Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson, Joshua | 
Joshua
Johnson (c.1763-c.1824) was an American biracial painter from the Baltimore
area. Johnson, often viewed as the first person of color to make a living as a
painter in the United States, is known for his naïve paintings of
prominent Maryland residents.
Mysterious life
It was not
until 1939 that the identity of the painter of elite 19th... | 1763 - 1824 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Moulthrop, Reuben | 1763 - 1814 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 | |
| Brown, Mather | 1761 - 1831 | Anonymous | 12/14/2012 | |
| Savage, Edward |
Edward
Savage (November 26, 1761 – July 6, 1817) was an American portrait
painter and engraver. He was born in Princeton, Mass., and at first worked as a
goldsmith, also practicing engraving. Although seemingly untrained in painting,
he came into prominence in 1790 through his portrait of George Washington,
intended as a gift to Harvard... | 1761 - 1817 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Guy, Francis |
(b Burton in Kendall or Lorton, Cumbria,
1760; d Brooklyn, NY, 12 Aug 1820). American painter of
English birth. In England he was apprenticed to a tailor and then worked
in the textile trade. A business failure prompted him to leave London for New
York in 1795. By early 1798 he was settled in Baltimore, MD, where he lived for
the next 20 years.... | 1760 - 1820 | Anonymous | 03/31/2012 |
| Peticolas, Philippe Abraham | 1760 - 1841 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 | |
| Verstille, William | 1757 - 1803 | Anonymous | 10/13/2012 | |
| Trumbull, John |
John
Trumbull (June 6, 1756 – November 10, 1843) was an American artist during
the period of the American Revolutionary War and was notable for his historical
paintings. His Declaration of Independence was used on the reverse of the
two-dollar bill.
Early years
Trumbull
was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1756, to Jonathan Trumbull, who... | 1756 - 1843 | Anonymous | 12/21/2012 |
| Birch, William Russell |
William
Russell Birch (1755-1834) has long been recognized as the first artist to
achieve true commercial success in depicting American scenes for the domestic
market. In his early career in London, Birch was influenced by the landscape
painters whose work arose in the rich artistic ferment he encountered there in
the 1770s and 1780s. After... | 1755 - 1834 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Stuart, Gilbert |
Gilbert
Charles Stuart (born Stewart) (December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an
American painter from Rhode Island.
Gilbert
Stuart is widely considered to be one of America's foremost portraitists.[2] His best known work, the unfinished portrait of George
Washington that is sometimes referred to as The Athenaeum, was begun in 1796
and never... | 1755 - 1828 | igrkio | 04/08/2012 |
