Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date
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| Church, Frederic Edwin | 
Frederic
Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape
painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson
River School of American landscape painters. While committed to the natural
sciences, he was "always concerned with including a spiritual dimension in
his works."[1]
Biography
Beginnings
The... | 1826 - 1900 | Anonymous | 04/01/2012 |
| Cole, Thomas |
Thomas Cole
(February 1, 1801 – February 11, 1848) was an English-born American
artist. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School, an American
art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century. Cole's Hudson River
School, as well as his own work, was known for its realistic and detailed
portrayal of American landscape and... | 1801 - 1848 | Anonymous | 04/01/2012 |
| Jacobsen, Antonio |
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (November
2, 1850 – February 2, 1921) was a Danish-born American maritime artist
known as the "Audubon of Steam Vessels".[1]
Biography
Jacobsen
was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jacobsen attended the Royal Academy of Design
before heading across the Atlantic Ocean.[1] He arrived in the United States in
1871 and... | 1850 - 1921 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Jay, Cecil | 1884 - 1930 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 | |
| Jacobs, Paul Emil |
Paul Emil
Jacobs (August 20, 1802, in Gotha - January 6, 1866) was a German painter.
Jacobs, son
of the philologist Frederick Jacobs, received his art training at the Munich Academy
of Fine Arts and first became known for his painting of Mercury and Argus (from
Classical mythology). In 1824 he went to Rome, where he attracted great
critical... | 1802 - 1866 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Jouett, Matthew Harris |
Matthew Harris Jouett was born April 22, 1788, near Harrodsburg, in what became Mercer County, Kentucky. Except for a few trips outside the state in search of commissions, he would reside virtually all of his life in Kentucky. His father, Captain Jack Jouett, was known as the "Paul Revere of the South" in honor of his 1781 ride warning Southern... | 1788 - 1827 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Jennys, William |
William Jennys (1774–1859), also known as J. William Jennys, was an American primitive portrait painter who was
active from about 1790 to 1810. He traveled throughout New England seeking
commissions in rural areas and small towns.
His early
works are characterized by broadly modeled faces with a minimum of costume
detail and bare backgrounds.... | 1774 - 1858 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Ordway, Alfred T. |
Alfred T.
Ordway (1821–1897) was an American landscape and portrait painter, and
one of the founding fathers of the Boston Art Club.[1]
Early years
Alfred was
born in Roxbury, Massachusetts to mother Currier, and father Thomas Ordway on
March 9, 1821. With his father being the cities' clerk, Alfred spent the
majority of his childhood in Lowell,... | 1821 - 1897 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Maentel, Jacob | ca. 1763 - 1863 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 | |
| Osgood, Charles |
Charles
Osgood was born in Salem, MA on February 24, 1809. It is not known from whom Osgood
received his training, but he made his living as a portraitist until 1863. It can be conjectured that the advent of
the daguerreotype and the photograph created serious inroads on the business of
the average portraitist and caused Osgood and others to... | 1809 - 1890 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
