Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, John Ottis | 1851 - 1927 | Anonymous | 03/30/2012 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Adams, Cassilly |
A descendent of President John Adams, Cassilly Adams created history paintings and genre scenes that captured the spirit of life on the American frontier. Adams studied at the Boston Academy of Art and the Cincinnati Art School before joining the Union army during the Civil War. After being wounded in the Battle of Vicksburg, Adams produced his... | 1843 - 1921 | Anonymous | 11/10/2012 |
| Agate, Alfred Thomas |
Alfred Thomas Agate (February 14, 1812, in Sparta, New York – January 5, 1846, Washington, D.C.) was a noted American artist, painter and miniaturist.
Agate lived in New York from 1831–1838. He studied with his brother, Frederick Styles Agate, a portrait and historical painter. He later went on to study with Thomas Seir Cummings.[citation needed]... | 1812 - 1846 | Anonymous | 11/17/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Alexander, Henry |
Henry Alexander (b. San Francisco, 1860 - d. New York, May 15, 1894) was an American painter from California.
After early exhibiting a talent for drawing and painting, he went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where his teachers were Ludwig von Loeffts and the history painter Wilhelm Lindenschmidt.[1]
The New York Herald described Henry... | 1860 - 1894 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
