Artists
| Name | Info | Years
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| Melrose, Andrew | ![]()
New Jersey
artist Andrew Melrose painted traditional, atmospheric landscapes inspired by
travels in Europe, South American and various regions of the United States.
Many of his best paintings are views of New York State and New Jersey,
especially regions of the Hudson River Valley and New York Harbor. Melrose
typically painted in an indigenous... | 1836 - 1901 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Hilliard, William Henry | ![]() An accomplished landscape, still-life, and portrait painter, William Henry Hilliard was born in Auburn, New York in 1836. By the 1860's, Hilliard was well known among Indian artists, residing in Madison. He left for New York in 1876, subsequently moving to Boston and finally settling in Washington, DC.
He studied in New York City and also abroad... | 1836 - 1905 | Anonymous | 12/08/2012 |
| Homer, Winslow | ![]()
Winslow
Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape
painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered
one of the foremost painters in 19th century America and a preeminent figure in
American art.
Largely
self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator.[1]... | 1836 - 1910 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
| Willard, Archibald M. | ![]()
Archibald MacNeal Willard (August 22, 1836–October 11, 1918)
was an American painter who was born and raised in Bedford, Ohio.[1]
Willard
joined the 86th Ohio Infantry in 1863 and fought in the American Civil War.
During this time he painted several scenes from the war, and forged a
friendship with photographer James F. Ryder. Willard painted... | 1836 - 1918 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Vedder, Elihu | ![]()
Elihu Vedder (February 26, 1836 – January 29, 1923) was an American symbolist painter, book illustrator, and poet, born in New York City.
He is best known for his fifty-five illustrations for Edward FitzGerald's translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (deluxe edition, published by Houghton Mifflin).
Biography
Elihu Vedder was born February 26,... | 1836 - 1923 | Anonymous | 11/12/2012 |
| Meucci, Anthony | Died 1837 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 | |
| Custer, Edward L. | ![]() Edward L. Custer was a portrait, animal, and landscape painter. He was born in Basel, Switzerland, on January 24, 1837. Custer came to the United States in 1846 or 1847 with his family at about the age of ten, living first in Syracuse, NY and later in Manchester, NH. His father became a doctor while in Manchester.
He went to Germany to study... | 1837 - 1881 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 |
| Niles, George E. | ![]()
George E.
Niles was a lithographer as well as a painter. He kept a studio at Jackson, NH, where
he exhibited the works of many other artists.
He
exhibited at the Boston Art Club during the years 1873 to 1877.
References
New Hampshire SceneryThe Boston Art
Club Exhibition Record
| 1837 - 1898 | Anonymous | 12/14/2012 |
| Munger, Gilbert | ![]()
Gilbert
Davis Munger achieved great success in the nineteenth
century, painting landscapes of the newly discovered American West.
Biography
Gilbert
Davis Munger’s painting career can be divided
into three phases: artist-explorer painting the spectacular landscapes of
California, Oregon, Washington, and Utah; critically acclaimed... | 1837 - 1903 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Carr, Samuel S. | ![]()
Very little is known regarding Samuel S. Carr. He was born in England on 15 October 1837 and studied at the Royal Academy of Design at Chester. In 1863 he emigrated to the United States where in 1865 he attended a class in mechanical drawing at Cooper Union. From 1870 to 1907 he lived with his sister and brother-in-law at 461 Twelfth Street in... | 1837 - 1908 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |





