Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by
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| Field, Robert | ![]()
FIELD, ROBERT, painter; b. c. 1769, probably in London, England; d. 9
Aug. 1819 in Kingston, Jamaica.
Although the
details of Robert Field’s early career in England are obscure, it is
known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London,
in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the United States as part of the influx of... | ca. 1769 - 1819 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Fulton, Robert | ![]()
Robert
Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was an American engineer
and inventor who is widely credited with developing
the first commercially successful steamboat. In 1800 he was commissioned by
Napoleon Bonaparte to design the Nautilus, which was the first practical
submarine in history.[1]
Fulton
became interested in steamboats in... | 1765 - 1815 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Hathaway, Rufus | 1770 - 1822 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
| Kirchner, Raphael | ![]()
Kirchner
was born in Vienna in 1876 and later moved to Paris. He drew for La Vie
Parisienne together with artists like Mucha, all of whom were greatly
influenced by the work of British artist Aubrey Beardsley, who had created an
'art nouveau' style of his own. Mucha went on to concentrate on posters and
Kirchner was drawing for postcards by 1901.... | 1876 - 1917 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Newman, Robert Loftin | ![]()
Robert Loftin Newman (November 10, 1827 - March 31, 1912) [1] was an American painter and stained-glass designer. He specialized in oil on canvas as his medium. He is sometimes associated with Albert Pinkham Ryder as a painter of mood. His works include Good Samaritan, painted in 1886, Flight into Egypt, Harvest Time, Sailboat Manned by Two Men, and... | 1827 - 1912 | Anonymous | 04/08/2012 |
| Moulthrop, Reuben | 1763 - 1814 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 | |
| Staigg, Richard Morrell | ![]()
Richard
Morrell Staigg (7 September 1817 Leeds, England - 11 October 1881 Newport,
Rhode Island) was a portrait painter.
Biography
When he was
about thirteen years of age he was placed in an architect's office, and he
subsequently received a few weeks' instruction in portrait painting. In 1831 he
came to the United States with his father, and... | 1817 - 1881 | Anonymous | 04/12/2012 |
| Curtis, Ralph Wormeley | ![]()
Ralph
Wormeley Curtis (* 1854 in Boston , † 1922 in Beaulieu-sur-Mer ) was an
American painter and illustrator. The artists living in Europe, primarily under
the influence of his painter friends John Singer Sargent and James Abbott
McNeill Whistler. Among his most famous subjects include cityscapes of Venice
in the style of... | 1854 - 1922 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
| Shute, Ruth Whittier | ![]()
Ruth W.
Shute and her physician husband Dr. Samuel A. Shute were itinerant portrait
painters known for their individual and collaborated watercolor portraits of
individuals living in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and
northern New York State beginning in 1827.
It appears
Samuel became very ill around 1834-35 and was unable to... | 1803 - 1882 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Wylie, Robert | ![]()
Robert
Wylie (1839 - February 4, 1877), American artist, was born in the Isle of Man
and relocated with his parents to the United States as a child.
Wylie
studied in the schools of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, later serving a curator. In 1860, he helped found the
Philadelphia Sketch Club, now one of the nation's oldest... | 1839 - 1877 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |





