Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ames, Ezra | 
Ezra Ames (May 5, 1768 – February 23, 1836) was a popular portrait painter in Albany, New York during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. More than 700 portraits have been attributed to him.
He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1768. He moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1790, and married Zipporah Wood in 1794. Some time later he moved... | 1768 - 1836 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Ames, Joseph Alexander |
Joseph
Alexander Ames (1816–1872) was an American artist, primarily known for
portrait and genre painting. Originally named Joseph Emes,
he was born in Roxbury, New Hampshire. Ames began painting at a young age. At
the age of twelve Henry Theodore Tuckerman wrote about one of his paintings.
After moderate success at home in Saugus, Massachusetts,... | 1816 - 1872 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Alten, Mathias |
Mathias Alten (1871–1938) was an American impressionist
painter from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Biography
Mathias
Joseph Alten worked as an artist between 1890 and
1938. Although best known for his land- and seascapes he was also an
accomplished portrait, floral, and animal painter. William H. Gerdts, a pre-eminent authority on American... | 1871 - 1938 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Alexander, Francis |
The son of
a farmer, Francis Alexander was born in Killingly, Connecticut, on February 3,
1800. During the winters of his eighteenth and nineteenth years he earned a
small sum teaching in the local school and at the age of twenty used it to seek
instruction in New York City. He studied for several weeks with Alexander
Robertson, but was forced to... | 1800 - 1880 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Abbey, Edwin Austin |
Edwin
Austin Abbey (April 1, 1852 – August 1, 1911) was an American artist,
illustrator, and painter. He flourished at the beginning of what is now
referred to as the "golden age" of illustration, and is best known
for his drawings and paintings of Shakespearean and Victorian subjects, as well
as for his painting of Edward VII's... | 1852 - 1911 | Anonymous | 12/16/2013 |
| Anshutz, Thomas |
Thomas
Pollock Anshutz (October 5, 1851 – June 16,
1912) was an American painter and teacher. Co-founder of The Darby School and
leader at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Anshutz
was known for his award winning portraiture work and working friendship with
Thomas Eakins.
Personal life and
education
Thomas Anshutz was born in Newport,... | 1851 - 1912 | Anonymous | 06/04/2012 |
| Allston, Washington |
Washington
Allston (November 5, 1779 – July 9, 1843) was an American painter and
poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina.
Allston pioneered America's Romantic movement of landscape painting. He was
well known during his lifetime for his experiments with dramatic subject matter
and his bold use of light and atmospheric... | 1779 - 1843 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Alexander, John White |
John White
Alexander (7 October 1856 – 31 May 1915) was an American portrait,
figure, and decorative painter and illustrator.
Biography
Alexander
was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Orphaned
in infancy, he was reared by his grandparents and at the age of 12 became a
telegraph boy in Pittsburgh. His... | 1856 - 1915 | Anonymous | 12/24/2012 |
| Audubon, John James |
John James
Audubon (Jean-Jacques Audubon) (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a
French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his
expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed
illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major
work, a color-plate book... | 1785 - 1851 | Anonymous | 07/23/2012 |
| Andrews, Ambrose |
Ambrose Andrews was born in West Stockbridge, MA in 1805. He was a painter of landscapes, portraits and miniatures.
He studied at the National Academy of Design, NYC in 1824.
He started to work as a full time artist shortly after 1824 and was active throughout his life. He worked in Schuylerville, New York in 1824, in Troy, New York from 1829 to 1831,... | 1805 - 1870 | Anonymous | 01/06/2013 |
