Artists

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Kemmelmeyer, Fredericknotes
Census records indicate that Frederick Kemmelmeyer was more than forty-five years old in 1800, and therefore born sometime prior to 1755, but no record of his birth has been found. A Frederick Kimmelmeiger listed in naturalization papers issued at Annapolis, Maryland, on 8 October 1788 is presumed to be the artist. He first advertised in the...
1755 - 1821Anonymous05/17/2012
Stuart, Gilbertnotes
Gilbert Charles Stuart (born Stewart) (December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter from Rhode Island. Gilbert Stuart is widely considered to be one of America's foremost portraitists.[2] His best known work, the unfinished portrait of George Washington that is sometimes referred to as The Athenaeum, was begun in 1796 and never...
1755 - 1828igrkio04/08/2012
Birch, William Russellnotes
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 - 1834Anonymous05/19/2012
Trumbull, Johnnotes
John Trumbull (June 6, 1756 – November 10, 1843) was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War and was notable for his historical paintings. His Declaration of Independence was used on the reverse of the two-dollar bill. Early years Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1756, to Jonathan Trumbull, who...
1756 - 1843Anonymous12/21/2012
Verstille, William 1757 - 1803Anonymous10/13/2012
Peticolas, Philippe Abraham 1760 - 1841Anonymous05/19/2012
Guy, Francisnotes
(b Burton in Kendall or Lorton, Cumbria, 1760; d Brooklyn, NY, 12 Aug 1820). American painter of English birth. In England he was apprenticed to a tailor and then worked in the textile trade. A business failure prompted him to leave London for New York in 1795. By early 1798 he was settled in Baltimore, MD, where he lived for the next 20 years....
1760 -  1820Anonymous03/31/2012
Savage, Edwardnotes
Edward Savage (November 26, 1761 – July 6, 1817) was an American portrait painter and engraver. He was born in Princeton, Mass., and at first worked as a goldsmith, also practicing engraving. Although seemingly untrained in painting, he came into prominence in 1790 through his portrait of George Washington, intended as a gift to Harvard...
1761 - 1817Anonymous05/22/2012
Brown, Mather 1761 - 1831Anonymous12/14/2012
Moulthrop, Reuben 1763 - 1814Anonymous04/10/2012
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