Artists
Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
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Palmer, Frances Flora |
"Fanny" Palmer is best known for her illustrations of American life for Currier and Ives. Born in England, she was educated in London. In the early 1840s, she and her husband immigrated to the United States, settling in New York City.
Palmer had studied art and soon found work as an illustrator specializing in lithography. By 1849 she was working for... | 1812 - 1876 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 |
Page, Harlan | 1791 - 1834 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 | |
Grose, Daniel Charles |
Daniel
Charles Grose (1838–1900) was a prolific
Canadian - American painter of the Hudson River School who was active between
1865 and 1900.
History
Daniel
Charles Grose was born ca. 1838. His parents’
names are not known. Several sources indicate his Uncle was English antiquary
Francis Grose, however, this assertion appears to be
based on... | 1838 - 1900 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 |
Scott, Julian |
Julian A.
Scott (February 14, 1846 – July 4, 1901), he was born in Johnson,
Vermont, and served as a Union Army drummer during the American Civil War where
he received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his
actions at the Battle of Lee's Mills; he was also an American painter and Civil
War artist.
Family
Julian was
the... | 1846 - 1901 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 |
Mottet, Jeanie Gallup | 1864 - 1934 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 | |
Meeker, Joseph Rusling |
Joseph
Rusling Meeker (born in Newark, New Jersey, 21 April 1827; died in St. Louis,
Missouri, 27 September 1887) was a United States painter.
Biography
He studied
at the National Academy of Design in 1845-46, and exhibited at the American Art
Union in 1849-50, the Academy of Design in 1867, and the Boston Art Club in
1877. His studio was at St.... | 1827 - 1889 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 |
Benbridge, Henry |
Henry Benbridge born October 1743 [1] died February 1812), early
American portrait painter, was born in Philadelphia, the only child of James
and Mary (Clark) Benbridge. When he was seven years
old, his mother, who had been left a widow, was married to Thomas Gordon, a
wealthy Scot. The boy's artistic talent was
encouraged. He made decorative... | 1743 - 1812 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 |
Dearth, Henry Golden |
Henry
Golden Dearth (22 April 1864 – 27 March 1918) was a distinguished
American painter[1] who studied in Paris and continued
to spend his summers in France painting in the Normandy region. He would return
to New York in winter, and became known for his moody paintings of the Long
Island area. Around 1912, Dearth changed his artistic style, and... | 1864 - 1918 | Anonymous | 07/27/2012 |
Kane, John | 1860 - 1934 | Anonymous | 07/27/2012 | |
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 |