Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badger, Joseph | 
Joseph Badger (ca.1707–1765) was a portrait artist in Boston, Massachusetts in the 18th-century. He painted some 80 portraits of merchants, businessmen, clergy, and other notables, and their wives and children.
Biography
Badger was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, to tailor Stephen Badger and Mercy Kettell. In 1731 he married Katharine Felch;... | 1707 - 1765 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Blackburn, Joseph |
Nothing is
known about English portrait painter Joseph Blackburn prior to his presence on
Bermuda in 1752. During an extended stay on the island he painted about
twenty-five portraits, including those of members of the Jones, Tucker and
Harvey families. His compositions show that he was familiar with the work of
the leading London portrait painters... | Died ca. 1778 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Brown, John Henry |
John Henry
Brown
(Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, 1818-1891, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Brown's
prolific career illuminates the fate of antebellum miniaturists. He began an
apprenticeship in 1836 to the painter Arthur Armstrong (1798-1851) while
working as a clerk in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Recorder's Office. In 1839
Brown established himself as a... | 1818 - 1891 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| Bufford, John Henry |
John Henry Bufford (1810-1870) was a lithographer in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts.
Biography
Bufford trained "in the Pendleton shop in Boston from 1829 to 1831."[1] According to one historian, Bufford's work as a lithographer represented "a mediocre sort of craftmanship at best. ...He had no very special skills as [an] original artist and... | 1810 - 1870 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Bush, Norton |
Norton Bush
was first noted for his portraits, marine views and landscapes of the East
Coast and California. Later in his career, after visiting Central and South
America, Bush devoted himself to his favorite topic, painting tropical scenery.
Norton Bush was born in Rochester, New
York, Feb.22, 1834. He first studied art in his native city under... | 1834 - 1894 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
| Bacher, Otto Henry |
BACHER, OTTO HENRY (31 May 1856-16 Aug. 1909) was one of Cleveland's first artists to travel to Europe and attain a national and international reputation. The Cleveland native was born on River St. near St. Clair Ave., son of Henry and Charlotte Bacher. He attended the CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. After working as a decorator of lake vessels and local... | 1856 - 1909 | Anonymous | 01/07/2013 |
| Bromley, Valentine Walter |
BROMLEY,
VALENTINE WALTER (1848-1877), painter, great-grandson of William Bromley
(1769-1842) [q. v.], was born in London on 14 Feb. 1848. From his childhood he
manifested a remarkable faculty for art, both as an original designer and as a
depicter of nature. He was especially remarkable for invention and swiftness of
execution. He contributed... | 1848 - 1877 | Anonymous | 04/06/2012 |
| Bartlett, William Henry |
William
Henry Bartlett (March 26, 1809 – September 13, 1854) was a British
artist, best known for his numerous steel engravings.
Biography
Bartlett
was born in Kentish Town, London in 1809. He was apprenticed to John Britton
(1771–1857), and became one of the foremost illustrators of topography of
his generation.
He
travelled throughout... | 1809 - 1854 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Butler, George Bernard | George Bernard Butler, Jr. (1838-1907), portrait, genre, animal, and still life painter, was born in New York City, where he studied art under Thomas Hicks. In 1859 he went to Paris to study under Thomas Couture, then returned to serve in the military during the Civil War. Despite the loss of his right arm, Butler continued his art career in New York... | 1838 - 1907 | Anonymous | 10/15/2012 |
| Bell-Smith, Frederic Marlett |
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith (September 26, 1846 – June 23, 1923) was a Canadian landscape painter best known for his works of the Rocky Mountains and the Selkirk Range.
Bell-Smith emigrated to Canada from England in 1866. He had studied painting in England and worked as an artist and photographer in Montreal until 1871, when he moved to Toronto.... | 1846 - 1923 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 |
