was active from 1860  He studied in Dusseldorf in the 1860s.  Lindsay exhibited at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition (1870-1883), Pogue's (1875), and the Art Institute of Chicago (1896).  His works are in the...
1845 - 1907Anonymous12/27/2012
Nichols, Edward Willardnotes
Though Nichols began his career as a lawyer, he turned to art as a profession by 1848.  He studied in New York City with Jasper Cropsey and continued his education in Europe in 1853.  In 1858 he opened a studio in the 10th Street Studio Building in New York City which he kept until 1862.  He began exhibiting at the National Academy of Design in 1862...
1819 - 1871Anonymous03/15/2014
Paskell, William F.notes
William F. Paskell was born in London and moved to Boston in 1872 with his family.   By the age of twenty-one he was already mentioned in the press as a very promising artist, with his paintings hanging beside the work of Childe Hassam and John J. Enneking in the annual Boston Art Club exhibitions.  Paskell married in 1900 and by 1905 had four...
1866 - 1951Anonymous12/22/2012
Rice, Henry Websternotes
Henry Webster Rice was a professional watercolourist and teacher.  Born in Pownal, Maine in 1853, he died in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1934.  By 1885, he was a pupil of Ross Sterling Turner (1847-1915).  He was also an oil painter of genre scenes and landscapes, although he painted mostly marine views of boats and fishermen.  He taught the aritst...
1853 - 1934Anonymous12/21/2012
Russ, Charles B.notes
Charles B. Russ was an artist active in the second half of the 19th century.  During the period from 1870 to 1880, Russ lived on Hancock Street in Cambridge, MA.  Russ's daughter, Annie, married Henry Lansing Millis on December 15, 1880.  The town of Millis, MA, was named for Henry's father, Lansing Millis, who made his money in railroads. Russ...
Born c. 1825Anonymous12/27/2012
Jefferys, Charles Williamnotes
Charles William Jefferys (August 25, 1869 – October 8, 1951) was a Canadian painter, illustrator, author, and teacher best known as a historical illustrator. Biography Born in Rochester, England, Jefferys arrived in Toronto, Ontario (after living in Philadelphia and Hamilton, Ontario) with his family around 1880. After attending school, he...
1869 - 1951Anonymous12/22/2012
Selinger, Emily Harrisnotes
Emily Harris Selinger graduated from the Providence (Rhode Island) High School, then attended the Cooper Institute of Design in New York City.  She also studied with Amalia Rocchi in Florence and Margaret Roosenboom in Holland.  She married the painter, Jean Paul Selinger, in 1882.  Emily Selinger was a painter, an author and poet, who was active in...
1848 - 1927Anonymous12/27/2012
Selinger, Jean Paulnotes
Jean Paul Selinger (1850-1909) and Emily Selinger (1848-1927), husband and wife, had summer art studios at the Glen House and the Crawford House.  Born in Boston, Jean Paul studied at the Lowell Institute and in 1875 he went to Germany to study at the Munich Academy with Wilhelm Leibl.  Upon returning, he opened an art studio in Providence, Rhode...
1850 - 1909Anonymous12/25/2012
Sprague, Isaacnotes
Isaac Sprague (September 5, 1811–1895) was a self-taught landscape, botanical, and ornithological painter. He was America's best known botanical illustrator of his day. Sprague was born in Hingham, Massachusetts and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. In 1843, Sprague served as an assistant to John James Audubon on an ornithological...
1811 - 1895Anonymous12/27/2012
Thurston, Fanny Robertsonnotes
Miss Fanny R. Thurston was active in the period 1876 to 1885.  An F. Thurston (presumably Fanny) exhibited in the 1876 exhibition of the American Society of Painters in Watercolor.  Fanny R. Thurston exhibited at the Boston Art Club in 1880, 1881, and 1882.  She also exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1885 giving her address as New...
Born 1839Anonymous12/27/2012
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