Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by
  | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood, Allen Christian | 
Allen
Christian Redwood was one of the few sketch artists of the Civil War who
actually fought in military battles, and his documentation was of noted
historical value to the Southern side of the War. By the 1890s, he was a
western illustrator for Harper's, Century and other magazines and traveled
widely in the West. In 1898 Harper's sent him to... | 1844 - 1922 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
| Laux, August |
German born
August Laux achieved a considerable reputation in the
1870s for his frescoes and decorative paintings, but switched to genre scenes
and still lifes a decade later. His work, always
traditional in style, was highly regarded in his day but forgotten soon after
his death.
He was born
in the Pfalz area of the Rhineland in 1847 to... | 1847 - 1921 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Waugh, Alfred S. | ca. 1810 - 1856 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Agate, Alfred Thomas |
Alfred Thomas Agate (February 14, 1812, in Sparta, New York – January 5, 1846, Washington, D.C.) was a noted American artist, painter and miniaturist.
Agate lived in New York from 1831–1838. He studied with his brother, Frederick Styles Agate, a portrait and historical painter. He later went on to study with Thomas Seir Cummings.[citation needed]... | 1812 - 1846 | Anonymous | 11/17/2012 |
| Lang, Annie Traquair | 1885 - 1918 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Wertmuller, Adolf Ulrich |
Adolf Ulrik
Wertmüller (February 18, 1751 — October 5, 1811) was a Swedish
painter whose notable works include Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of
Gold.
Wertmüller
was born in Stockholm and studied art at home before moving to Paris in 1772 to
study under his cousin Alexander Roslin and French painter Joseph-Marie
Vien.[1] On July 30,... | 1751 - 1811 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Toermer, Benno Friedrich |
Törmer
: Benno Frederick T. (Not Thörmer how Nagler writes) Painter, was born on
4 July 1804 in Dresden-Neustadt, the second son of the Royal. Saxon. Captain
and drawing teacher at the Engineering Academy of Dresden born. Because he
wanted to devote himself to painting, he entered the Art Academy there on 6
November 1819th Already in the next, as... | 1804 - 1859 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Otis, Bass |
Bass Otis
(July 17, 1784 - November 3, 1861), was an early
American artist, inventor, and portrait painter. He painted hundreds of
portraits including many of the best known Americans of his day, and produced
the first American lithograph in 1819.
Life and work
Otis was
born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of Josiah Otis, a... | 1784 - 1861 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Adams, Cassilly |
A descendent of President John Adams, Cassilly Adams created history paintings and genre scenes that captured the spirit of life on the American frontier. Adams studied at the Boston Academy of Art and the Cincinnati Art School before joining the Union army during the Civil War. After being wounded in the Battle of Vicksburg, Adams produced his... | 1843 - 1921 | Anonymous | 11/10/2012 |
| Brumidi, Constantino |
Constantino
Brumidi (July 26, 1805 – February 19, 1880) was an Greek/Italian-American
historical painter, best known and honored for his fresco work in the Capitol
Building in Washington, DC.
Parentage and early life
Brumidi was
born in Rome, his father a Greek and his mother an Italian. He showed his
talent for fresco painting at an early age... | 1805 - 1880 | Anonymous | 07/29/2012 |
