Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistler, James McNeill | 
James
Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 10, 1834 — July 17, 1903) was an
American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral
allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for
art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a
stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail.[1]... | 1834 - 1903 | Anonymous | 12/24/2012 |
| Wheeler, William Ruthven | William Ruthven Wheeler was basically a portrait painter, but he did produce some landscapes.
His first instruction came at an early age from an itinerant miniature painter, and he began his profession at the age of fifteen. At the age of 28 he studied for a short time in Detroit under Alvan Bradish. He moved to Hartford, Connecticut about 1862... | 1832 - 1894 | Anonymous | 12/22/2012 |
| Wheeler, Dora | 1856 - 1940 | Anonymous | 10/15/2012 | |
| Wharton, Thomas Kelah | 1814 - 1862 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| West, William Edward | 1788 - 1857 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| West, Benjamin Franklin | 1818 - 1854 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Wertmuller, Adolf Ulrich |
Adolf Ulrik
Wertmüller (February 18, 1751 — October 5, 1811) was a Swedish
painter whose notable works include Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of
Gold.
Wertmüller
was born in Stockholm and studied art at home before moving to Paris in 1772 to
study under his cousin Alexander Roslin and French painter Joseph-Marie
Vien.[1] On July 30,... | 1751 - 1811 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Werner, Carl Friedrich Heinrich |
Carl
Friedrich Heinrich Werner (1808–1894) was a German watercolor painter.
Born in
Weimar, Werner studied painting under Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld in Leipzig.
He switched to studying architecture in Munich from 1829 to 1831, but
thereafter returned to painting. He won a scholarship to travel to Italy, where
he ended up founding a studio in... | 1808 - 1894 | Anonymous | 11/12/2012 |
| Wenzell, Albert Beck |
The Bell Époche, prior to World War I, was a prosperous and
extravagant era when royalty governed most of Europe. At the same time in the
United States, great fortunes were being made through unfettered trusts and
monopolies, creating a class of Nouveau Riche. This ambitious society of Robber
Barons and their social climbing wives was just as... | 1864 - 1917 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Wentworth, Catherine D. | 1865 - 1948 | Anonymous | 12/16/2012 |
