Artists
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Washington, William Dickinson |
William D. Washington[1] (October 7, 1833 – December 2, 1870[2]) was
an American painter and teacher of art. He is most famous for his painting The
Burial of Latané, which became a symbol of the
Lost Cause of the Confederacy in the years following the American Civil War[3], and for the work he did in establishing the fine
arts program of the... | 1833 - 1870 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Washburn, Miriam | 1865 - 1930 | Anonymous | 03/31/2012 | |
Ward, Edgar Melville |
Edgar
Melville Ward (1839–1915) was an American genre painter.
Ward was
born in Urbana, Ohio. His elder brother was the sculptor, John Quincy Adams
Ward. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York and in Paris
under Cabanel. In 1883 he became a member of the Institut de France and was made a professor there. His
paintings which are... | 1839 - 1915 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
Ward, Charles Caleb | ca. 1831 - 1896 | Anonymous | 04/15/2012 | |
Walton, Henry |
Henry
Walton made elaborate, highly detailed oil and watercolor portraits and
miniatures as well as views of towns and buildings, in the literal, rather
stiff style of American provincial artists of the first half of the nineteenth
century. Like many such artists, Walton is a relatively obscure figure. He was
born in Ballston, New York, the son of... | 1804 - 1865 | Anonymous | 04/03/2012 |
Walter, Russel | Walter Bowman Russell (May 19, 1871 – May 19, 1963) was an American polymath known for his achievements as a painter, sculptor, author and builder and less well known as a natural philosopher and for his unified theory in physics and cosmogony. He posited that the universe was founded on a unifying principle of rhythmic balanced interchange. This... | 1871 - 1963 | Anonymous | 11/10/2012 |
Waltensperger, Charles E. | 1870 - 1931 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
Wall, William Guy |
William Guy
Wall (1792 – 1864) was an American painter of Irish birth.
Wall was
born in Dublin in 1792 and arrived in New York in 1812. He was already a well
trained artist and soon became well known for his sensitive watercolor views of
the Hudson River Valley and surroundings. Some of these watercolors were
published as engravings by John Hill... | 1792 - 1864 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
Wall, William Coventry | 1810 - 1886 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
Wall, William Allen |
William
Allen Wall was born to a prominent Quaker family of New Bedford. His father was
the master of a Quaker school, ran a hardware store, and promoted cultural
activities in the city.
Wall seems
to have inherited from his father an appreciation of art and may have received
instruction from him in watercolor and pencil technique. His father... | 1801 - 1885 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |