Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner, J.G. | 
J. G.
Tanner is identified by the inscription on the National Gallery's painting
Engagement Between the "Monitor" and "Merrimac"
(1953.5.36). No biographical information or additional works by J. G. Tanner
have been found, but it is known that the painting is based on a color
lithograph issued in 1891. Tanner was active, therefore, in that year or... | Born 1891 | Anonymous | 04/05/2012 |
| Stewart, Julius L. |
Julius
LeBlanc Stewart (September 6, 1855, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - January 5,
1919, Paris, France), was an American artist who spent his career in Paris. A
contemporary of fellow expatriate painter John Singer Sargent, Stewart was
nicknamed "the Parisian from Philadelphia."[1]
His father,
the sugar millionaire William Hood Stewart, moved the... | 1855 - 1919 | Anonymous | 04/08/2012 |
| Steward, Joseph |
Joseph Steward (1753–1822) was a prominent American artist.
Early years
Joseph Steward was born on July 6, 1753. He was the son of Joseph and Jane (Wilson) Steward of Upton, Massachusetts. Stewart went to Dartmouth College, graduating in 1780.
Joseph Steward continued his studies under the guidance of Reverend Doctor Levi Hart of Preston,... | 1753 - 1822 | Anonymous | 10/13/2012 |
| Stuart, Jane |
Jane Stuart
was born sometime between 1808 and 1812, the youngest child of artist Gilbert
Stuart and his wife, Charlotte Coates. Gilbert Stuart was the famed New England
painter of European kings, American presidents, prominent citizens and a
particularly well-known depiction of Sir William Grant known as The Skater.
Stuart's George Washington... | 1812 - 1888 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Tavernier, Jules |
Jules
Tavernier (1844-1889) was born in Paris in 1844 and died in Honolulu, Hawaii,
in 1889. He studied with the French painter, Félix Joseph Barrias
(1822-1907), but left France in the 1870s, never to return. Tavernier was
employed as an illustrator by Harper's Magazine, which sent him on assignment
to California in the 1870s. Eventually he... | 1844 - 1889 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Stock, Joseph Whiting |
Joseph
Whiting Stock was born on 30 January 1815 in Springfield, Massachusetts. In
1826 an oxcart fell on him, paralyzing him from the waist down, and in 1832, on
the advice of his physician, he began to study art so that he might make a
living. His teacher was Franklin White, a pupil of Chester Harding (1792-1866).
In 1834,
when Stock was... | 1815 - 1855 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Steele, Theodore Clement |
Theodore
Clement Steele (September 11, 1847-July 24, 1926) was an American Impressionist
painter known for his Indiana landscapes. Theodore Steele's paintings are in
many public collections, including those of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Indiana University Art Museum in
Bloomington, Indiana (for... | 1847 - 1926 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| Stearns, William |
William
Stearns has not been positively identified, but is believed to have been active
circa 1830 to 1840. The name comes from the inscription on the National
Gallery's Bowl of Fruit (1953.5.34), which reads PAINTED BY (at lower left)
WILLIAM STEARNS (at lower right), and was probably applied with a stamp. There
are two other known pictures by... | Born 1830 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Way, Andrew John |
Baltimore
boasted a thriving art community in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Even in the midst of the Civil War, the Maryland Academy provided professional
training for aspiring artists and the Maryland Art Association regularly
exhibited artists' works. By far, the most popular of Baltimore's numerous
successful artists at mid-century... | 1826 - 1888 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
| Willard, Archibald M. |
Archibald MacNeal Willard (August 22, 1836–October 11, 1918)
was an American painter who was born and raised in Bedford, Ohio.[1]
Willard
joined the 86th Ohio Infantry in 1863 and fought in the American Civil War.
During this time he painted several scenes from the war, and forged a
friendship with photographer James F. Ryder. Willard painted... | 1836 - 1918 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
