Artists
Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
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Ames, Daniel F. | 1803 - 1886 | Anonymous | 01/07/2013 | |
Armstrong, William G. | 1823 - 1890 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 | |
Adams, John Ottis | 1851 - 1927 | Anonymous | 03/30/2012 | |
Arter, John Charles | 1859 - 1923 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 | |
Audubon, John Woodhouse | 1812 - 1862 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 | |
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 |