Artists
| Name | Info | Years
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| 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 |
| Moser, James Henry | ![]()
Born January 1, 1854, in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. His father was an architect. Moved with the family to Columbus, Ohio, 1864. Studied and associated with artists John H. Witt, Frederick S. Church, Frank Miller, and Professor Schroeder. Studied at the Art Students League of New York with Charles H. Davis. In Toledo, Ohio, 1875–77, and visited,... | 1854 - 1913 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Chandler, William Henry | 1854 - 1928 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 | |
| Nicholls, Rhoda Holmes | ![]()
Rhoda
Holmes Nicholls (1854-1930) was an American water-color painter, born in
Coventry, England. She was a pupil of the Bloomsbury School of Art in London
and won the Queen's scholarship, later studying in Rome under Cammerano and
Vertunni. In 1884, after marrying in Sussex Burr H. Nicholls, she removed to
the United States and eventually settled... | 1854 - 1930 | Anonymous | 04/12/2012 |
| Palmer, Walter Launt | ![]()
Walter Launt Palmer was the nineteenth century’s most
celebrated painter of snow scenes. The son of the sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer,
Walter was surrounded by great art and artists at an early age. He trained with
the noted Hudson River School landscapist Frederic Church and exhibited at the
National Academy of Design before embarking on a... | 1854 - 1932 | Anonymous | 07/29/2012 |
| Ochtman, Leonard | ![]() Leonard Ochtman (October 21, 1854–1935) was an American Impressionist painter who specialized in landscapes. He was a founding member of the Cos Cob Art Colony and the Greenwich Society of Artists.
Biography and career
He was born in Zonnemaire, Netherlands as the son of a decorative painter. His family moved to Albany, New York in 1866. Starting at... | 1854 - 1934 | Anonymous | 03/07/2013 |
| Raschen, Henry | 1854 - 1937 | Anonymous | 04/15/2012 | |
| Breul, Hugo | 1854 - 1910 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 | |
| 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 |
| English, Frank F. | ![]()
Frank F.
English (1854 - 1922)
Frank F.
English was born in Indiana in 1854. In the early 1880s, he studied for five
years in the evening classes of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His
instructors included Thomas Eakins, James P. Kelly and Thomas Anshutz.
However,
English's reputation primarily rests with his outstanding facility as... | 1854 - 1922 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |





