Artists

NameInfoYearsUpdated byDate
Bacon, Henrynotes
Henry Bacon (1839 in Haverhill, Massachusetts – 13 March 1912 in Cairo[1]) was an American painter and author. Henry A. Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1839. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army on 16 July 1861[2] and acted as a field artist for Frank Leslie's Weekly while he served as a soldier within the 13th...
1839 - 1912Anonymous12/23/2012
Powell, William Henrynotes
William Henry Powell (1823 - 1879), was an American artist from Ohio. Powell is known for a painting of the Battle of Lake Erie, of which one copy hangs in the Ohio state capitol building and the other, in the United States Capitol. Powell has a second piece of artwork displayed in the United States Capitol Rotunda, the Discovery of the...
1823 -  1879Anonymous12/23/2012
Isham, Samuelnotes
Samuel Isham (1855–1914) was an American portrait and figure painter, born in New York. He graduated from Yale in 1875 and studied law, but after being admitted to the bar he turned to art and studied in Paris at the Académie Julian. He exhibited at both Paris salons and at the larger American exhibitions, and became a member of the...
1855 -  1914Anonymous12/23/2012
Quidor, Johnnotes
The literary genre painter John Quidor was an enigmatic figure whose career is extremely difficult to trace. Born in 1801 in Tappan, New Jersey, he moved to New York City in 1811. He was apprenticed to the portraitist John Wesley Jarvis from 1818 until 1822, when he successfully sued his teacher for not complying with the terms of his contract. Henry...
1801 - 1881Anonymous12/23/2012
Volkmar, Charles 1809 -  1892Anonymous12/23/2012
Underwood, Clarence 1871 - 1929Anonymous12/23/2012
Russell, Mrs. Moses B.notes
Clarissa Peters was born in Februay 1809 in Andover, Massachusetts. While little is known about her early life, it is believed that she taught at the Blue Hill Academy in Blue Hill, Maine. By 1835 she was working in Boston as a miniaturist and giving instruction. In 1839 she married Moses Baker Russell, who was also a miniaturist and instructor. Even...
1809 - 1854Anonymous12/23/2012
Sargent, Mary Newbold 1826 - 1906Anonymous12/23/2012
Sullivan, M.A. Active ca. 1868Anonymous12/23/2012
Chandler, William Henry 1854 - 1928Anonymous12/23/2012
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