Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers, Nathaniel | 
Nathaniel
Rogers gained his fame painting miniature portraits in New York City, but had
well-established roots on eastern Long Island. He was born in Bridgehampton on August
1, 1787, the son of John T. Rogers, a farmer, and Sarah Brown, the eldest daughter
of the second Presbyterian minister in Bridgehampton, James Brown. Within the
family he was... | 1787 - 1844 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
| Bacher, Otto Henry |
BACHER, OTTO HENRY (31 May 1856-16 Aug. 1909) was one of Cleveland's first artists to travel to Europe and attain a national and international reputation. The Cleveland native was born on River St. near St. Clair Ave., son of Henry and Charlotte Bacher. He attended the CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. After working as a decorator of lake vessels and local... | 1856 - 1909 | Anonymous | 01/07/2013 |
| Jacobs, Paul Emil |
Paul Emil
Jacobs (August 20, 1802, in Gotha - January 6, 1866) was a German painter.
Jacobs, son
of the philologist Frederick Jacobs, received his art training at the Munich Academy
of Fine Arts and first became known for his painting of Mercury and Argus (from
Classical mythology). In 1824 he went to Rome, where he attracted great
critical... | 1802 - 1866 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Clague, Richard |
Widely
credited as the founder of the landscape painting tradition in Louisiana,
French-born painter Richard Clague received most of
his formal artistic training in Europe. While landscape painting had gained
some popularity in the northern states by the early nineteenth century and
there was a strong tradition of decorative and scenic painting,... | 1821 - 1873 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Earl, Ralph |
Ralph Earl
(May 11, 1751 – August 16, 1801) was an American painter known for his
portraits, of which at least 183 can be documented. He also painted six
landscapes, including a panorama display of Niagara Falls.
Life and work
Ralph Earl was
born in either Shrewsbury or Leicester, Massachusetts. By 1774, he was working
in New Haven, Connecticut... | 1751 - 1801 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| Pine, Robert Edge |
Robert Edge
Pine was an English portraitist and history painter who spent the last four
years of his life in the United States. He was one of the first artists to
paint history paintings of the events of the American Revolution.
Pine was
born in London, around 1730, the son of engraver John Pine. His exact birth
date has never been discovered, and... | 1720 - 1788 | Anonymous | 03/31/2012 |
| Field, Robert |
FIELD, ROBERT, painter; b. c. 1769, probably in London, England; d. 9
Aug. 1819 in Kingston, Jamaica.
Although the
details of Robert Field’s early career in England are obscure, it is
known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London,
in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the United States as part of the influx of... | ca. 1769 - 1819 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Fulton, Robert |
Robert
Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was an American engineer
and inventor who is widely credited with developing
the first commercially successful steamboat. In 1800 he was commissioned by
Napoleon Bonaparte to design the Nautilus, which was the first practical
submarine in history.[1]
Fulton
became interested in steamboats in... | 1765 - 1815 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Kirchner, Raphael |
Kirchner
was born in Vienna in 1876 and later moved to Paris. He drew for La Vie
Parisienne together with artists like Mucha, all of whom were greatly
influenced by the work of British artist Aubrey Beardsley, who had created an
'art nouveau' style of his own. Mucha went on to concentrate on posters and
Kirchner was drawing for postcards by 1901.... | 1876 - 1917 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Newman, Robert Loftin |
Robert Loftin Newman (November 10, 1827 - March 31, 1912) [1] was an American painter and stained-glass designer. He specialized in oil on canvas as his medium. He is sometimes associated with Albert Pinkham Ryder as a painter of mood. His works include Good Samaritan, painted in 1886, Flight into Egypt, Harvest Time, Sailboat Manned by Two Men, and... | 1827 - 1912 | Anonymous | 04/08/2012 |
