Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ames, Ezra | 
Ezra Ames (May 5, 1768 – February 23, 1836) was a popular portrait painter in Albany, New York during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. More than 700 portraits have been attributed to him.
He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1768. He moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1790, and married Zipporah Wood in 1794. Some time later he moved... | 1768 - 1836 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Ames, Joseph Alexander |
Joseph
Alexander Ames (1816–1872) was an American artist, primarily known for
portrait and genre painting. Originally named Joseph Emes,
he was born in Roxbury, New Hampshire. Ames began painting at a young age. At
the age of twelve Henry Theodore Tuckerman wrote about one of his paintings.
After moderate success at home in Saugus, Massachusetts,... | 1816 - 1872 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Andrews, Ambrose |
Ambrose Andrews was born in West Stockbridge, MA in 1805. He was a painter of landscapes, portraits and miniatures.
He studied at the National Academy of Design, NYC in 1824.
He started to work as a full time artist shortly after 1824 and was active throughout his life. He worked in Schuylerville, New York in 1824, in Troy, New York from 1829 to 1831,... | 1805 - 1870 | Anonymous | 01/06/2013 |
| Anshutz, Thomas |
Thomas
Pollock Anshutz (October 5, 1851 – June 16,
1912) was an American painter and teacher. Co-founder of The Darby School and
leader at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Anshutz
was known for his award winning portraiture work and working friendship with
Thomas Eakins.
Personal life and
education
Thomas Anshutz was born in Newport,... | 1851 - 1912 | Anonymous | 06/04/2012 |
| Armstrong, William G. | 1823 - 1890 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 | |
| Arter, John Charles | 1859 - 1923 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 | |
| Audubon, John James |
John James
Audubon (Jean-Jacques Audubon) (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a
French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his
expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed
illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major
work, a color-plate book... | 1785 - 1851 | Anonymous | 07/23/2012 |
| Audubon, John Woodhouse | 1812 - 1862 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 | |
| Babcock, William P. | 1826 - 1899 | Anonymous | 04/15/2012 | |
| Bachelder, John Badger |
John Badger
Bachelder (September 29, 1825 – December 22,
1894) was a portrait and landscape painter, lithographer, and photographer, but
best known as the preeminent 19th century historian of the Battle of Gettysburg
in the American Civil War. He was a dominant factor in the preservation and memorialization of the Gettysburg Battlefield in the... | 1825 - 1894 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
