Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date
  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelham, Peter | 
Peter
Pelham (ca. 1695[1] – December 1751), American limner and engraver, was
born in England, a son of a man named "gentleman" in his will. His
father, who died in Chichester, Sussex, in 1756, is
revealed in letters to his son in America as a man of some property.[2]
London
Pelham was
one of several London artists who learned the then new... | 1695 - 1751 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Perry, Enoch Wood |
Enoch Wood
Perry, Jr. (1831–1915) was a painter from the United States.
Life
Perry was
born in Boston on July 31, 1831. His father was Enoch Wood Perry, and mother
was Hannah Knapp Dole. His maternal grandparents were Samuel Dole and Katherine
Wigglesworth.[1] The family moved to New Orleans with
his family as a teenager in 1848 and attended... | 1831 - 1915 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Persico, Gennarino | ca. 1800 - ca. 1859 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 | |
| Peticolas, Philippe Abraham | 1760 - 1841 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 | |
| Peto, John Frederick |
John
Frederick Peto (May 21, 1854 – November 23, 1907) was an American trompe
l'oeil ("fool the eye") painter who was long forgotten until his
paintings were rediscovered along with those of fellow trompe l'oeil artist
William Harnett. Although Peto and the slightly older Harnett knew each other
and painted similar subjects, their careers... | 1854 - 1907 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Phelps, William Preston |
William
Preston Phelps (1848–1917), known as "the Painter of the Monadnock"[1], was an American landscape painter born
on the family farm near Chesham, in what is now the Pottersville
section of Dublin, New Hampshire on March 6, 1848 to mother Mary Phelps and
father Jayson Phelps.[2][3]
Early years
"Preston",
as he was known, grew up helping... | 1848 - 1917 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Pine, Theodore E. | 1827 - 1905 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 | |
| Polk, Charles Peale |
Charles
Peale Polk (March 17, 1767 – May 6, 1822) was a renowned American
portrait painter and the nephew of artist Charles Willson
Peale.
Biography
Polk was
born in Annapolis, Maryland, to Elizabeth Digby Peale
and Robert Polk. At age eight or ten (sources vary on the exact age), after
being orphaned, he was sent to Philadelphia to live with... | 1767 - 1822 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Potter, Edward Crowell | Died 1830 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 | |
| Powers, Harriet |
Harriet
Powers (October 29, 1837 – January 1, 1910) was
an African American slave, folk artist and quilt maker from rural Georgia. She
used traditional appliqué techniques to record local legends, Bible
stories, and astronomical events on her quilts. Only two of her quilts have
survived: Bible Quilt 1886 and Pictorial Quilt 1898. Her quilts are... | 1837 - 1911 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
