Artists
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Dolph, John Henry | ![]() John Henry Dolph is one of America's finest animal painters and he is most famous for his depictions of playful kittens and puppies that frolic on oriental rugs within Victorian interiors. Playful terrier and Kittens shows Dolph’s expertise at handling, in an academic manner, how fur, woven wool and anatomy can be painted with sureness and... | 1835 - 1903 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 |
Dana, William Parsons Winchester | 1833 - 1927 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
Darby, Henry F. | 1829 - 1897 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
Dunning, Robert Spear | ![]() Dunning was a co-founder and leader of the Fall River School of still life painting. As a boy he was employed in a Fall River mill. Later he worked in coastal shipping while studying art. In 1859 he joined with John E. Grouard to form the firm of Grouard & Dunning, artists. About 1865 he began to focus on still life paintings, although he... | 1829 - 1905 | Anonymous | 11/02/2013 |
Darley, Felix Octavius | ![]()
Felix
Octavius Carr Darley (June 23, 1822 – March 27, 1888) often credited as
F. O. C. Darley, was an American painter in watercolor and illustrator, known
for his illustrations in works by well-known 19th century authors, including:
James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Mary Maples Dodge, Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Washington Irving, George Lippard,... | 1822 - 1888 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Duncanson, Robert Scott | ![]()
Robert Scott Duncanson (1821 – December 21, 1872) was born in Seneca County, New York in 1821.[1] Duncanson’s father was a Canadian of Scottish descent and his mother was an African American, thus making him “a freeborn person of color.”[2] Duncanson, an artist who is relatively unknown today, painted America, both physically and figuratively,... | 1821 - 1872 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Durrie, George Henry | ![]()
Born in New Haven in 1820, the son of a Connecticut stationer, George Henry Durrie remained in that city virtually his entire life. Married to a choirmaster's daughter, Sarah Perkins, in 1841, he immersed himself in the quiet pursuits of family and church. While he never achieved the fame of the most renowned nineteenth century American landscape... | 1820 - 1863 | Anonymous | 04/08/2012 |
Darrah, Ann Sophia Towne | ![]() Ann Sophia Towne Darrah was a pupil of Paul Weber. She was a competent artist whose long career included executing pastel portraits, landscapes, and marine views. Her later works were done in plein air.
In 1858 she took part in the Bierstadt Exhibition in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum from 1855 to 1865 and at... | 1819 - 1881 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 |
Deas, Charles | ![]()
Charles Deas (December 22, 1818 – March 23, 1867), was an American painter noted for his oil paintings of
Native Americans and fur trappers of the mid-19th century.
Biography
Charles Deas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attempted,
and failed, to obtain an appointment to the United States Military Academy at
West Point, New York.[1]... | 1818 - 1867 | Anonymous | 10/13/2012 |
Dodge, Edward S. | 1816 - 1857 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |