Artists

Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. In obtaining the subject matter for these works, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion. Though not the first artist to record these sites, Bierstadt was the foremost painter...

Born in Pittsburgh on January 6, 1830 and the son of James Lambdin. In the late 1830’s his family moved to Philadelphia and by 1849 George was exhibiting his first works at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1850 the family move to Germantown, just north of Philadelphia, and it was here that they would remain. George traveled to Europe to...

William Oliver Stone (September 26, 1830 – September 15, 1875) was an American portrait painter. Stone was born in Derby, Connecticut. In the late 1840s he studied under Nathaniel Jocelyn in New Haven, and then moved to New York in 1851. He became fairly prominent there, and was elected an associate member of the National Academy in 1856, with...

William Stearns has not been positively identified, but is believed to have been active circa 1830 to 1840. The name comes from the inscription on the National Gallery's Bowl of Fruit (1953.5.34), which reads PAINTED BY (at lower left) WILLIAM STEARNS (at lower right), and was probably applied with a stamp. There are two other known pictures by...

Nicola Marschall (1829 – 1917) was a German-American artist who supported the Confederate cause during the American Civil War. He designed the original Confederate flag, the Stars and Bars,[1] as well as the official grey uniform of the Confederate army.[2] Biography Marschall was born in St. Wendel, Germany in 1829 to a wealthy Prussian family...