Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwin, Philip R. | 
Philip R.
Goodwin (September 16, 1881 – December 14, 1935) was an
American painter and illustrator who specialized in depictions of wildlife, the
outdoors, fishing, hunting and the Old American West. He provided illustrations
for numerous books and magazines, as well as for commercial items, such as
posters, advertisements and calendars. He is... | 1882 - 1935 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Cuneo, Rinaldo |
Rinaldo
Cuneo (July 2, 1877 – December 27, 1939), dubbed the Painter of San
Francisco, was an American artist known for his landscape paintings and murals.
Early life and education
Rinaldo
Cuneo was born in San Francisco on July 2, 1877,[1][note 1] part of an Italian
American family of artists and musicians. Rinaldo was the second of... | 1877 - 1939 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Gignoux, Regis-Francois |
Régis François Gignoux (1816–1882) was a French painter who was active in the United States from 1840 to 1870. He was born in Lyon, France and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under the French historical painter Hippolyte Delaroche, who inspired Gignoux to turn his talents toward landscape painting.[1] Gignoux arrived in the United States from... | 1816 - 1882 | Anonymous | 12/21/2012 |
| Duncanson, Robert Scott |
Robert Scott Duncanson (1821 – December 21, 1872) was born in Seneca County, New York in 1821.[1] Duncanson’s father was a Canadian of Scottish descent and his mother was an African American, thus making him “a freeborn person of color.”[2] Duncanson, an artist who is relatively unknown today, painted America, both physically and figuratively,... | 1821 - 1872 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Gifford, Robert Swain |
Robert
Swain Gifford was born on a small island called Nonamesset,
which adjoins Naushon in the chain of Elizabeth
Islands off the coast of southeastern Massachusetts. When Gifford was two years
old his family moved to Fairhaven where his father was employed as a boatman
and fisherman.
Two famous
New Bedford artists worked on the Fairhaven... | 1840 - 1905 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Colman, Samuel |
Samuel
Colman (March 4, 1832 – March 26, 1920) was an American painter, interior
designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson
River.
Born in Portland,
Maine, Colman moved to New York City with his family as a child. His father
opened a bookstore, attracting a literate clientele that may have influenced
Colman's... | 1832 - 1920 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
| Eastman, Seth |
Seth
Eastman (1808–1875) and his second wife Mary Henderson Eastman (1818
– 24 February 1887[1]) were instrumental in recording Native American
life. Eastman was an artist and West Point graduate who served in the US Army,
first as a mapmaker and illustrator. He had two tours at Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory; during the second,... | 1808 - 1875 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Eakins, Susan Macdowell |
Susan
Hannah Macdowell Eakins (September 21, 1851 – December 27, 1938[1]) was
an American artist and wife of Thomas Eakins. She was the fifth of eight
children of a Philadelphia engraver, well known in the artistic community. She
was a student of Eakins while he was an instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts, and married him in... | 1851 - 1938 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Gifford, Sanford Robinson |
Sanford
Robinson Gifford (July 10, 1823 – August 29, 1880) was an American
landscape painter and one of the leading members of the Hudson River School.
Gifford's landscapes are known for their emphasis on light and soft atmospheric
effects, and he is regarded as a practitioner of Luminism,
an offshoot style of the Hudson River School.
Not to... | 1823 - 1880 | Anonymous | 12/21/2012 |
| Harrison, T. Alexander |
Thomas
Alexander Harrison (January 17, 1853, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania –
October 13, 1930) was an American marine painter who spent much of his career
in France.
Career
He studied at
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, then
joined a United States government survey expedition on the Pacific coast.
Beginning in 1878, he... | 1853 - 1930 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
