Artists
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Wores, Theodore | ![]()
Theodore Wores (August 1, 1859–September 11, 1939) was an
American painter born in San Francisco, son of Joseph Wores
and Gertrude Liebke. His father worked as a hat
manufacturer in San Francisco. Wores began his art
training at age twelve in the studio of Joseph Harrington, who taught him
color, composition, drawing and perspective. When the San... | 1859 - 1939 | Anonymous | 04/11/2012 |
Woodward, John Douglas | ![]()
John
Douglas Woodward (12 July 1846 – 1924) was an American landscape artist
and illustrator described by Joseph Pennell as one of the country's
"best-known painters and illustrators".
He produced
hundreds of scenes of Europe, the Holy Land, and the United States, many of
which were reproduced in popular magazines of the day.[1]
Life and... | 1846 - 1924 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
Woodville, Richard Caton | ![]()
Richard Caton Woodville (30 April 1825 – 13 August 1855) was
an American artist from Baltimore who spent his professional career in Europe,
after studying in Düsseldorf under the direction of Carl Ferdinand Sohn. He died of an overdose of morphine in London at the
age of 30.[1] He was the father of Richard Caton Woodville, Jr., also a noted... | 1825 - 1855 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
Wood, Thomas Waterman | ![]()
Thomas
Waterman Wood (November 12, 1823 – April 14, 1903) was an American
painter born in Montpelier, Vermont.
Origins
Thomas
Waterman Wood's father, John Wood, came to Montpelier from Lebanon, New Hampshire
in 1814. The Wood family was of Puritan stock, and it was from Lebanon that
John Wood, the father of the artist, married his wife Mary... | 1823 - 1903 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
Woodside, John A. | 1781 - 1852 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 | |
Wood, Joseph | 1778 - 1830 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 | |
Woodhouse, C.L. | Active ca. 1869 | Anonymous | 02/20/2012 | |
Woodbury, Marcia Oakes | 1865 - 1913 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 | |
Woodbury, Charles Herbert | ![]()
Charles
Herbert Woodbury (July 14, 1864—January 21, 1940), United States marine
painter, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts.
Biography
Charles H.
Woodbury was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, where his earliest work was part of
the oeuvre of the group later known as the Lynn Beach Painters. While an
undergraduate at MIT he became a regular exhibitor... | 1864 - 1940 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
Wollaston, John | ![]()
John
Wollaston (active between 1742 and 1775) was an English painter of portraits
who was active in the British colonies in North America for much of his career.
He was one of a handful of painters to introduce the English Rococo style to
the American colonies.[1]
Biography
Little is
known of Wollaston's early life. He is believed to have been... | 1710 - 1775 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 |