Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schipper, Gerrit | 
Gerrit Schipper (baptized 13 September 1775, Amsterdam – c.
1832 London) was a Dutch painter specializing in pastel portraiture and
miniature portrait paintings. After studying in Paris in the 1790s, he spent
time in Brussels and Russia. He is believed to have arrived in the United
States in 1802. He was active in New York, Charleston, Savannah,... | 1775 - ca. 1830 | Anonymous | 04/05/2012 |
| Flagg, George Whiting |
George
Whiting Flagg (June 26, 1816 - January 5, 1897)(DOD-
verified New York Times Jan. 12, 1897- Death List Of A Day) from New Haven,
Connecticut, was an American painter of historical scenes and genre pictures.
He was the brother of the artist Jared Bradley Flagg.
George
Whiting Flagg lived out his later years at his home located at 12... | 1816 - 1897 | Anonymous | 06/18/2012 |
| Alexander, Henry |
Henry Alexander (b. San Francisco, 1860 - d. New York, May 15, 1894) was an American painter from California.
After early exhibiting a talent for drawing and painting, he went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where his teachers were Ludwig von Loeffts and the history painter Wilhelm Lindenschmidt.[1]
The New York Herald described Henry... | 1860 - 1894 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Bacon, Henry |
Henry Bacon (1839 in Haverhill, Massachusetts – 13 March 1912 in Cairo[1]) was an American painter and author.
Henry A. Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1839. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army on 16 July 1861[2] and acted as a field artist for Frank Leslie's Weekly while he served as a soldier within the 13th... | 1839 - 1912 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 |
| Benbridge, Henry |
Henry Benbridge born October 1743 [1] died February 1812), early
American portrait painter, was born in Philadelphia, the only child of James
and Mary (Clark) Benbridge. When he was seven years
old, his mother, who had been left a widow, was married to Thomas Gordon, a
wealthy Scot. The boy's artistic talent was
encouraged. He made decorative... | 1743 - 1812 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 |
| Bridport, Hugh |
Hugh Bridport, born in England in 1794, was a portrait painter,
drawing instructor, architect, and engraver, who practiced lithography in
Philadelphia 1828-1830s. Trained at the Royal Academy and with miniature
painter Charles Wilkins, Bridport immigrated to Philadelphia with his artist
brother George in 1816. Soon after their arrival, the brothers... | 1794 - ca. 1869 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Shumway, Henry Colton |
SHUMWAY,
Henry Cotton, portrait painter, was born in Middletown, Conn., July 4, 1807. He
attended the public schools; served as a clerk in his father's office until his
twenty-first birthday, and at an early age produced pencil sketches, mostly
portraits, of considerable promise. He attended the antique and life classes of
the National Academy of... | 1807 - 1884 | Anonymous | 05/25/2012 |
| Farny, Henry |
Born in
Alsace Lorraine, France, Henry Farny became a
well-known American illustrator and painter, especially for quiet aspects of
Indian life such as campfire scenes.
Farny,
working in a highly realistic, detailed style, had a deep regard for Indians as
individuals, and often depicted them in an harmonious
environment. Only a few of... | 1847 - 1916 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Fenn, Harry |
Harry Fenn was known as a painter, illustrator, etcher, and
engraver. He began his career as a
wood engraver but quickly switched to pencil drawings. He came to the U.S. in 1864 ostensibly
to see Niagra Falls, but he remained for six years, then traveled to Italy to study. In 1870 he came back to the U.S. and
illustrated his first book,... | 1845 - 1911 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Johnston, Henrietta |
Henrietta
de Beaulieu Dering Johnston (ca. 1674[1] – March 9, 1729) was a pastelist
of uncertain origin active in the English colonies in North America from
approximately 1708 until her death. She is both the earliest recorded female
artist and the first known pastelist working in the English colonies.[2]
Life
Both the
date and place of... | ca. 1674 - 1729 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
