Artists
Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
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Read, James B. | 1803 - 1870 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 | |
Chandler, William Henry | 1854 - 1928 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 | |
Sullivan, M.A. | Active ca. 1868 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 | |
Sargent, Mary Newbold | 1826 - 1906 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 | |
Russell, Mrs. Moses B. |
Clarissa Peters was born in Februay 1809 in Andover, Massachusetts. While little is known about her early life, it is believed that she taught at the Blue Hill Academy in Blue Hill, Maine. By 1835 she was working in Boston as a miniaturist and giving instruction. In 1839 she married Moses Baker Russell, who was also a miniaturist and instructor.
Even... | 1809 - 1854 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 |
Underwood, Clarence | 1871 - 1929 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 | |
Volkmar, Charles | 1809 - 1892 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 | |
Quidor, John |
The literary genre painter John Quidor was an enigmatic figure whose career is extremely difficult to trace. Born in 1801 in Tappan, New Jersey, he moved to New York City in 1811. He was apprenticed to the portraitist John Wesley Jarvis from 1818 until 1822, when he successfully sued his teacher for not complying with the terms of his contract. Henry... | 1801 - 1881 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 |
Isham, Samuel |
Samuel Isham (1855–1914) was an American portrait and figure
painter, born in New York. He graduated from Yale in 1875 and studied law, but
after being admitted to the bar he turned to art and studied in Paris at the Académie Julian. He exhibited at both Paris salons
and at the larger American exhibitions, and became a member of the... | 1855 - 1914 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 |
Powell, William Henry |
William
Henry Powell (1823 - 1879), was an American artist from Ohio.
Powell is
known for a painting of the Battle of Lake Erie, of which one copy hangs in the
Ohio state capitol building and the other, in the United States Capitol. Powell
has a second piece of artwork displayed in the United States Capitol Rotunda,
the Discovery of the... | 1823 - 1879 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 |