Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl, Ralph | 
Ralph Earl
(May 11, 1751 – August 16, 1801) was an American painter known for his
portraits, of which at least 183 can be documented. He also painted six
landscapes, including a panorama display of Niagara Falls.
Life and work
Ralph Earl was
born in either Shrewsbury or Leicester, Massachusetts. By 1774, he was working
in New Haven, Connecticut... | 1751 - 1801 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| Eichholtz, Jacob |
Jacob Eichholtz was born November 2, 1776, in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, where he spent much of his life. His first drawing lessons were
rudimentary, obtained from a sign painter. He apprenticed with a copper and
tinsmith before being hired as a journeyman to a master coppersmith in 1801. He
established his own business, working as a tinsmith until... | 1776 - 1842 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
| Edmonds, Francis William |
One of the
few mid-nineteenth-century painters to pursue a dual career in art and
business, Francis Edmonds managed to become an influential figure in the
interrelated spheres of banking, politics, and culture in New York City.
Edmonds was born in 1806 into a large family in Hudson, New York, where he
received a Quaker education and early artistic... | 1806 - 1863 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Eastman, Seth |
Seth
Eastman (1808–1875) and his second wife Mary Henderson Eastman (1818
– 24 February 1887[1]) were instrumental in recording Native American
life. Eastman was an artist and West Point graduate who served in the US Army,
first as a mapmaker and illustrator. He had two tours at Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory; during the second,... | 1808 - 1875 | 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 |
| Eglau, Max | 1825 - 1900 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
