Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beers, Julie Hart | 
Julie Hart
Beers Kempson is regarded as among the best and
perhaps the only woman artist of nineteenth-century America to specialize in
landscapes.
Biography
Julie Hart
Beers Kempson, a painter of the Hudson River School,
was one of very few professional women landscape painters in nineteenth-century
America and the only one to achieve any... | 1835 - 1913 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Bell-Smith, Frederic Marlett |
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith (September 26, 1846 – June 23, 1923) was a Canadian landscape painter best known for his works of the Rocky Mountains and the Selkirk Range.
Bell-Smith emigrated to Canada from England in 1866. He had studied painting in England and worked as an artist and photographer in Montreal until 1871, when he moved to Toronto.... | 1846 - 1923 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 |
| Bell, Clara Louise | 1886 - 1978 | Anonymous | 10/15/2012 | |
| Bellows, Albert Fitch |
Albert
Fitch Bellows (November 20, 1829 - November 24, 1883), American landscape
painter of the Hudson River School, was born at Milford, Massachusetts.
Early years
He first
studied architecture and opened his own architectural firm in 1849, but quickly
turned to painting. From 1850 to 1856 he taught at the New England School of
Design in Boston.... | 1829 - 1883 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Bellows, George Wesley |
George
Wesley Bellows (August 12[1][2] or August 19,[3][4][5] 1882 - January 8, 1925)
was an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in
New York City, becoming, according to the Columbus Museum of Art, "the
most acclaimed American artist of his generation".[6]
Youth
Bellows was
born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He... | 1882 - 1925 | Anonymous | 01/13/2013 |
| Benbridge, Henry |
Henry Benbridge born October 1743 [1] died February 1812), early
American portrait painter, was born in Philadelphia, the only child of James
and Mary (Clark) Benbridge. When he was seven years
old, his mother, who had been left a widow, was married to Thomas Gordon, a
wealthy Scot. The boy's artistic talent was
encouraged. He made decorative... | 1743 - 1812 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 |
| Bennett, William James |
William Bennett was born in England. In 1799 the esteemed watercolor artist Richard Westall sponsored Bennett's entry into the Royal Academy of Art in London. Bennett showed an aptitude for landscape views, paying particular attention to topographical detail and the subtleties of light and atmosphere. Enrollment in the British forces in 1803 cut short... | 1787 - 1844 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Benson, Eugene | 1839 - 1908 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 | |
| Benson, Frank Weston |
Frank
Weston Benson, frequently referred to as Frank W. Benson, (March 24, 1862
– November 15, 1951) was an American artist from Salem, Massachusetts
known for his Realistic portraits, American Impressionist paintings,
watercolors and etchings. He began his career painting portraits of
distinguished families and murals for the Library of... | 1862 - 1951 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Benton, Thomas Hart | Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. Though his work is strongly associated with the... | 1889 - 1975 | Anonymous | 04/18/2013 |
