Artists

NameInfoYearsUpdated byDate
Higgins, George Franknotes
Little is know about George Frank Higgins, but his work suggests an accomplished artist.  Higgins exhibited at the Boston Art Club during the years 1873 to 1891.   He also exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum and Leonard's Auction Rooms.  In a review of Higgins's work that appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript of March 18, 1874, the author noted...
active 1850 - 1891Anonymous12/08/2012
Fuechsel, Hermann Traugott Louisnotes
Hermann Fuechsel studied in Munich and in Dusseldorf, under Brander and C. F. Lessing, before coming to the U.S. in 1858.  He was a  member of the Artists Fund Society.  He began exhibiting in 1860 at the Boston Athenaeum and the American Art Union.  The Crayon for February of that year noted: " ... Mr. Fuechsel has completed a sunny mountain...
1833 - 1915Anonymous12/08/2012
Freeman, Bradfordnotes
  Little is known about the artist Bradford Freeman.  During the 1860 Boston census, he was 21 years old and living with his parents and sister in Boston.   Consistent with the few paintings he is known to have painted, he died at an early age in 1875.  He exhibited with Benjamin Champney (1817-1907) as evidenced by the following excerpt (pictured)...
1839 - 1875Anonymous12/08/2012
Eldred, Lemuel D.notes
Lemuel D. Eldred had formal training in Paris but retained in his best pictures a planar, Yankee austerity that seems at times primitive, at times modern.  Born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, he exhibited considerable artistic talent as a child.  With the support of his parents, he made his way to the Academie Julien and later embarked on a...
1848 - 1921Anonymous12/08/2012
Clarke, C. F. Born 19th centuryAnonymous12/05/2012
Maurer, Alfred Henrynotes
Alfred Henry Maurer (April 21, 1868 – August 4, 1932) was an American modernist painter. He exhibited his work in avant-garde circles internationally and in New York City during the early 20th century. Biography Maurer was born in New York City. He was the son of German-born Louis Maurer, a lithographer. At age sixteen, Maurer quit school to...
1868 - 1932Anonymous11/19/2012
Mignot, Louis Remynotes
The career of Louis Rémy Mignot defies easy categorization. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Mignot studied painting in the Netherlands, began his professional career in the fold of the Hudson River School (specifically, in the Tenth Street Studio Building), painted in the Andes alongside Frederic Church, and experimented with European...
1831 - 1870Anonymous11/19/2012
Desch, Frank H. 1873 - 1934Anonymous11/18/2012
Agate, Alfred Thomasnotes
Alfred Thomas Agate (February 14, 1812, in Sparta, New York – January 5, 1846, Washington, D.C.) was a noted American artist, painter and miniaturist. Agate lived in New York from 1831–1838. He studied with his brother, Frederick Styles Agate, a portrait and historical painter. He later went on to study with Thomas Seir Cummings.[citation needed]...
1812 - 1846Anonymous11/17/2012
Stark, Ottonotes
Otto Stark (1859–1926) was an American Impressionist painter who was considered to be a member of the Hoosier Group of Indiana artists. Stark's work most clearly showed the influence of Impressionism, and he often featured children in his work. He began his career as a commercial woodcarver's apprentice in Indianapolis until an ankle injury...
1859 - 1926Anonymous11/17/2012
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