Artists

NameInfoYearsUpdated byDate
MacDonall, Angus Peter 1876 - 1927Anonymous04/02/2012
Osgood, Charlesnotes
Charles Osgood was born in Salem, MA on February 24, 1809.  It is not known from whom Osgood received his training, but he made his living as a portraitist until 1863.  It can be conjectured that the advent of the daguerreotype and the photograph created serious inroads on the business of the average portraitist and caused Osgood and others to...
1809 - 1890Anonymous04/02/2012
Maentel, Jacob ca. 1763 - 1863Anonymous04/02/2012
Ordway, Alfred T.notes
Alfred T. Ordway (1821–1897) was an American landscape and portrait painter, and one of the founding fathers of the Boston Art Club.[1] Early years Alfred was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts to mother Currier, and father Thomas Ordway on March 9, 1821. With his father being the cities' clerk, Alfred spent the majority of his childhood in Lowell,...
1821 - 1897Anonymous04/02/2012
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
Jouett, Matthew Harrisnotes
Matthew Harris Jouett was born April 22, 1788, near Harrodsburg, in what became Mercer County, Kentucky. Except for a few trips outside the state in search of commissions, he would reside virtually all of his life in Kentucky. His father, Captain Jack Jouett, was known as the "Paul Revere of the South" in honor of his 1781 ride warning Southern...
1788 - 1827Anonymous04/02/2012
Jacobs, Paul Emilnotes
Paul Emil Jacobs (August 20, 1802, in Gotha - January 6, 1866) was a German painter. Jacobs, son of the philologist Frederick Jacobs, received his art training at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts and first became known for his painting of Mercury and Argus (from Classical mythology). In 1824 he went to Rome, where he attracted great critical...
1802 -  1866Anonymous04/02/2012
Jay, Cecil 1884 - 1930Anonymous04/02/2012
Jacobsen, Antonionotes
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (November 2, 1850 – February 2, 1921) was a Danish-born American maritime artist known as the "Audubon of Steam Vessels".[1] Biography Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jacobsen attended the Royal Academy of Design before heading across the Atlantic Ocean.[1] He arrived in the United States in 1871 and...
1850 - 1921Anonymous04/02/2012
Cole, Thomasnotes
Thomas Cole (February 1, 1801 – February 11, 1848) was an English-born American artist. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School, an American art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century. Cole's Hudson River School, as well as his own work, was known for its realistic and detailed portrayal of American landscape and...
1801 - 1848Anonymous04/01/2012
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