Artists

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Curtis, Ralph Wormeleynotes
Ralph Wormeley Curtis (* 1854 in Boston , † 1922 in Beaulieu-sur-Mer ) was an American painter and illustrator. The artists living in Europe, primarily under the influence of his painter friends John Singer Sargent and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Among his most famous subjects include cityscapes of Venice in the style of...
1854 -  1922Anonymous04/09/2012
Boughton, George Henrynotes
George Henry Boughton (December 4, 1833 – January 19, 1905)[1] was an Anglo-American landscape and genre painter, illustrator and writer. Life and work Boughton was born in Norwich in Norfolk, England, the son of farmer William Boughton. The family emigrated to the United States in 1835,[2] and he grew up in Albany, New York where he started...
1833 - 1905Anonymous04/09/2012
Bridgman, Frederick Arthurnotes
Frederick Arthur Bridgman (November 10, 1847 – January 13, 1928) was an American artist known for his paintings of "Orientalist" subjects. Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, he was the son of a physician. He began as a draughtsman in New York City, for the American Bank Note Company in 1864–1865, and studied art in the same years at the Brooklyn Art...
1847 - 1928Anonymous04/09/2012
Mulhaupt, Frederick J.notes
Frederick Mulhaupt was born in Rockport, Missouri, March 28, 1871 the son of Jacob Mulhaupt of Baden and Margeret Liebig of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. He grew up in the small town of Kiowa on the southern border of Kansas, a wild unsettle Indian territory. The majority of his professional career was spent in NYC, Boston and East Gloucester, MA....
1871 - 1938Anonymous04/09/2012
Raleigh, Charles S.notes
According to the recollections of his daughter Flora Raleigh Phinney, Charles Sidney Raleigh produced more than eleven hundred paintings, six hundred of them of whaling ships. Raleigh had an early introduction to maritime pursuits. Born in Gloucester, England, in 1831, he left home at the age of ten and spent the next thirty years as a sailor and...
1830 - 1925Anonymous04/09/2012
Bush, Nortonnotes
Norton Bush was first noted for his portraits, marine views and landscapes of the East Coast and California. Later in his career, after visiting Central and South America, Bush devoted himself to his favorite topic, painting tropical scenery.  Norton Bush was born in Rochester, New York, Feb.22, 1834. He first studied art in his native city under...
1834 - 1894Anonymous04/09/2012
Bridges, Fidelianotes
Fidelia Bridges (May 19, either 1834 or 1835–1923) was one of the minute population of successful female artists in the 19th century and early 20th century. She painted small aspects of nature: flowers, birds, and other plants in their natural settings. She first was an oil painter and later took up watercolor painting. She was known for her...
1834 - 1923Anonymous04/08/2012
Witkowski, Karlnotes
Karl Witkowski was an American artist working in the later part of the 19th century.  Karl received his training in the studio of Jan Matejko (1838-1893) and like his mentor, specialized in genre and portrait painting. Witkowski, like his contemporary J.G. Brown (1831 – 1913), focused his attention on the young shoeshine and paper boys working...
1860 -  1910Anonymous04/08/2012
McCloskey, Alberta Binfordnotes
In early June 1884, William and Alberta, with two-month-old Eleanor, arrived in Los Angeles for a visit with the Binford family. "Mr. McCloskey is an artist of some note and is now making his first visit to the Pacific Coast. Should he find a suitable opening, we understand he will take up his residence in our city."[17] By 1884, the Binford family...
1863 -  1911Anonymous04/08/2012
Stewart, Julius L.notes
Julius LeBlanc Stewart (September 6, 1855, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - January 5, 1919, Paris, France), was an American artist who spent his career in Paris. A contemporary of fellow expatriate painter John Singer Sargent, Stewart was nicknamed "the Parisian from Philadelphia."[1] His father, the sugar millionaire William Hood Stewart, moved the...
1855 - 1919Anonymous04/08/2012
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