Artists
Name | Info | Years | Updated by
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Fagnani, Joseph | 1819 - 1873 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
Falconer, John Mackie | ![]()
John Mackie
Falconer (1820–1903) was a Scottish-born American etcher, painter, and
watercolorist. Born in Edinburgh, he came to the United States in 1836.
A full
member of the New York Etching Club, he was made an honorary member of the
National Academy of Design in 1856. He is known for studies of older buildings
and ruins. Falconer was a... | 1820 - 1903 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Frerichs, William Charles Anthony | ![]()
Frerichs
was born in Ghent Belgium, the son of William Daniel, a general in the Dutch
Army. His name at birth was Wilhelm
Karel Anthonius Frerichs. He
was educated in Belgium, having studied medicine at the University of Leyden
and art at the Royal Academies in The Hague and Brussels. When he was only 18 years old, he
completed a 12 x 17 foot... | 1829 - 1905 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Franks, William | Active ca. 1795 | 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 |
Feke, Robert | 1705 - 1752 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome | 1863 - 1930 | Anonymous | 05/30/2012 |