Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field, Erastus Salisbury | 
Erastus
Salisbury Field and his twin sister, Salome, were born in Leverett,
Massachusetts, on 19 May 1805. Erastus Field showed an early talent for
sketching portraits, and in 1824 the aspiring artist traveled to New York City
to study with Samuel F. B. Morse. Field's instruction was cut short by the
death of Morse's wife in 1825, and it is not... | 1805 - 1900 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| Brumidi, Constantino |
Constantino
Brumidi (July 26, 1805 – February 19, 1880) was an Greek/Italian-American
historical painter, best known and honored for his fresco work in the Capitol
Building in Washington, DC.
Parentage and early life
Brumidi was
born in Rome, his father a Greek and his mother an Italian. He showed his
talent for fresco painting at an early age... | 1805 - 1880 | Anonymous | 07/29/2012 |
| Smith, Dana |
Very little
is known about Dana Smith, the supposed painter of the National Gallery's
painting Southern Resort Town (1971.83.11) and New Hampshire Panorama (also a Garbisch gift, to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
According to the Garbisch records, he was born in New
Hampshire in 1805, lived in Franklin where he painted local scenes and died... | 1805 - 1901 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Andrews, Ambrose |
Ambrose Andrews was born in West Stockbridge, MA in 1805. He was a painter of landscapes, portraits and miniatures.
He studied at the National Academy of Design, NYC in 1824.
He started to work as a full time artist shortly after 1824 and was active throughout his life. He worked in Schuylerville, New York in 1824, in Troy, New York from 1829 to 1831,... | 1805 - 1870 | Anonymous | 01/06/2013 |
| Mayr, Christian | 1805 - 1851 | Anonymous | 04/05/2012 | |
| Landis, John | 1805 - 1851 | Anonymous | 04/13/2012 | |
| Cummings, Thomas Seir |
Thomas Seir Cummings (1804-94) was an American miniature painter
and author, born at Bath, England. He came to New York early in life and
studied there with Henry Inman. He painted miniatures in water color, and many
of his sitters were well-known contemporaries of the artist. In 1826 he helped
to found the National Academy of Design, was its... | 1804 - 1894 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| De Grailly, Victor | I. Biography
Little is known about the life of French artist Victor de Grailly, famous for his Hudson River School-style landscapes of the United States. Born in France in 1804, he studied with neo-classical painter Jean Victor Bertin, who also mentored the great Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.
Surprisingly, it is unlikely that de Grailly ever traveled to... | 1804 - 1889 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 |
| Clark, Alvan |
Remembered
widely for his pioneering work in optics and astronomy, Alvan
Clark is less well known as an artist, although he is thought to have executed
some 500 oil portraits and miniatures during his lifetime. Clark was born in in 1804 in Ashfield, Massachusetts,
where he spent his early years on his father's farm, working at the family
mill.... | 1804 - 1887 | Anonymous | 12/14/2012 |
| Bogardus, Margaret | 1804 - 1878 | Anonymous | 10/15/2012 |
