Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie, Charles Robert | 
Charles
Robert Leslie (19 October 1794 – 5 May 1859), was an English genre
painter. Born in London, his parents were American, and when he was five years
of age he returned with them to their native country. They settled in
Philadelphia, where their son was educated and afterwards apprenticed to a
bookseller. He was, however, mainly interested in... | 1794 - 1859 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Thompson, Cephas |
Cephas
Thompson (July 1, 1775 – November 6, 1856) was a successful, self-taught,
early nineteenth-century portrait painter in the United States, who was born,
died, and lived most of his life in Middleborough, Massachusetts.
Thompson's
father fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Thompson married Olive Leonard on
March 18, 1802. His son, Cephas... | 1775 - 1856 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| Grose, Daniel Charles |
Daniel
Charles Grose (1838–1900) was a prolific
Canadian - American painter of the Hudson River School who was active between
1865 and 1900.
History
Daniel
Charles Grose was born ca. 1838. His parents’
names are not known. Several sources indicate his Uncle was English antiquary
Francis Grose, however, this assertion appears to be
based on... | 1838 - 1900 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 |
| Johnston, David Claypoole |
David Claypoole Johnston (25 March 1798 – 8 November 1865) was an 19th-century American cartoonist, printmaker, painter and actor from Boston, Massachusetts. He was the first natively trained American to master all the various graphic arts processes of lithography, etching, metal plate engraving, and wood engraving.[1][2]
In 1815 Johnston has... | 1799 - 1865 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Neal, David Dalhoff |
David Dalhoff Neal (October 20, 1838 – May 2, 1915), was an American artist.
Early years
David Dalhoff Neal was born to father Stephen Bryant Neal and
mother Mary (Dalhoff) Neal, on Middlesex Street, in
Lowell, Massachusetts. His grandparents were Stephen Neal, and David Dalhoff and Sally (Bean) Dalhoff
of Canterbury, New Hampshire, Dolhoffs... | 1838 - 1915 | Alexander Lusher | 04/16/2012 |
| Tojetti, Domenico |
Domenico
Tojetti (1807–1892) was an Italian American painter.
Born in
Rocca di Papa, near Rome, the artist frequented the Roman circle of the
Torlonia Princes, providing frescos in the ballroom of Villa Torlonia under the
direction of his teacher, Francesco Coghetti.
The artist
provided also frescoes in the churches of Rome, including the... | 1806 - 1892 | Anonymous | 12/22/2012 |
| Bott, Emil |
Emil Bott was one of Pittsburgh's principal artists of the mid-1800's. He was born in Wurtenburg,
Germany and brought to America by his father Adolf Bott;
they arrived as part of an aristocratic religious cult organized by a certain
Count De Leon. The younger Bott lived in Phillipsburg
and went to school there until he returned to Dusseldorf,... | 1824 - 1908 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Ward, Edgar Melville |
Edgar
Melville Ward (1839–1915) was an American genre painter.
Ward was
born in Urbana, Ohio. His elder brother was the sculptor, John Quincy Adams
Ward. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York and in Paris
under Cabanel. In 1883 he became a member of the Institut de France and was made a professor there. His
paintings which are... | 1839 - 1915 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Field, Erastus Salisbury |
Erastus
Salisbury Field and his twin sister, Salome, were born in Leverett,
Massachusetts, on 19 May 1805. Erastus Field showed an early talent for
sketching portraits, and in 1824 the aspiring artist traveled to New York City
to study with Samuel F. B. Morse. Field's instruction was cut short by the
death of Morse's wife in 1825, and it is not... | 1805 - 1900 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| Paxson, Edgar Samuel |
Edgar
Samuel Paxson (April 25, 1852 – November 9,
1919) was an American frontier painter, scout, soldier and writer, based mainly
in Montana. He is best known for his portraits of Native Americans in the Old
West and for his depiction of the Battle of Little Bighorn in his painting
"Custer's Last Stand".[1]
Biography
Paxson
was born in 1852 to... | 1852 - 1919 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
