Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by
  | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trumbull, John | 
John
Trumbull (June 6, 1756 – November 10, 1843) was an American artist during
the period of the American Revolutionary War and was notable for his historical
paintings. His Declaration of Independence was used on the reverse of the
two-dollar bill.
Early years
Trumbull
was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1756, to Jonathan Trumbull, who... | 1756 - 1843 | Anonymous | 12/21/2012 |
| Willson, Mary Ann |
This artist
was unknown until 1943, when a New York art gallery discovered a portfolio of
her drawings. Mary Ann Willson is now regarded as one
of the earliest American watercolorists, along with Eunice Pinney
of Connecticut.
An
anonymous letter written in 1850 and signed by "an admirer of art"
accompanied the drawings. It relates that Willson... | Born 1810 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
| Wicks, Mary | Born 1843 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Vanderlyn, Pieter |
Pieter
Vanderlyn (* 1687 , † 1778 in Shawangunk ) was an American painter of
Dutch origin. He is the Patroon Painters counted.
Vanderlyn
in 1718 emigrated from the Netherlands, probably via Curacao to New York one.
It is unclear where he then resided, presumably in Kingston on the Hudson River
, 130 km north of New York , or Albany .
He... | 1687 - 1778 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| Vonnoh, Robert |
Robert
William Vonnoh (September 17, 1858 – 1933) was an American Impressionist
painter known for his portraits and landscapes. He traveled extensively between
the East Coast and France, more specifically the artists colony Grez-sur-Loing.
He studied in
Paris at the Académie Julian under Gustave Boulanger and Jules Joseph
Lefebvre. He taught at... | 1858 - 1933 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Weir, Robert W. |
Robert
Walter Weir (June 18, 1803 - May 1, 1889) was an American artist, best known as
an educator, and as an historical painter. He was considered an artist of the
Hudson River school,[1] was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1829,
and an instructor at the United States Military Academy. Among his better-known
works are: The Embarkation... | 1803 - 1889 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Waters, Susan C. |
Susan
Catherine Moore Waters (May 18, 1823—July 7, 1900), self-taught painter
of animals and resident of Bordentown, New Jersey.
Biography
On May 18,
1823, Susan Catherine Moore Waters was born in Binghamton, New York. A
self-taught artist with little formal training, Waters did attend seminary
school in Friendsville, Pennsylvania, where she... | 1823 - 1900 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Wendel, Theodore |
Though born
in Ohio, Theodore Wendel eventually made the town of
Ipswich his full time permanent residence. He in Germany under fellow Ohioan
Frank Duveneck, and through the great teacher met and
befriended James McNeil Whistler. He later attended the Academie
Julian in Paris at the same time as Dow and Henry Rodman Kenyon.
While
living in France... | 1859 - 1932 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Wagguno |
The
National Gallery's painting Fruit and Baltimore Oriole
(1980.62.47) was inscribed on the reverse Painted by Wagguno,
1858, but the inscription is no longer visible. It is recorded on the accession
sheet of the donors (E. W. and B. C. Garbisch), but
no photographs are known. No information on the artist has been discovered to
date. [This is an... | Born 1858 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Walker, William A. |
William
Aiken Walker (March 11, 1839 – January 3, 1921) is an American artist who
was born to an Irish Protestant father and a mother of South Carolina
background in Charleston, South Carolina in 1839. In 1842, when his father
died, Walker's mother moved the family to Baltimore, Maryland, where they
remained until returning to Charleston in... | 1838 - 1921 | Anonymous | 04/19/2012 |
