Artists
Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
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Johnson, Frank Tenney |
Frank Tenney Johnson (26 June 1874–1 January 1939) was a
painter of the american
west, and he popularized a style of painting cowboys which became known as
"The Johnson Moonlight Technique". Somewhere on the Range is an
example of Johnson's moonlight technique. To paint his paintings he used
knives, fingers and brushes.
Biography
Early... | 1874 - 1939 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
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 |
Johnston, John |
John
Johnston was born in Boston c. 1753, the son of engraver and decorative painter
Thomas Johnston (c. 1708-1767). Of four brothers who became painters, John
Johnston was the most talented. He was apprenticed after his father's death to
coach and heraldic painter John Gore. In 1773 he joined his brother-in-law
Daniel Rea, Jr. in the painting firm... | 1753 - 1818 | Anonymous | 04/06/2012 |
Jones, Francis Coates |
Throughout
a varied career that embraced mural painting and interior design as well as
easel painting, Francis Coates Jones pursued the perennial theme of women and
children in intimate settings. Jones was born in Baltimore, son of a successful
businessman. Although his older brother, Hugh Bolton Jones (1848–1927),
was a landscape painter,... | 1857 - 1932 | Anonymous | 06/18/2012 |
Jones, Hugh Bolton |
H. Bolton
Jones was an award winning landscape artist of the late nineteenth century,
whose paintings of pastoral scenes were widely exhibited in the United States
around the turn of the century.
Born in
1848 in Baltimore, Jones began his formal studies at the Maryland Institute. In
1865, he studied under Horace W. Robbins in New York City, and... | 1848 - 1927 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
Jordan, Samuel |
Only four
signed paintings by Samuel Jordan are known and few biographical facts have
been ascertained. The inscriptions on the verso of the National Gallery's
painting Eaton Family Memorial (1955.11.9) indicate that he was born in 1803 or
1804 and resided in Boston at some time in his life. From a diary kept by Isaac
Watts Merrill (1803-1878), we... | 1803 - 1831 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
Ropes Jr., George |
George
Ropes, born in Salem, Massachusetts, on 15 May 1788, was a deaf mute. He was
one of nine children of a sea captain, George Ropes, Sr., and Seethe (Millet)
Ropes and had one sister who suffered from the same affliction as he. The
artist lived in Salem almost his entire life, except for the years 1798 to
1801, when his father decided to try... | 1788 - 1819 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
Judson, William Lees |
William
Lees Judson was a pioneering California Impressionist artist of many
talents. With his three sons, he
founded the Judson Stained Glass Studios in 1897, which are still in operation
in Los Angeles. He was founding
Dean of the USC College of Fine Arts, and an important mentor to many local
artists; he also served as the president of the... | 1842 - 1928 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
Keith, William |
William
Keith (November 18, 1838 – April 13, 1911) was a Scottish-American
painter famous for his California landscapes.
Early life
Keith was
born in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, and emigrated to the United States in 1850.
He lived in New York City, and became an apprentice wood engraver in 1856. He
first traveled to the American West... | 1838 - 1911 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
Kemmelmeyer, Frederick |
Census
records indicate that Frederick Kemmelmeyer was more
than forty-five years old in 1800, and therefore born sometime prior to 1755,
but no record of his birth has been found. A Frederick Kimmelmeiger
listed in naturalization papers issued at Annapolis, Maryland, on 8 October
1788 is presumed to be the artist. He first advertised in the... | 1755 - 1821 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |