Artists
Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
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Holdredge, Ransome Gillet |
Ransome
Gillett Holdridge was an early San Francisco school painter, specializing in
Northern California landscapes.
Biography
Holdridge
was born in New York City (or possibly London, England[1]) in 1836, and moved
to the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1850s, where he became head
draughtsman at Mare Island Naval Yard. In 1874, with the... | 1836 - 1899 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Hunten, F. G. W. | Active ca. 1850 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
Jones, Robert | Died ca. 1848 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
Harvey, George Wainwright | 1855 - 1920 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
Hill, John William |
John
William Hill or often J.W. Hill (1812–1879) was a British born American
artist working in watercolor, gouache, lithography, and engraving. Hill's work focussed primarily upon natural subjects including
landscapes, still lifes, and ornithological and zoological
subjects. In the 1850s, influenced by John Ruskin and Hill's association... | 1812 - 1879 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Haberle, John |
John
Haberle was born in 1856 in New Haven, Connecticut, to Swiss immigrant parents.
At age
fourteen he left school to apprentice for a bookplate designer and engraver, where
he learned the precision of hand-and-eye coordination necessary for detailed
representation. He also worked at Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural
History, painting... | 1856 - 1933 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Tieling, Lodewijk | Active ca. 1700 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
Toole, John |
John Toole,
whose name was originally O'Toole, was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 26 November
1815 to Jane O'Toole and Michael O'Toole, a chemistry teacher.
After his father's death as a result of an explosive experiment, John
immigrated to the United States in 1827, along with his brother and sister.
They were sent to live with an aunt and uncle who... | 1815 - 1860 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Triscott, Samuel Peter Rolt |
Samuel
Peter Rolt Triscott is listed as a marine painter, photographer, and teacher.
He was born
in England where he studied both civil engineering and painting. While in London, he studied under Philip
Mitchell and at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolors. He came to the United States in 1871 and
settled in Boston. A specialist... | 1846 - 1925 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Humphreys, Charles S. |
Charles
Spencer Humphreys was born on 18 February 1818 in Moorestown, New Jersey. He
was one of seven children of Joshua Humphreys and Abigail Cox. By the age of
nineteen Humphreys was living in Camden, New Jersey, where on 10 May 1837 he
placed the following advertisement in the Camden Mail and General Advertiser:
"House, Sign and Ornamental... | 1818 - 1880 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |