Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doughty, Thomas | 
Thomas Doughty was born in Philadelphia on July 19, 1793, and lived there until 1828. Although little is known about his formal education, he apparently showed a strong talent for drawing from an early age. When he was fifteen or sixteen Doughty was apprenticed to a leather worker, and by 1814 he was listed in the Philadelphia directory as a... | 1793 - 1856 | Anonymous | 02/12/2012 |
| Dolph, John Henry | John Henry Dolph is one of America's finest animal painters and he is most famous for his depictions of playful kittens and puppies that frolic on oriental rugs within Victorian interiors. Playful terrier and Kittens shows Dolph’s expertise at handling, in an academic manner, how fur, woven wool and anatomy can be painted with sureness and... | 1835 - 1903 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 |
| Dodge, William DeLeftwich | 1867 - 1935 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 | |
| Dodge, John Wood | 1807 - 1893 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Dodge, Edward S. | 1816 - 1857 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 | |
| Dixon, Maria |
Maria R. Dixon (fl. 1880-1895 / D. 1896)
Little is known about the circumstances of Maria R. Dixon’s life, including any record of birth or death. As early as 1886, the Complete Catalog of the 62nd Spring Exhibition of the National Academy of Design stated that she had studied at the Art Students League under Charles Yardley Turner.
The... | Died 1896 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Dickinson, Preston | 1889 - 1930 | Anonymous | 04/03/2012 | |
| Dickinson, Daniel | 1795 - 1877 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Dickinson, Anson |
Anson Dickinson, a painter of miniature portraits, was born in Milton, Connecticut, in 1779. He was the eldest of ten children born to Oliver Dickinson Junior (1757-1847) and Anna Landon Dickinson (1760-1849). As a boy, Anson Dickinson was apprenticed to Litchfield silversmith Isaac Thompson. Little else is known about his early art training. He first... | 1779 - 1852 | Anonymous | 05/13/2012 |
| Dewing, Thomas Wilmer |
Thomas Dewing was born on May 4, 1851, in Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts. As a child he was interested in both drawing and in playing the violin; this early interest in music would later reappear in the themes of many of his paintings. By 1872, after a period of apprenticeship in a lithography shop, Dewing was listing his profession as "artist." He... | 1851 - 1938 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
