Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vail, Eugene Lawrence | 
Son of a
French mother and an American father, Eugene Vail maintained strong ties with
both of these countries throughout his life. He was born 29 September 1857 in
St. Servan, France and, as a young man, studied both
in Paris and New York. Although he showed an early aptitude and enthusiasm for
art, his father required that he receive a practical... | 1857 - 1934 | igrkio | 03/27/2012 |
| Bennett, William James |
William Bennett was born in England. In 1799 the esteemed watercolor artist Richard Westall sponsored Bennett's entry into the Royal Academy of Art in London. Bennett showed an aptitude for landscape views, paying particular attention to topographical detail and the subtleties of light and atmosphere. Enrollment in the British forces in 1803 cut short... | 1787 - 1844 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Ames, Joseph Alexander |
Joseph
Alexander Ames (1816–1872) was an American artist, primarily known for
portrait and genre painting. Originally named Joseph Emes,
he was born in Roxbury, New Hampshire. Ames began painting at a young age. At
the age of twelve Henry Theodore Tuckerman wrote about one of his paintings.
After moderate success at home in Saugus, Massachusetts,... | 1816 - 1872 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Champney, James Wells |
James Wells
Champney (July 16, 1843 – May 1, 1903) was an
American genre and portrait painter.
He was born
in Boston and first studied wood engraving there, then went to Europe and
studied at the Antwerp Academy and under Edouard
Frère in Paris. His paintings include landscape and genre subjects, but
he is best known for his excellent pastel... | 1843 - 1903 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Alten, Mathias |
Mathias Alten (1871–1938) was an American impressionist
painter from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Biography
Mathias
Joseph Alten worked as an artist between 1890 and
1938. Although best known for his land- and seascapes he was also an
accomplished portrait, floral, and animal painter. William H. Gerdts, a pre-eminent authority on American... | 1871 - 1938 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Lambdin, James Reid |
James Reid Lambdin was born in Pittsburgh on May 10, 1807. His
father's death in 1812 left his family in difficult financial straits, so at
age twelve Lambdin left school to work in a
bookstore. There he studied art instruction books and taught himself to draw.
After seeing a reproduction of one of Gilbert Stuart's portraits of George
Washington,... | 1807 - 1889 | Anonymous | 04/13/2012 |
| Decker, Joseph |
Although Joseph Decker never achieved an important artistic reputation during his lifetime, his varied career encompassed more than thirty productive years. Born to a carpenter and his wife in 1853 in Wurtemberg, Germany, Decker emigrated with his family to America at the age of fourteen. He was first apprenticed to a Brooklyn house painter, then... | 1853 - 1924 | Anonymous | 04/07/2012 |
| Jouett, Matthew Harris |
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 - 1827 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Bruce, Patrick Henry |
A pioneer
in the development of abstract painting, Patrick Henry Bruce focused on the
still life in his explorations of the boundary between representation and
“pure” painting. Bruce was a descendent of American statesman
Patrick Henry (1736–1799). He began his art studies at the Richmond Art
School at the age of sixteen. In 1902 he moved to... | 1881 - 1936 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Eichholtz, Jacob |
Jacob Eichholtz was born November 2, 1776, in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, where he spent much of his life. His first drawing lessons were
rudimentary, obtained from a sign painter. He apprenticed with a copper and
tinsmith before being hired as a journeyman to a master coppersmith in 1801. He
established his own business, working as a tinsmith until... | 1776 - 1842 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
