Artists

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Church, Frederick Stuartnotes
Frederick Stuart Church (1842–1924) was an American artist, working mainly as an illustrator and especially known for his (often allegorical) depiction of animals. Biography He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His father was an important figure in politics as well as a well-known lawyer. At the age of 13 he left school and took a job at the...
1842 - 1924Anonymous06/04/2012
Carpenter, Francis B.notes
Francis Bicknell Carpenter (August 6, 1830 – May 23, 1900) was an American painter born in Homer, New York. Carpenter is best known for his painting First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, which is hanging in the United States Capitol. Carpenter resided with President Lincoln at the White House and in 1866 published...
1830 - 1900Anonymous05/15/2012
Huntington, Danielnotes
Daniel Huntington (October 4, 1816 – April 19, 1906), American artist, was born in New York City, New York, the son of Benjamin Huntington, Jr. and Faith Trumbull Huntington; his paternal grandfather was Benjamin Huntington, delegate at the Second Continental Congress and First U.S. Representative from Connecticut. From 1833 to 1835 he studied at...
1816 - 1906Anonymous04/04/2012
Johnson, Davidnotes
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 - 1908Anonymous05/17/2012
Sully, Thomasnotes
Thomas Sully (June 19, 1783 – November 5, 1872) was a well-known American (English-born) painter, mostly of portraits. Life and career Early life Sully was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, to the actors Matthew and Sarah Sully. In March 1792 the Sullys and their nine children immigrated to Richmond, Virginia, where Thomas’s uncle...
1783 - 1872Anonymous04/03/2012
Bradford, Williamnotes
William Bradford, a 19th-century American marine painter, was born on April 30, 1823 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.  He was born to Quaker parents who disapproved of his desire for a painting career.  He worked as a clerk in his father’s dry goods shop in New Bedford, devoting his spare time to sketching. In the early 1850s, he launched his...
1823 - 1892Anonymous06/11/2012
Fuller, Georgenotes
George Fuller (January 17, 1822 – March 21, 1884)  was an American figure and portrait painter. Fuller was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts. His father, Aaron Fuller, was a farmer. His mother was Aaron's second wife, Fanny Negus of Petersham, Massachusetts. His parents were not in favor of Fuller becoming a painter. At age thirteen, he went to...
1822 - 1884Anonymous05/15/2012
Peto, John Fredericknotes
John Frederick Peto (May 21, 1854 – November 23, 1907) was an American trompe l'oeil ("fool the eye") painter who was long forgotten until his paintings were rediscovered along with those of fellow trompe l'oeil artist William Harnett. Although Peto and the slightly older Harnett knew each other and painted similar subjects, their careers...
1854 - 1907Anonymous05/19/2012
Tarbell, Edmund Charlesnotes
Edmund Charles Tarbell (April 26, 1862 – August 1, 1938) was an American Impressionist painter. He was a member of the Ten American Painters. His work is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery and the National Academy of Design, among others. Early life and education Edmund Charles Tarbell, called "Ned" as a boy, was...
1862 - 1938Anonymous04/04/2012
Boughton, George Henrynotes
George Henry Boughton (December 4, 1833 – January 19, 1905)[1] was an Anglo-American landscape and genre painter, illustrator and writer. Life and work Boughton was born in Norwich in Norfolk, England, the son of farmer William Boughton. The family emigrated to the United States in 1835,[2] and he grew up in Albany, New York where he started...
1833 - 1905Anonymous04/09/2012
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