Artists
Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
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Bean, W. H. | ca. 1830 - ca. 1900 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 | |
Boetticher, Otto | ca. 1816 - after 1864 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 | |
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 |
Brook, Alexander | Alexander Brook, a leader among New York City's mainstream figurative painters during the 1930s, painted numerous scenes based on his observations in Savannah. Trained in the American realist tradition of painting, Brook's landscapes, portraits, and genre scenes are largely devoid of overt or hidden social meaning and are characterized by subdued... | 1898 - 1980 | Anonymous | 04/18/2013 |
Benton, Thomas Hart | Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. Though his work is strongly associated with the... | 1889 - 1975 | Anonymous | 04/18/2013 |
Bell, Clara Louise | 1886 - 1978 | Anonymous | 10/15/2012 | |
Bellows, George Wesley |
George
Wesley Bellows (August 12[1][2] or August 19,[3][4][5] 1882 - January 8, 1925)
was an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in
New York City, becoming, according to the Columbus Museum of Art, "the
most acclaimed American artist of his generation".[6]
Youth
Bellows was
born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He... | 1882 - 1925 | Anonymous | 01/13/2013 |
Bruce, Patrick Henry |
A pioneer
in the development of abstract painting, Patrick Henry Bruce focused on the
still life in his explorations of the boundary between representation and
“pure” painting. Bruce was a descendent of American statesman
Patrick Henry (1736–1799). He began his art studies at the Richmond Art
School at the age of sixteen. In 1902 he moved to... | 1881 - 1936 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Boardman, Rosina Cox | 1878 - 1970 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 | |
Brownell, Matilda Auchincloss | 1871 - 1966 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |