Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by
  | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbins, Horace Wolcott Jr. | 
Robbins
studied at Newton University in Baltimore.
He moved to New York City after college, studied under James M. Hart in
1859, and opened his own studio in 1860.
He accompanied Frederic Church to Jamaica in 1864 and continued his
studies in England, Paris, and Switzerland in 1865 and 1866. He had a studio in the Adirondack
Mountains of... | 1842 - 1904 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
| Ogilvie, John Clinton | 1838 - 1900 | Anonymous | 11/14/2012 | |
| Richards, Thomas Addison |
During the
first half of the nineteenth century artists fanned out across the northeastern
United States to find aesthetic inspiration in nature. Thomas Addison Richards
was one of the few who traveled extensively in the South. Through his
paintings, illustrated magazine articles, and guidebooks, Richards introduced
the natural beauty and distinct... | 1820 - 1900 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
| Phelps, William Preston |
William
Preston Phelps (1848–1917), known as "the Painter of the Monadnock"[1], was an American landscape painter born
on the family farm near Chesham, in what is now the Pottersville
section of Dublin, New Hampshire on March 6, 1848 to mother Mary Phelps and
father Jayson Phelps.[2][3]
Early years
"Preston",
as he was known, grew up helping... | 1848 - 1917 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Thompson, Alfred Wordsworth |
Alfred
Thompson trained as a lawyer but turned to painting shortly before the Civil
War, painting both landscapes and portraits. He studied in Baltimore and in
Paris. He studied with Gleyke in 1861-62 and also with E. Lambinet
and A. Pasisi in the period 1862 to 1868.
He served
as an illustrator of war scenes with Harper's Weekly and... | 1840 - 1896 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Santry, Daniel |
Daniel
Francois Santry was born in Boston, MA in 1858. He studied with Boulanger and
Lefebvre. He exhibited at the Paris
Salon in 1886 and at the Boston Art Club from 1889 to 1891. The Boston Art Club exhibition records
record his address as 12 West Street, Boston, MA. Painting titles that he exhibited do not
describe White Mountain... | 1858 - 1915 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Shapleigh, Frank Henry |
Frank H.
Shapleigh was born in Boston and studied painting at the Lowell Institute of
Drawing. In 1867-1868, he sailed to
Europe where he studied in the studio of Emile Lambinet (1815-1877).
Shapleigh painted
throughout New England, in St. Augustine, Florida, California, and in
Europe. For sixteen years, from
1877 to 1893, he was... | 1842 - 1906 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Stanwood, Franklin |
Franklin
Stanwood was born in the Portland Alms House and shortly thereafter was adopted
by Captain Gideon Stanwood.
He was
self-taught and developed a very linear style, which accorded well with the ship
portraits for which he is best known.
He also painted "house portraits" and landscapes. He was a sailor by profession and
perhaps went to... | 1852 - 1888 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Smillie, George Henry |
George
Henry Smillie (1840 - 1921), brother of artist James David Smillie, was a
painter.
He studied
under his father, James Smillie, and under James McDougal Hart, and became a member
of the National Academy of Design in 1882. Like his brother, he painted both in
oils and in water colour.
His
favourite subjects were scenes along the New England... | 1840 - 1921 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Suydam, James Augustus |
The work of
James Augustus Suydam, characterized by idealized
tranquil landscapes and seascapes illuminated by softly sunlit skies, is emblematic of the American Luminist
movement of the nineteenth century.
Biography
James
Augustus Suydam was born on March 27, 1819 in New
York City. Suydam’s family was of Dutch
decedent, tracing their ancestry... | 1819 - 1865 | Anonymous | 05/24/2012 |
