Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by
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| Koehler, Robert | ![]()
Robert
Koehler (November 28, 1850 - April 23, 1917) was a German-born painter and art
teacher who spent most of his career in the United States of America.
Biography
Koehler was
born in Hamburg; his family spelled their name Köhler until they moved to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1854. There he attended the historic German-English
Academy. He... | 1850 - 1917 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
| Koerner, William Henry Dethlef | ![]()
Wilhelm
Heinrich Detlev "Big Bill" Körner (November 1878– August 11, 1938), also
known as Wilhelm Heinrich Dethlef Koerner,
William HD Koerner, WHDK, or W.H.D. Koerner,[1] was a noted
illustrator of the American West whose works became known to new audiences when
his painting, nicknamed A Charge to Keep, was used as the cover image for... | 1878 - 1938 | Anonymous | 11/03/2013 |
| Kuemmel, Cornelia | 1863 - 1938 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| Lacroix, Paul | ![]()
Paul LaCroix, an immigrant from France, appeared in New York
some time before 1855. Urban centers such as New York and Philadelphia
witnessed an influx of foreign artists at mid-century who left “to escape
the turmoil of the revolutions of 1848” (1). European immigrants such as LaCroix brought with them the Dutch, German, and French
traditions... | 1827 - 1869 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Lambdin, George Cochran | ![]()
Born in Pittsburgh on January 6, 1830 and the son of James Lambdin. In the late 1830’s his family moved to Philadelphia and by 1849 George was exhibiting his first works at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1850 the family move to Germantown, just north of Philadelphia, and it was here that they would remain.
George traveled to Europe to... | 1830 - 1896 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Landis, John | 1805 - 1851 | Anonymous | 04/13/2012 | |
| Hensel, Salome | ![]()
The
attribution to Salome Hensel and date (1823) of the
National Gallery's To the Memory of the Benevolent Howard (1971.83.22), an
unsigned theorem painting, are based on a label that was once afixed to the reverse. It reads: "This painting was
done in 1823 by Salome Hensel eldest daughter of
George and Catherine Noon Hensel. Salome was
afterwards... | Born 1823 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Zeliff, Amzi Emmons | ![]()
Amzi Emmons Zeliff was born 11 April 1831, in Morris County, New Jersey, son of Daniel P. and Maria Van Houton Zeliff and a descendant of early Dutch settlers of Staten Island and New Jersey. He later may have moved to Essex County for a period, perhaps upon his marriage to Cornelia Harris.
Family members say that at one time he owned the White Horse... | 1831 - 1915 | Anonymous | 05/02/2012 |
| Woodbury, Charles Herbert | ![]()
Charles
Herbert Woodbury (July 14, 1864—January 21, 1940), United States marine
painter, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts.
Biography
Charles H.
Woodbury was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, where his earliest work was part of
the oeuvre of the group later known as the Lynn Beach Painters. While an
undergraduate at MIT he became a regular exhibitor... | 1864 - 1940 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
| The Freake Limner | Born 1670 | Anonymous | 12/22/2012 |





