Artists
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Chase, William Merritt | ![]()
William
Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849 – October 25, 1916) was an American
painter known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also
responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later would become Parsons
The New School for Design.
Early life and training
He was born
in Williamsburg (now Nineveh), Indiana, to the... | 1849 - 1916 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Chappel, William P. | Active ca. 1869 - 1870 | Anonymous | 06/02/2012 | |
Chappel, Alonzo | ![]()
Alonzo
Chappel (1828–1887) was an American painter, best known for paintings
depicting personalities and events from the American Revolution and early
19th-century American history.
Chappel was
born in New York City and died in Middle Island, New York.[1]
References
^ "Alonzo
Chappel". Smithsonian
Institution. Retrieved
2009-01-22.
External... | 1828 - 1887 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
Chapman, John Gadsby | ![]()
John Gadsby
Chapman (December 3, 1808 – November 28, 1889) was an American artist
famous for The Baptism of Pocahontas, which was commissioned by the United
States Congress and hangs in the United States Capitol rotunda.
Life and career
John Chapman
was born in 1808 in Alexandria, Virginia. Chapman began his study of art in
Philadelphia for two... | 1808 - 1889 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Chandler, William Henry | 1854 - 1928 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 | |
Champney, James Wells | ![]()
James Wells
Champney (July 16, 1843 – May 1, 1903) was an
American genre and portrait painter.
He was born
in Boston and first studied wood engraving there, then went to Europe and
studied at the Antwerp Academy and under Edouard
Frère in Paris. His paintings include landscape and genre subjects, but
he is best known for his excellent pastel... | 1843 - 1903 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Champney, Benjamin | ![]()
Benjamin Champney (November 20, 1817[1] – December 11, 1907) was
a painter whose name has become synonymous with White Mountain art of the 19th
century. He began his training as a lithographer under celebrated marine artist
Fitz Henry Lane at Pendleton's Lithography shop in Boston. Most art historians
consider him the founder of the "North Conway... | 1817 - 1907 | Anonymous | 01/05/2013 |
Chambers, Thomas | ![]()
Thomas
Chambers was born in London in 1808 and emigrated to
the United States in 1832. A painter of both landscapes and marine scenes,
Chambers did not confine his artistic subjects to views that he knew firsthand
but made liberal use of both his imagination and popular engraved images.
Chambers is known to have looked not only to the Englishman... | 1808 - 1866 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Chamberlain, Samuel | ![]()
Samuel E.
Chamberlain (November 27, 1829–November 10, 1908) was a soldier, painter,
and author who travelled throughout the American Southwest and Mexico. He and
his wife, Mary, had three children.
Early life
Chamberlain
was born in Center Harbor, New Hampshire and soon afterward moved to Boston,
where he spent most of his childhood. In 1844 at... | 1895 - 1975 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Chalfant, Jefferson David | ![]()
Jefferson
David Chalfant painted still-life images and scenes
of everyday life that celebrate the ideal of manual craft in their subjects and
in their technique. Chalfant was born in Chester
County, Pennsylvania, the son of a cabinetmaker. He followed his father’s
trade and worked with him decorating railroad cars. In 1879 he moved to
Wilmington,... | 1856 - 1931 | Anonymous | 04/03/2012 |