Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wertmuller, Adolf Ulrich | 
Adolf Ulrik
Wertmüller (February 18, 1751 — October 5, 1811) was a Swedish
painter whose notable works include Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of
Gold.
Wertmüller
was born in Stockholm and studied art at home before moving to Paris in 1772 to
study under his cousin Alexander Roslin and French painter Joseph-Marie
Vien.[1] On July 30,... | 1751 - 1811 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Toermer, Benno Friedrich |
Törmer
: Benno Frederick T. (Not Thörmer how Nagler writes) Painter, was born on
4 July 1804 in Dresden-Neustadt, the second son of the Royal. Saxon. Captain
and drawing teacher at the Engineering Academy of Dresden born. Because he
wanted to devote himself to painting, he entered the Art Academy there on 6
November 1819th Already in the next, as... | 1804 - 1859 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Otis, Bass |
Bass Otis
(July 17, 1784 - November 3, 1861), was an early
American artist, inventor, and portrait painter. He painted hundreds of
portraits including many of the best known Americans of his day, and produced
the first American lithograph in 1819.
Life and work
Otis was
born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of Josiah Otis, a... | 1784 - 1861 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Adams, Cassilly |
A descendent of President John Adams, Cassilly Adams created history paintings and genre scenes that captured the spirit of life on the American frontier. Adams studied at the Boston Academy of Art and the Cincinnati Art School before joining the Union army during the Civil War. After being wounded in the Battle of Vicksburg, Adams produced his... | 1843 - 1921 | Anonymous | 11/10/2012 |
| Brumidi, Constantino |
Constantino
Brumidi (July 26, 1805 – February 19, 1880) was an Greek/Italian-American
historical painter, best known and honored for his fresco work in the Capitol
Building in Washington, DC.
Parentage and early life
Brumidi was
born in Rome, his father a Greek and his mother an Italian. He showed his
talent for fresco painting at an early age... | 1805 - 1880 | Anonymous | 07/29/2012 |
| Werner, Carl Friedrich Heinrich |
Carl
Friedrich Heinrich Werner (1808–1894) was a German watercolor painter.
Born in
Weimar, Werner studied painting under Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld in Leipzig.
He switched to studying architecture in Munich from 1829 to 1831, but
thereafter returned to painting. He won a scholarship to travel to Italy, where
he ended up founding a studio in... | 1808 - 1894 | Anonymous | 11/12/2012 |
| Fraser, Charles |
Charles
Fraser was born on August 20, 1782 and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina.
During his childhood he began learning about the world of painting. Despite the
lack of support from his parents to pursue a painting career, Fraser endured
with the encouragement of his fellow painters and friends. Other artistic
support came from one of his... | 1782 - 1860 | Anonymous | 04/05/2012 |
| Beauregard, Charles Grant |
Charles Grant Beauregard (* 1856 in Montreal , † 1919 in Troy) was an American painter.
Life and Work
Even as a young man wandered from Beauregard in the State of New York and lived there the majority of his life in Troy, where he worked as a teacher at the Emma Willard Private School.
While he initially dealt with portraiture, he later turned to... | 1856 - 1919 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Hirschberg, Carl |
Carl
Hirschberg (1854-1923) was a prominent figure in the American art movement who
founded the Salmagundi Club and was also the organizers of the Student Arts
League. As a young man he studied in Paris. This beautiful and lyrical painting
depicts the Whippany River on one side and an anonymous landscape on the other.
| 1854 - 1923 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Turner, Charles Henry |
Charles
Henry Francis Turner [1] (7 August 1848 - 24 November 1908) was an American watercolourist and oil painter of landscapes, portraits,
illustrations, and genre scenes, who from 1877 studied with Otto Grundmann (1844–1890), founder of the "Boston
School", at Boston Museum of Fine Arts School.[2]
Turner was a member of the Unity Art Club and... | 1848 - 1908 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
