Artists
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Clark, Kate Freeman | ![]() Kate Freeman Clark was the daughter of Edward Clark, an attorney in Vicksburg, Mississippi and Cary Freeman Clark, a descendant of the politically prominent Walthall family of Holly Springs.
Shortly after her father's death in 1885, she enrolled in the Gardiner Institute, a finishing school for girls. Exploring the art section of the World Columbian... | 1875 - 1957 | Anonymous | 04/18/2013 |
Weber, Gottlieb Daniel Paul | ![]()
Gottlieb
Daniel Paul Weber (19 January 1823-12 October 1916) was a German artist.
He was born
in Darmstadt. He studied art in Frankfurt, and in 1848 came to the United
States, settling in Philadelphia. In 1858 he went to Darmstadt, where he was
appointed court painter. Among those of his works that are owned in the United
States are “A Scene in... | 1823 - 1916 | Anonymous | 07/18/2012 |
Vail, Eugene Lawrence | ![]()
Son of a
French mother and an American father, Eugene Vail maintained strong ties with
both of these countries throughout his life. He was born 29 September 1857 in
St. Servan, France and, as a young man, studied both
in Paris and New York. Although he showed an early aptitude and enthusiasm for
art, his father required that he receive a practical... | 1857 - 1934 | igrkio | 03/27/2012 |
Paradise, John Wesley | 1809 - 1862 | igrkio | 03/27/2012 | |
Peale, Sarah Miriam | ![]()
Sarah
Miriam Peale (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1800 – February 4,
1885, Philadelphia) was an American portrait painter, one of the notable family
of artists descended from the miniaturist and still-life painter James Peale,
who was her father. She is noted as a portrait painter, mainly of politicians
and military figures. Lafayette sat... | 1800 - 1885 | igrkio | 03/27/2012 |
Stuart, Gilbert | ![]()
Gilbert
Charles Stuart (born Stewart) (December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an
American painter from Rhode Island.
Gilbert
Stuart is widely considered to be one of America's foremost portraitists.[2] His best known work, the unfinished portrait of George
Washington that is sometimes referred to as The Athenaeum, was begun in 1796
and never... | 1755 - 1828 | igrkio | 04/08/2012 |
Yewell, George Henry | 1830 - 1923 | igrkio | 03/27/2012 | |
Williams, Virgil Macey | ![]()
Virgil Macey Williams was born in Dixfield, Maine on October 29, 1830. He was raised in Taunton, Massachusetts and, after studying at Brown University, began his art training in New York City under Daniel Huntington. During 1853-60 he studied in Rome with renowned New York painter William Page and became a close friend of Page after marrying his... | 1830 - 1886 | igrkio | 05/16/2012 |
Lydston Jr., William | ca. 1813 - 1881 | igrkio | 04/25/2012 | |
Tiffany, Louis Comfort | 1848 - 1933 | igrkio | 07/20/2012 |