Artists
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Ferris, Stephen James | ![]()
An
influential Philadelphia painter and etcher of portraits and figure studies,
Stephen James Ferris studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and in Paris,
under Jean Leon Gerome. He achieved a considerable reputation for his art in
both America and Europe and received the prestigious Fortuny
Prize for the best portrait, Rome, 1876. Stephen James... | 1835 - 1915 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Fery, John | ![]()
Born in
Austria, John Fery earned a strong reputation for
dramatic paintings of western mountain landscape in the United States. Glacier National Park in northwest
Montana was a popular subject for him.
He was
raised in a prominent, wealthy family that lived on an estate about nineteen
miles northeast of Salzburg. His
mother was Hungarian, and... | 1859 - 1934 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Field, Robert | ![]()
FIELD, ROBERT, painter; b. c. 1769, probably in London, England; d. 9
Aug. 1819 in Kingston, Jamaica.
Although the
details of Robert Field’s early career in England are obscure, it is
known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London,
in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the United States as part of the influx of... | ca. 1769 - 1819 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Fisher, Alanson | 1807 - 1884 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
Fisher, William Mark | ![]()
William
Mark Fisher was born in Boston, MA in 1841. His family was poor and he spent a good
part of his childhood working. At
the age of 14 he was apprenticed to his cousin – a sign and house painter
– William Lawless. From this
point on he began to study art – initially taking drawing classes (during
the winter months) at the Lowell... | 1841 - 1923 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Fulton, Robert | ![]()
Robert
Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was an American engineer
and inventor who is widely credited with developing
the first commercially successful steamboat. In 1800 he was commissioned by
Napoleon Bonaparte to design the Nautilus, which was the first practical
submarine in history.[1]
Fulton
became interested in steamboats in... | 1765 - 1815 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Fuller, Henry Brown | 1867 - 1934 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
Fuller, George | ![]()
George
Fuller (January 17, 1822 – March 21, 1884) was an American figure and portrait
painter.
Fuller was
born in Deerfield, Massachusetts. His father, Aaron Fuller, was a farmer. His
mother was Aaron's second wife, Fanny Negus of Petersham, Massachusetts. His
parents were not in favor of Fuller becoming a painter. At age thirteen, he
went to... | 1822 - 1884 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Fuller, Augustus | 1812 - 1873 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
Fuertes, Louis Agassiz | ![]()
Louis
Agassiz Fuertes (7 February 1874 Ithaca, New York – 22 August 1927
Unadilla) was an American ornithologist, illustrator and artist.
Biography
Fuertes was
the son of Estevan and Mary Stone Perry Fuertes. He decided to concentrate on
painting birds as a career after meeting Elliott Coues in 1894 while on a trip
to Washington, D.C. with the... | 1874 - 1927 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |