Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferys, Charles William |  Charles William Jefferys (August 25, 1869 – October 8, 1951) was a Canadian painter, illustrator, author, and teacher best known as a historical illustrator.
Biography
Born in Rochester, England, Jefferys arrived in Toronto, Ontario (after living in Philadelphia and Hamilton, Ontario) with his family around 1880. After attending school, he... | 1869 - 1951 | Anonymous | 12/22/2012 |
| Jennys, William |
William Jennys (1774–1859), also known as J. William Jennys, was an American primitive portrait painter who was
active from about 1790 to 1810. He traveled throughout New England seeking
commissions in rural areas and small towns.
His early
works are characterized by broadly modeled faces with a minimum of costume
detail and bare backgrounds.... | 1774 - 1858 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Jewett, William |
A painter
of portraits, landscapes, and works of genre, or scenes of everyday life,
William Smith Jewett became California’s first resident professional
artist. Jewett was born near South Dover, New York, and he studied at New York
City’s prestigious National Academy of Design. He established a
portrait-painting practice in New York in 1833; in... | 1792 - 1874 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Jocelyn, Nathaniel |
Nathaniel
Jocelyn (January 31, 1796 - January 13, 1881) was an American painter.
He was born
in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of a clockmaker and engraver. He trained as
a watchmaker, later taking up drawing, engraving, and oil painting. He studied
engraving with George Munger around 1813: they
published at least one print together under the... | 1796 - 1881 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Johansen, John Christen | 1876 - 1964 | Anonymous | 10/15/2012 | |
| Johnson, David |
David
Johnson (May 10, 1827 – January 30, 1908) was a member of the second
generation of Hudson River School painters.
He was born
in New York City, New York. He studied for two years at the antique school of
the National Academy of Design. He also studied briefly with the Hudson River
artist Jasper Francis Cropsey. Along with John Frederick... | 1827 - 1908 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Johnson, Eastman |
Eastman Johnson (July 29, 1824 –
April 5, 1906) was an American painter, and Co-Founder of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York City, with his name inscribed at its entrance. Best
known for his genre paintings, paintings of scenes from everyday life, and his
portraits both of everyday people, he also painted portraits of prominent
Americans... | 1824 - 1906 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Johnson, Frank Tenney |
Frank Tenney Johnson (26 June 1874–1 January 1939) was a
painter of the american
west, and he popularized a style of painting cowboys which became known as
"The Johnson Moonlight Technique". Somewhere on the Range is an
example of Johnson's moonlight technique. To paint his paintings he used
knives, fingers and brushes.
Biography
Early... | 1874 - 1939 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Johnson, Joshua |
Joshua
Johnson (c.1763-c.1824) was an American biracial painter from the Baltimore
area. Johnson, often viewed as the first person of color to make a living as a
painter in the United States, is known for his naïve paintings of
prominent Maryland residents.
Mysterious life
It was not
until 1939 that the identity of the painter of elite 19th... | 1763 - 1824 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Johnston, David Claypoole |
David Claypoole Johnston (25 March 1798 – 8 November 1865) was an 19th-century American cartoonist, printmaker, painter and actor from Boston, Massachusetts. He was the first natively trained American to master all the various graphic arts processes of lithography, etching, metal plate engraving, and wood engraving.[1][2]
In 1815 Johnston has... | 1799 - 1865 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
