Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date
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| Birch, William Russell | 
William
Russell Birch (1755-1834) has long been recognized as the first artist to
achieve true commercial success in depicting American scenes for the domestic
market. In his early career in London, Birch was influenced by the landscape
painters whose work arose in the rich artistic ferment he encountered there in
the 1770s and 1780s. After... | 1755 - 1834 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Binsse, Louis Francis DePaul | 1774 - 1844 | Anonymous | 06/04/2012 | |
| Bradford, William |
William
Bradford, a 19th-century American marine painter, was born on April 30, 1823 in
Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He was
born to Quaker parents who disapproved of his desire for a painting career. He worked as a clerk in his
father’s dry goods shop in New Bedford, devoting his spare time to
sketching.
In the
early 1850s, he launched his... | 1823 - 1892 | Anonymous | 06/11/2012 |
| Benbridge, Henry |
Henry Benbridge born October 1743 [1] died February 1812), early
American portrait painter, was born in Philadelphia, the only child of James
and Mary (Clark) Benbridge. When he was seven years
old, his mother, who had been left a widow, was married to Thomas Gordon, a
wealthy Scot. The boy's artistic talent was
encouraged. He made decorative... | 1743 - 1812 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 |
| Brumidi, Constantino |
Constantino
Brumidi (July 26, 1805 – February 19, 1880) was an Greek/Italian-American
historical painter, best known and honored for his fresco work in the Capitol
Building in Washington, DC.
Parentage and early life
Brumidi was
born in Rome, his father a Greek and his mother an Italian. He showed his
talent for fresco painting at an early age... | 1805 - 1880 | Anonymous | 07/29/2012 |
| Blum, Robert Frederick |
Robert
Frederick Blum was a major figure painter and illustrator who emerged from the
active artistic milieu of mid-century Cincinnati, where he was born. From his
studies in Cincinnati, Blum traveled to Philadelphia and studied art at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1876-1877). Blum and many of his
contemporaries greatly admired the... | Active ca. 1877 - 1900 | Anonymous | 08/05/2012 |
| Bingham, George Caleb |
George Caleb Bingham (March 20, 1811 – July 7, 1879) was an American artist whose paintings of American life in the frontier lands along the Missouri River exemplify the Luminist style. Left to languish in obscurity, Bingham's work was rediscovered in the 1930s. He is now widely considered one of the greatest American painters of the 19th... | 1811 - 1879 | Anonymous | 10/13/2012 |
| Boggs, Frank | 1855 - 1926 | Anonymous | 10/13/2012 | |
| Bell, Clara Louise | 1886 - 1978 | Anonymous | 10/15/2012 | |
| 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 |
