Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossiter, Thomas Prichard | 
Thomas
Prichard Rossiter (1818-1871) was born in New Haven,
Connecticut. He first learned painting as an apprentice for a Mr. John Boyd,
and also studied with Nathaniel Jocelyn. In 1838 he exhibited two paintings at
the National Academy of Design, and in 1939 moved to New York City and opened a
studio.
In 1840, Rossiter traveled to Europe with... | 1818 - 1871 | Anonymous | 06/11/2012 |
| Francis, John F. |
John F.
Francis (Philadelphia, Aug 13, 1808 – Jeffersonville, Nov 15, 1886) was
an American painter, primarily of still lifes.
He was born
in Philadelphia. Predominantly self-taught as an artist, he worked until 1845
as a portrait painter in central and eastern Pennsylvania. Francis's portraits
reveal his early fascination with the most minute... | 1808 - 1886 | Anonymous | 06/11/2012 |
| Bradford, William |
William
Bradford, a 19th-century American marine painter, was born on April 30, 1823 in
Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He was
born to Quaker parents who disapproved of his desire for a painting career. He worked as a clerk in his
father’s dry goods shop in New Bedford, devoting his spare time to
sketching.
In the
early 1850s, he launched his... | 1823 - 1892 | Anonymous | 06/11/2012 |
| Twibill Jr., George W. | 1806 - 1836 | Anonymous | 06/10/2012 | |
| Moeller, Louis Charles |
Charles
Louis Moeller specialized in interior genre scenes, or scenes of everyday life,
in which abundant, meticulously detailed objects and furnishings vie for
interest with lively dramatic anecdote played out by character types. Moeller
was a New York City native and received his first training in art from his
father, a German immigrant... | 1855 - 1930 | Anonymous | 06/10/2012 |
| Inness, George |
George
Inness (May 1, 1825 -August 3, 1894) was an American landscape painter; born in
Newburgh, New York; died at Bridge of Allan in Scotland. His work was
influenced, in turn, by that of the old masters, the Hudson River school, the
Barbizon school, and, finally, by the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg, whose
spiritualism found vivid expression in... | 1825 - 1894 | Anonymous | 06/08/2012 |
| Gay, Walter | 1856 - 1937 | Anonymous | 06/08/2012 | |
| La Farge, John |
John La Farge (March 31, 1835 – November 14, 1910) was an
American painter, muralist, stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer.
Biography
LaFarge
was born in New York City to wealthy French parents and was raised bilingually.[1] His interest in art began during his training at Mount
St. Mary's University[2] and St. John's College (now... | 1835 - 1910 | Anonymous | 06/08/2012 |
| Valdenuit, Thomas Bluget De |
Thomas
Bludget de Valdenuit (1763 - 1846). Thomas Bludget de
Valdenuit was the business partner of Saint Memin, and would often execute the drawings that were later
engraved. Their first advertisement for the "celebrated Physiognotrace of Paris" was issued in 1797 in New
York.
| 1763 - 1846 | Anonymous | 06/05/2012 |
| Lazarus, Jacob Hart | 1822 - 1891 | Anonymous | 06/04/2012 |
