Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by
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| Wall, William Allen | ![]()
William
Allen Wall was born to a prominent Quaker family of New Bedford. His father was
the master of a Quaker school, ran a hardware store, and promoted cultural
activities in the city.
Wall seems
to have inherited from his father an appreciation of art and may have received
instruction from him in watercolor and pencil technique. His father... | 1801 - 1885 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Wall, William Guy | ![]()
William Guy
Wall (1792 – 1864) was an American painter of Irish birth.
Wall was
born in Dublin in 1792 and arrived in New York in 1812. He was already a well
trained artist and soon became well known for his sensitive watercolor views of
the Hudson River Valley and surroundings. Some of these watercolors were
published as engravings by John Hill... | 1792 - 1864 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| Ufer, Walter | ![]()
Walter Ufer (July 22, 1876 – August 2, 1936) was an American
artist based in Taos, New Mexico. His most notable work focuses on scenes of
Native American life, particularly of the Pueblo Indians.
Ufer was
born of German immigrant parents and raised in Kentucky. After an
apprenticeship as a lithographer, he went to Europe where he was a... | 1876 - 1936 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 |
| Williams, William | ![]()
William
Williams (1727 – 27 April 1791)[1] was an
English/American painter. He was born in Bristol, England. His family is
believed to have originated in Caerphilly, Wales just
across the Severn River from Bristol. He began living in Philadelphia around 1747
after time at sea. In Philadelphia he was instrumental in building America's
first... | 1727 - 1791 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
| Winstanley, William | ![]()
William Winstanley was an early American painter born in England
and transferred to the United States as a young man. He is credited as one of
the very first American landscape painters and was active in the late 18th and
early 19th centuries.
Winstanley
has been criticized by some art historians for his “sterile
recipes” for creating... | 1775 - 1806 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
| Meucci, Anthony | Died 1837 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 | |
| Robertson, Archibald | ![]()
ROBERTSON,
ARCHIBALD (1765–1835), miniature-painter, born at Monymusk
in Scotland on 8 May 1765, was eldest son of William Robertson of Drumnahoy, near Aberdeen, and Jean Ross, his wife; Andrew
Robertson [q. v.] was his brother. He was educated at Aberdeen, and received
his first instruction in drawing from a deaf-and-dumb artist. In 1786 he... | 1765 - 1835 | Anonymous | 04/13/2012 |
| Stone, Anstiss | 1778 - 1807 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Teakes, Anne | Died 1827 | Anonymous | 05/14/2012 | |
| Andrews, Ambrose | ![]()
Ambrose Andrews was born in West Stockbridge, MA in 1805. He was a painter of landscapes, portraits and miniatures.
He studied at the National Academy of Design, NYC in 1824.
He started to work as a full time artist shortly after 1824 and was active throughout his life. He worked in Schuylerville, New York in 1824, in Troy, New York from 1829 to 1831,... | 1805 - 1870 | Anonymous | 01/06/2013 |





