Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bierstadt, Albert | 
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... | 1830 - 1902 | Anonymous | 01/02/2013 |
| Bingham, George Caleb |
George Caleb Bingham (March 20, 1811 – July 7, 1879) was an American artist whose paintings of American life in the frontier lands along the Missouri River exemplify the Luminist style. Left to languish in obscurity, Bingham's work was rediscovered in the 1930s. He is now widely considered one of the greatest American painters of the 19th... | 1811 - 1879 | Anonymous | 10/13/2012 |
| Binsse, Louis Francis DePaul | 1774 - 1844 | Anonymous | 06/04/2012 | |
| Birch, Thomas |
Thomas
Birch, American portrait and marine painter; born in London, England, in 1779;
died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 3, 1851.
He came to
the U. S. in 1794, and assisted his artist father, William Birch, in preparing
a 29-plate collection of engravings: "Birch's Views of Philadelphia"
(1799).[1] Subscribers to the series... | 1779 - 1851 | Anonymous | 04/05/2012 |
| Birch, William Russell |
William
Russell Birch (1755-1834) has long been recognized as the first artist to
achieve true commercial success in depicting American scenes for the domestic
market. In his early career in London, Birch was influenced by the landscape
painters whose work arose in the rich artistic ferment he encountered there in
the 1770s and 1780s. After... | 1755 - 1834 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Bischoff, Franz |
Franz A.
Bischoff (January 14, 1864-February 5, 1929) was an American artist known
primarily for his beautiful China painting, floral paintings and California
landscapes. He was born in Steinschönau, Austria (now known as
Kamenický Šenov in the Czech Republic on January 14, 1864.[1] He
immigrated to the United States as a teenager where he... | 1864 - 1929 | Anonymous | 04/05/2012 |
| Blackburn, Joseph |
Nothing is
known about English portrait painter Joseph Blackburn prior to his presence on
Bermuda in 1752. During an extended stay on the island he painted about
twenty-five portraits, including those of members of the Jones, Tucker and
Harvey families. His compositions show that he was familiar with the work of
the leading London portrait painters... | Died ca. 1778 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Blakelock, Ralph Albert |
Ralph
Albert Blakelock (October 15, 1847 – August 9, 1919) was a romanticist
painter from the United States.
Biography
Ralph
Blakelock was born in New York City on October 15, 1847.[1] His father was a successful
physician.[1] Blakelock initially set out to follow in his footsteps, and in
1864 began studies at the Free Academy of the City of... | 1847 - 1919 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Blashfield, Edwin Howland |
Edwin Howland Blashfield (December 5, 1848 – October 12, 1936), an American artist, was born in New York City.
He was a pupil of Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat in Paris beginning in 1867, and became (1888) a member of the National Academy of Design in New York. For some years a genre painter, he later turned to decorative work, where his academic... | 1848 - 1936 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Blondel, Jacob D. | 1817 - 1877 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
