Artists
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Mielatz, Charles Frederick |
Charles Frederick William Mielatz was born in Bredding, Germany in 1864. He arrived in this country as a young boy and studied at the Chicago School of Design. Mostly self-taught, his first prints were large New England landscapes reminiscent of the painter- etcher school of American art. In 1889 he was invited by the Iconofiles Society to produce a... | 1864 - 1919 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Mignot, Louis Remy |
The career
of Louis Rémy Mignot
defies easy categorization. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Mignot studied painting in the Netherlands, began his
professional career in the fold of the Hudson River School (specifically, in
the Tenth Street Studio Building), painted in the Andes alongside Frederic
Church, and experimented with European... | 1831 - 1870 | Anonymous | 11/19/2012 |
Spaeth, Marie Haughton | Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia School of Design. She traveled to Europe and studied in Spain, France and Italy. Until 1922, she lived primarily in New Hampshire, but then made her permanent home in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1924, she became a member of the National... | 1883 - 1937 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
Miller, Alfred Jacob |
Alfred
Jacob Miller (January 2, 1810 – June 26, 1874) was an American painter
and sketcher best known for his paintings concerning the northwestern United
States.
Life
Miller was
born in Baltimore, Maryland, where he attended the local schools and hoped to become
a painter. He received his first lessons in art from Thomas Sully. After... | 1810 - 1874 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Miller, George M. |
George M.
Miller was a stone-cutter, potter, and sculptor who often "modeled"
in wax. Among biographical sources there is disagreement about whether his
birthplace was Scotland or Germany, and about the original spelling of his last
name: Muller, Müller, or Miler. Nothing is known
about his family, education, or date of birth.
Miller had
come to... | Died 1819 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
Miller, William Rickarby |
William was the son of the English landscape painter, Joseph Miller and most likely studied under him in England. In the winter of 1844, William immigrated to America and settled in New York City. He initially worked as a portraitist, but then began traveling across the Eastern U.S. to discover new landscape subjects. Throughout Miller’s prolific... | 1818 - 1893 | Anonymous | 03/04/2013 |
Millet, Francis Davis |
Francis
Davis Millet (November 3, 1846 - April 15, 1912) was an American painter,
sculptor, and writer who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15,
1912.
Early life
Francis
Davis Millet was born in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. At age sixteen, Millet
entered the Massachusetts regiment, first as a drummer boy and then a... | 1846 - 1912 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Moeller, Louis Charles |
Charles
Louis Moeller specialized in interior genre scenes, or scenes of everyday life,
in which abundant, meticulously detailed objects and furnishings vie for
interest with lively dramatic anecdote played out by character types. Moeller
was a New York City native and received his first training in art from his
father, a German immigrant... | 1855 - 1930 | Anonymous | 06/10/2012 |
Mohrmann, John Henry |
John Henry Mohrmann ( Estebrügge
( Germany ), 16 December 1857 - Bloomsbury ( Canada ), 22 February 1916 ) was
an American-Belgian-Canadian painter , specializing in ship portraits.
Genealogy
John Henry Mohrmann, born Johann Hinrich in Estebrügge Mohrmann, near Hannover (Germany). He was the son of Henry Mohrmann and Anna Meyer, the
family... | 1857 - 1916 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 |
Mora, Francis Luis |
F. Luis Mora, also known as Francis Luis Mora (July 27, 1874 - June 5, 1940), was an Hispanic American figural painter. Mora worked in watercolor, oils and tempera. He produced drawings in pen and ink, and graphite; and etchings and monotypes. He is known for his paintings and drawings depicting American life in the early 20th century; Spanish life... | 1874 - 1940 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |