Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingham, Charles | 
Charles Ingham was born in Dublin in 1796, where he became a pupil of William C., a portrait painter known for his likenesses of female subjects. Following four years of study with C., Ingham adopted his master's specialty. Thus, when he left Ireland and moved to New York in 1816, he soon became known as that city's premier "ladies' painter." The... | 1797 - 1863 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Durand, Asher Brown |
Asher Brown
Durand (August 21, 1796 – September 17, 1886) was an American painter of
the Hudson River School.
Early life
Durand was born
in and eventually died in Maplewood, New Jersey (then called Jefferson
Village), the eighth of eleven children; his father was a watchmaker and a
silversmith.
Durand was
apprenticed to an engraver from 1812... | 1796 - 1886 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Chapman, John Gadsby |
John Gadsby
Chapman (December 3, 1808 – November 28, 1889) was an American artist
famous for The Baptism of Pocahontas, which was commissioned by the United
States Congress and hangs in the United States Capitol rotunda.
Life and career
John Chapman
was born in 1808 in Alexandria, Virginia. Chapman began his study of art in
Philadelphia for two... | 1808 - 1889 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Street, Robert |
Robert
Street was born in 1796 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, the grandson of an English
immigrant who had mistakenly been disinherited. His activity as an artist is
undocumented until 1815, when he exhibited a painting at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts. He exhibited there sporadically until 1861. Between
1821 and 1823 he achieved a... | 1796 - 1865 | Anonymous | 05/24/2012 |
| Harwood, James Taylor |
J. T.
Harwood was born in Lehi, Utah, on April 8, 1860,
into an arts-oriented family. As a youth he spent time sketching, and later
studied art with Utah artists George M. Ottinger and Danquart A. Weggeland. In 1888,
at their urging, Harwood became one of the first of a group of Utah-born
artists to travel to France and study art in... | 1860 - 1940 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Bouguereau, Elizabeth Gardner |
Elizabeth Jane Gardner (October 4, 1837-January 28, 1922) was an American academic and salon painter, who was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. She was an American expatriate who died in Paris where she had lived most of her life. She studied in Paris under the figurative painter Hugues Merle (1823-1881), the well-known salon painter Jules Joseph... | 1837 - 1922 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Buttersworth, James E. |
James
Edward Buttersworth (1817–1894) was an English painter who specialized in
maritime art, and is considered among the foremost American ship portraitists
of the nineteenth century.[1] His paintings are particularly known for their
meticulous detail, dramatic settings, and grace in movement.
Early life and education
Buttersworth
was born in... | 1817 - 1894 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Chappel, Alonzo |
Alonzo
Chappel (1828–1887) was an American painter, best known for paintings
depicting personalities and events from the American Revolution and early
19th-century American history.
Chappel was
born in New York City and died in Middle Island, New York.[1]
References
^ "Alonzo
Chappel". Smithsonian
Institution. Retrieved
2009-01-22.
External... | 1828 - 1887 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
| Volk, Douglas |
Douglas
Volk, named Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk (23 February 1856 - 1935)[1] was an American portrait and landscape painter. He
helped establish the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. After 1904 he and his
wife Marion created an artists' retreat at their family home, Hewnoaks, in Maine. She became active in the production of
woolen textiles and rugs... | 1856 - 1935 | Anonymous | 03/25/2012 |
| Lawson, Thomas Bayley |
Thomas Bayley Lawson (January 13, 1807–1888) was an American
painter.
Early life and education
Thomas was
born in Newburyport, Massachusetts on January 13, 1807 to father William Lawson
and mother Frances Lawson. He worked his way up in the dry goods industry,
first as a clerk they up to having his own store at
the age of 21. Also having a... | 1807 - 1888 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
