Artists
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Cassatt, Mary | ![]()
Mary
Stevenson Cassatt (pronounced /kəˈsæt/;
May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She
lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas
and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Cassatt often created images of
the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on... | 1844 - 1926 | Anonymous | 04/01/2012 |
Church, Frederic Edwin | ![]()
Frederic
Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape
painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson
River School of American landscape painters. While committed to the natural
sciences, he was "always concerned with including a spiritual dimension in
his works."[1]
Biography
Beginnings
The... | 1826 - 1900 | Anonymous | 04/01/2012 |
Cole, Thomas | ![]()
Thomas Cole
(February 1, 1801 – February 11, 1848) was an English-born American
artist. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School, an American
art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century. Cole's Hudson River
School, as well as his own work, was known for its realistic and detailed
portrayal of American landscape and... | 1801 - 1848 | Anonymous | 04/01/2012 |
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 |
Cassidy, Ira Diamond Gerald | 1879 - 1934 | Anonymous | 04/07/2012 | |
Curtis, Ralph Wormeley | ![]()
Ralph
Wormeley Curtis (* 1854 in Boston , † 1922 in Beaulieu-sur-Mer ) was an
American painter and illustrator. The artists living in Europe, primarily under
the influence of his painter friends John Singer Sargent and James Abbott
McNeill Whistler. Among his most famous subjects include cityscapes of Venice
in the style of... | 1854 - 1922 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
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 |
Colman, Samuel | ![]()
Samuel
Colman (March 4, 1832 – March 26, 1920) was an American painter, interior
designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson
River.
Born in Portland,
Maine, Colman moved to New York City with his family as a child. His father
opened a bookstore, attracting a literate clientele that may have influenced
Colman's... | 1832 - 1920 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
Crane, Bruce | ![]()
Bruce Crane
(1857– October 30, 1937, Bronxville, New York) was an American painter.
He joined the Lyme Art Colony in the early 1900s. His most active period,
though, came after 1920, when for more than a decade he did oil sketches of
woods, meadows, and hills. He developed into a Tonalist painter under the
influence of Jean Charles Cazin at... | 1857 - 1937 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 |
Clear, Thomas Le | 1818 - 1882 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 |