Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by
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| Farny, Henry | ![]()
Born in
Alsace Lorraine, France, Henry Farny became a
well-known American illustrator and painter, especially for quiet aspects of
Indian life such as campfire scenes.
Farny,
working in a highly realistic, detailed style, had a deep regard for Indians as
individuals, and often depicted them in an harmonious
environment. Only a few of... | 1847 - 1916 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Darby, Henry F. | 1829 - 1897 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Fenn, Harry | ![]()
Harry Fenn was known as a painter, illustrator, etcher, and
engraver. He began his career as a
wood engraver but quickly switched to pencil drawings. He came to the U.S. in 1864 ostensibly
to see Niagra Falls, but he remained for six years, then traveled to Italy to study. In 1870 he came back to the U.S. and
illustrated his first book,... | 1845 - 1911 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Chain, Helen Henderson | 1849 - 1892 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Hitchings, Henry | 1824 - 1902 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 | |
| Morton, Henry Jackson | 1807 - 1890 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 | |
| Johnston, Henrietta | ![]()
Henrietta
de Beaulieu Dering Johnston (ca. 1674[1] – March 9, 1729) was a pastelist
of uncertain origin active in the English colonies in North America from
approximately 1708 until her death. She is both the earliest recorded female
artist and the first known pastelist working in the English colonies.[2]
Life
Both the
date and place of... | ca. 1674 - 1729 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| Lennep, Henry John Van | ![]()
Henry John
Van Lennep (AC 1837), a noted 19th-century Christian
minister, missionary, writer and educator, was born in Smyrna (present-day
Izmir, Turkey) in 1815. In 1830 he was sent to the United States for his
education. He prepared for college at Mount Pleasant Institute, Amherst, Mass.,
and Hartford (Conn.) Grammar School. After graduating from... | 1815 - 1889 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Lungkwitz, Hermann | ![]()
Hermann
Lungkwitz (1813–1891) was a 19th Century German-born Texas romantic
landscape artist and photographer whose work became the first pictoral record
of the Texas Hill Country.[1]
Early life
Karl
Friedrich Hermann Lungkwitz was born on March 14, 1813 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
to hosiery manufacturer Johann Gottfried Lungkwitz and and his wife... | 1813 - 1891 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Hyneman, Herman N. | 1849 - 1907 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |





