Artists
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Eakins, Thomas | ![]()
Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916)
was an American realist painter, photographer[2],
sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the
most important artists in American art history.[3][4]
For the
length of his professional career, from the early 1870s until his health began
to fail some 40... | 1844 - 1916 | Anonymous | 11/03/2013 |
Eldred, Lemuel D. | ![]() Lemuel D. Eldred had formal training in Paris but retained in his best pictures a planar, Yankee austerity that seems at times primitive, at times modern. Born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, he exhibited considerable artistic talent as a child. With the support of his parents, he made his way to the Academie Julien and later embarked on a... | 1848 - 1921 | Anonymous | 12/08/2012 |
Ehninger, John Whetten | ![]()
John
Whetten Ehninger (July 22, 1827 New York City - January 22, 1889 Saratoga, New
York) was a United States painter and etcher.
Biography
He
graduated from Columbia University in 1847. He was a pupil of Couture in Paris
1848-1849, and afterward studied at Düsseldorf and other art centres
1851-1852.
Among his
paintings, which include landscape... | 1827 - 1889 | Anonymous | 10/20/2012 |
Eilshemius, Louis Michel | 1864 - 1941 | Anonymous | 05/30/2012 | |
Evans, De Scott | ![]()
De Scott
Evans (March 28, 1847 – July 4, 1898) was an American painter known for
working in a number of genres. Raised in Indiana, he spent much of his career
in Ohio and then moved to New York City. His posthumous reputation is largely
based on a number of trompe l'oeil still lifes that have been attributed to
him.
Life
David Scott
Evans was... | 1847 - 1898 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Enneking, John J. | ![]()
When
Enneking was orphaned at the age of 16, he left his father's farm to live with
an aunt. His first art lessons,
taken at Mount St. Mary's College in Cincinnati, were interrupted when he enlisted
in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Severely wounded in action and discharged from service, Enneking
eventually made his way to Boston to... | 1841 - 1916 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
English, Frank F. | ![]()
Frank F.
English (1854 - 1922)
Frank F.
English was born in Indiana in 1854. In the early 1880s, he studied for five
years in the evening classes of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His
instructors included Thomas Eakins, James P. Kelly and Thomas Anshutz.
However,
English's reputation primarily rests with his outstanding facility as... | 1854 - 1922 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Elliott, Charles Loring | ![]()
Charles
Loring Elliott (1812–1868) was an American painter known for his
portraits. He was active in central New York for 10 years as a young man, then
in 1845 moved to New York City to pursue his career. He was elected to the
National Academy of Design in 1846.
Early life and education
Elliott was
born at Auburn, New York. His father was a... | 1812 - 1868 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Elder, John Adams | ![]()
Standing
amid the soldiers' and civilians' graves in the Confederate Cemetery on
Washington Avenue is a simple, elegant marker with the name "Elder"
etched across its face. To the casual observer, this tombstone would probably
blend in with the rest of the surroundings, but the seasoned art enthusiast or
historian would recognize it as the final... | 1833 - 1895 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Eglau, Max | 1825 - 1900 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |