Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Adams, John Ottis | 1851 - 1927 | Anonymous | 03/30/2012 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Arter, John Charles | 1859 - 1923 | 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 |
| 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 |
