Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by
  | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonney, James Goodwyn | 1812 - 1867 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Culverhouse, Johan Mengels | 
Born in
Rotterdam on August 29,1820, Johan Mengels
Culverhouse was one of six children of R. Culverhouse and C. Mengels. Culverhouse made a name for himself as a
"candlelight painter," specializing in nocturnal scenes illuminated
by moonlight or candlelight in the tradition of seventeenth-century Dutch
painting. In the same tradition he also... | 1820 - ca. 1891 | Anonymous | 05/13/2012 |
| Cranstone, Lefevre James | Died 1860 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Corne, Michele Felice |
Michele Felice Cornè, considered
to be Salem, Massachusetts’ most versatile early nineteenth century
artist, arrived in America from Naples, Italy in 1800. Cornè
worked and lived in Salem from 1800-06 when he moved to Boston. During his
Boston tenure (1807-22) the artist was noted for painting portraits of Boston
ships and naval battles of the... | 1752 - 1845 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Calyo, Nicolino |
Born in
Naples, Nicolino Calyo was
an accomplished American nineteenth century view painter who brought the
discipline of his classical European training to vibrant portrayals of the
American scene. He studied at the
Naples Academy, where he learned Neoclassical, Italian, and Dutch landscape
techniques and traditions. Calyo fled Italy in 1821,... | 1799 - 1884 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Cook, Nelson |
Nelson Cook
(rarely, Cooke, seen esp in
Canada) was the son of furniture-maker Joseph Cook (b. ca 1768, Wallingford, CT
- d. 22 Dec 1864) and Mary Ann Tolman (Tallman?), b.
Guilford, MA; the parents moved to the Ballston Spa/Malta area of Saratoga
County around 1800 from Wallingford. Cook's birthdate
given here is derived from his death... | 1808 - 1892 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Currier, Nathaniel |
Nathaniel
Currier (March 27, 1813 – November 20, 1888) was an American
lithographer, who headed the company Currier & Ives with James Ives.
Early years
Currier was
born in Roxbury, Massachusetts to Nathaniel and Hannah Currier. He attended
public school until age fifteen, when he was apprenticed to the Boston printing
firm of William and... | 1813 - 1888 | Anonymous | 07/29/2012 |
| Clague, Richard |
Widely
credited as the founder of the landscape painting tradition in Louisiana,
French-born painter Richard Clague received most of
his formal artistic training in Europe. While landscape painting had gained
some popularity in the northern states by the early nineteenth century and
there was a strong tradition of decorative and scenic painting,... | 1821 - 1873 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| 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 |
| Carr, Samuel S. |
Very little is known regarding Samuel S. Carr. He was born in England on 15 October 1837 and studied at the Royal Academy of Design at Chester. In 1863 he emigrated to the United States where in 1865 he attended a class in mechanical drawing at Cooper Union. From 1870 to 1907 he lived with his sister and brother-in-law at 461 Twelfth Street in... | 1837 - 1908 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
