Artists
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Lindsay, Thomas Corwin | Lindsay was know as a landscape and animal painter, although he was also known to have done portraits. He resided in Cincinnati, OH and was active from 1860 He studied in Dusseldorf in the 1860s. Lindsay exhibited at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition (1870-1883), Pogue's (1875), and the Art Institute of Chicago (1896). His works are in the... | 1845 - 1907 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
Tyler, James Gale |
James G. Tyler was one of the most notable maritime painters and illustrators of his day. His popularity can be gauged by the fact that his works were often forged. It is estimated that in New York City in 1918, more than 100 works falsely carried the artist's name.
Tyler was born in 1855 in Oswego, New York. At age 15, Tyler, already fascinated by... | 1855 - 1931 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
Copley, John Singleton |
John Singleton Copley (1738[1] – 1815) was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts, and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects. His paintings were innovative in their tendency to... | 1738 - 1815 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
Bannister, Edward M. |
Edward Mitchell Bannister (ca. 1828 – January 9, 1901) was a Black Canadian painter whose tonalism and predominantly pastoral subject matter owed much to his admiration for Millet and the French Barbizon School.
Biography
Bannister was born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick and moved to New England in the late 1840s, where he remained for the rest of... | 1828 - 1901 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
Defrees, Thaddeus | Thaddeus Defrees was born in Boston, MA on September 27, 1855. His parents were Georgianna and William, a machinist.
Defrees's style of painting shows strong influence of the French Barbizon School. He was active in the White Mountains from at least 1877 until his death. He exhibited at the Boston Art Club in January, 1878. He was... | 1855 - 1888 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
Forbes, Edwin |
Edwin Austin Forbes (1839 – March 6, 1895) was an American landscape painter and etcher who first gained fame during the American Civil Warfor his detailed and dramatic sketches of military subjects, including battlefield combat scenes.
Biography
Forbes was born in New York, studied under A. F. Tait, and began as an animal and landscape... | 1839 - 1895 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
Waud, Alfred Rudolph |
Alfred Rudolph Waud (wōd) (October 2, 1828 – April 6, 1891) was an American artist and illustrator, born in London, England. He is most notable for the sketches he made as an artist correspondent during the American Civil War.
Early career
Before emigration, Alfred Waud had entered the Government School of Design at Somerset House, London, with... | 1828 - 1891 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
De La Vallee, Jean Francois | Died 1844 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 | |
Higgins, Eugene | 1874 - 1958 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 | |
Symons, George Gardner |
A landscape
and marine artist, George Symons was one of America's more noted plein-air painters who combined styles of impressionism and
realism. His works are cited for their energy and simplicity, and he often did
panoramic views.
He was born
in Chicago, Illinois in 1861, with the name of George Gardner Simon, but he
changed his last name to... | 1863 - 1930 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 |