Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeliff, Amzi Emmons | 
Amzi Emmons Zeliff was born 11 April 1831, in Morris County, New Jersey, son of Daniel P. and Maria Van Houton Zeliff and a descendant of early Dutch settlers of Staten Island and New Jersey. He later may have moved to Essex County for a period, perhaps upon his marriage to Cornelia Harris.
Family members say that at one time he owned the White Horse... | 1831 - 1915 | Anonymous | 05/02/2012 |
| Perry, Enoch Wood |
Enoch Wood
Perry, Jr. (1831–1915) was a painter from the United States.
Life
Perry was
born in Boston on July 31, 1831. His father was Enoch Wood Perry, and mother
was Hannah Knapp Dole. His maternal grandparents were Samuel Dole and Katherine
Wigglesworth.[1] The family moved to New Orleans with
his family as a teenager in 1848 and attended... | 1831 - 1915 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Brown, Harrison Bird |
Harrison
Bird Brown began his career as a modest beginning as a sign painter. He later
turned to painting and established himself as one of the most celebrated
landscape painters in Maine during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Brown spent the greatest portion of his life in Maine, and his works often
depicted the wholesome outdoor... | 1831 - 1915 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Herzog, Herman |
Hermann Ottomar Herzog (November 15, 1832[1] – February 6,
1932) was a prominent nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European and
American artist, primarily known for his landscapes. He was born in Bremen,
Germany and entered the Düsseldorf Academy at age seventeen. Herzog
achieved early commercial success, allowing him to travel widely and... | 1831 - 1932 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Wheeler, William Ruthven | William Ruthven Wheeler was basically a portrait painter, but he did produce some landscapes.
His first instruction came at an early age from an itinerant miniature painter, and he began his profession at the age of fifteen. At the age of 28 he studied for a short time in Detroit under Alvan Bradish. He moved to Hartford, Connecticut about 1862... | 1832 - 1894 | Anonymous | 12/22/2012 |
| Leganger, Nikolay Tysland |
Little is
known of Leganger except that he was active in both
New York City and Boston. He
exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association between 1871 and 1882. He also exhibited at the National Academy
of Design in 1891, giving his address as Newton Center, MA. His work was represented at an important
sale of paintings at Noyes and Blakeslee in... | 1832 - 1905 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Waters, George Wellington | George W. Waters was born on March 31, 1832 in the small upstate community of Coventry in Chenango County, NY. He began his artistic career early and in 1850, at the age of eighteen, Waters had his first exhibit when one of his paintings was on view at the National Academy of Design in New York City. Though he maintained a studio in New York City... | 1832 - 1912 | Anonymous | 12/22/2012 |
| Scott, Emily Maria Spaford | 1832 - 1915 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Colman, Samuel |
Samuel
Colman (March 4, 1832 – March 26, 1920) was an American painter, interior
designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson
River.
Born in Portland,
Maine, Colman moved to New York City with his family as a child. His father
opened a bookstore, attracting a literate clientele that may have influenced
Colman's... | 1832 - 1920 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
| Key, John Ross |
John Ross
Key was the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of the patriotic song The
Star Spangled Banner. He was born
in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1832 and studied art in Munich and Paris. He worked in a number of American cities
including Boston where he showed over 100 works in 1877. Critics praised his work as "firm
and masterly, strong... | 1832 - 1920 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
