Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
