Artists

NameInfoYearsUpdated byDate
Lindsay, Thomas Corwinnotes
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 - 1907Anonymous12/27/2012
Tyler, James Galenotes
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 - 1931Anonymous12/27/2012
Copley, John Singletonnotes
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 - 1815Anonymous12/27/2012
Bannister, Edward M.notes
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 - 1901Anonymous12/27/2012
Defrees, Thaddeusnotes
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 - 1888Anonymous12/27/2012
Forbes, Edwinnotes
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 - 1895Anonymous12/27/2012
Waud, Alfred Rudolphnotes
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 - 1891Anonymous12/27/2012
De La Vallee, Jean Francois Died 1844Anonymous12/25/2012
Higgins, Eugene 1874 - 1958Anonymous12/25/2012
Symons, George Gardnernotes
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 - 1930Anonymous12/25/2012
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