Artists

NameInfoYears
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Binsse, Louis Francis DePaul 1774 - 1844Anonymous06/04/2012
Jennys, Williamnotes
William Jennys (1774–1859), also known as J. William Jennys, was an American primitive portrait painter who was active from about 1790 to 1810. He traveled throughout New England seeking commissions in rural areas and small towns. His early works are characterized by broadly modeled faces with a minimum of costume detail and bare backgrounds....
1774 - 1858Anonymous04/02/2012
Robinson, John 1774 - ca. 1829Anonymous05/22/2012
Winstanley, Williamnotes
William Winstanley was an early American painter born in England and transferred to the United States as a young man. He is credited as one of the very first American landscape painters and was active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Winstanley has been criticized by some art historians for his “sterile recipes” for creating...
1775 - 1806Alexander Lusher05/15/2012
Paul, Jeremiahnotes
Jeremiah Paul ( fl 1795; d nr St Louis, MO, 13 July 1820). American painter. He was a minor yet versatile artist whose career began in Philadelphia, PA, in the 1790s. The son of a Quaker schoolmaster, Paul received his early training from Charles Willson Peale and in 1795 participated in the founding of the Columbianum, Peale's ill-fated attempt to...
1775 - 1820Anonymous03/31/2012
Salmon, Robertnotes
Robert Salmon was born in Whitehaven, a port situated on the northwest coast of England. Although his artistic beginnings are unknown, his career can be divided into two periods. Between 1800 and 1828 he lived in England and Scotland, and his work faithfully recorded the environs of Liverpool and Greenock. Salmon's style at this time reflected the...
1775 - 1845Anonymous04/04/2012
Tanner, Benjamin 1775 - 1848Anonymous04/10/2012
Smith, John Rubensnotes
John Rubens Smith (January 23, 1775 London - August 21, 1849 New York City) was a London-born painter, printmaker and art instructor who worked in the United States. Biography Smith was born in England where he first studied art with his father, John Raphael Smith, a mezzotint engraver. He later studied art at the Royal Academy. Smith emigrated...
1775 - 1849Anonymous04/21/2012
Vanderlyn, Johnnotes
John Vanderlyn (October 18, 1775 – September 23, 1852) was an American neoclassicist painter. Biography Vanderlyn was born at Kingston, New York. He was employed by a print-seller in New York, and was first instructed in art by Archibald Robinson (1765–1835), a Scotsman who was afterwards one of the directors of the American Academy of...
1775 - 1852Anonymous04/04/2012
Thompson, Cephasnotes
Cephas Thompson (July 1, 1775 – November 6, 1856) was a successful, self-taught, early nineteenth-century portrait painter in the United States, who was born, died, and lived most of his life in Middleborough, Massachusetts. Thompson's father fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Thompson married Olive Leonard on March 18, 1802. His son, Cephas...
1775 - 1856Anonymous04/21/2012
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