Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothermel, Peter Frederick | 
Peter
Frederick Rothermel (July 8, 1817 – August 15, 1895) was an American
painter.
Biography
Rothermel
was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania in 1817, although some date his birth
earlier, in 1813 or 1814. He had a common-school education, and studied land
surveying.[1] At age 20, he moved to Philadelphia and became a sign painter.[2]
Then at age... | 1812 - 1895 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Smith, Russell | 1812 - 1896 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Clonney, James Goodwyn | 1812 - 1867 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Hill, John William |
John
William Hill or often J.W. Hill (1812–1879) was a British born American
artist working in watercolor, gouache, lithography, and engraving. Hill's work focussed primarily upon natural subjects including
landscapes, still lifes, and ornithological and zoological
subjects. In the 1850s, influenced by John Ruskin and Hill's association... | 1812 - 1879 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| The Conant Limner |
Approximately
eleven portraits can be attributed to this unidentified painter. His
identification as The Conant Limner is derived from the last name of four
sitters who constitute the largest family group by his hand. The Conants lived in Sterling, Massachusetts, where several of
this limner's works remain. Although likenesses by this hand have... | Born 1813 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Ranney, William Tylee |
William
Tylee Ranney (May 9, 1813 – November 18, 1857) was a 19th-century
American painter, known for his depictions of Western life, sporting scenery,
historical subjects and portraiture. In his 20-year career, he made 150
paintings and 80 drawings, and is considered the first major genre painter to
work in New Jersey, and one of the most... | 1813 - 1857 | Anonymous | 04/12/2012 |
| Wright, James Henry | 1813 - 1883 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 | |
| Matteson, Tompkins Harrison |
Matteson,
Tompkins Harrison (May 9, 1813 - Feb. 2, 1884), historical and genre painter,
born at Peterboro, N. Y., is remembered chiefly for
his popular patriotic pictures, which were widely known through reproductions.
His father, an astute Democratic politician, named him for Governor Tompkins of
New York, and having been appointed deputy sheriff... | 1813 - 1884 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Sexton, Samuel H. | 1813 - 1890 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Gerry, Samuel Lancaster |
In the
1840s, Samuel Lancaster Gerry was known as the leader of the White Mountain
School. This area in New Hampshire is the setting for a large number of the
landscapes for which he is most widely known, although he also painted
portraits, genre pictures and animal studies.
Gerry was born in Boston in 1813.
Although he had no formal instruction... | 1813 - 1891 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
