Artists

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Field, Robertnotes
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 - 1819Anonymous05/15/2012
Fery, Johnnotes
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 - 1934Anonymous05/15/2012
Ferris, Stephen Jamesnotes
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 -  1915Anonymous05/15/2012
Ferguson, Henry Augustusnotes
Born in 1845 in Glens Falls, New York, Ferguson was a landscape painter and highy energetic world traveler, both in years spent and distances covered, exploring exotic motifs for his paintings. Europe, Mexico, South America, Egypt, were some of his destinations, including the daunting Andes Mountains, which he traveled over a half dozen...
1841 - 1926Anonymous05/15/2012
Fenn, Harrynotes
Harry Fenn was known as a painter, illustrator, etcher, and engraver.  He began his career as a wood engraver but quickly switched to pencil drawings.  He came to the U.S. in 1864 ostensibly to see Niagra Falls, but he remained for six years, then traveled to Italy to study.  In 1870 he came back to the U.S. and illustrated his first book,...
1845 - 1911Anonymous05/15/2012
Farny, Henrynotes
Born in Alsace Lorraine, France, Henry Farny became a well-known American illustrator and painter, especially for quiet aspects of Indian life such as campfire scenes. Farny, working in a highly realistic, detailed style, had a deep regard for Indians as individuals, and often depicted them in an harmonious environment.  Only a few of...
1847 -  1916Anonymous05/15/2012
Fairman, Jamesnotes
James Fairman was an itinerant landscape painter whose work covered the expanse of the United States as it swelled to tremendous proportions. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Fairman emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of six. He studied at the National Academy of Design ten years later and went on to serve as a colonel in the Civil...
1826 - 1904Anonymous05/15/2012
Fagnani, Joseph 1819 - 1873Anonymous05/15/2012
Field, Erastus Salisburynotes
Erastus Salisbury Field and his twin sister, Salome, were born in Leverett, Massachusetts, on 19 May 1805. Erastus Field showed an early talent for sketching portraits, and in 1824 the aspiring artist traveled to New York City to study with Samuel F. B. Morse. Field's instruction was cut short by the death of Morse's wife in 1825, and it is not...
1805 -  1900Anonymous04/21/2012
Frazer, Oliver 1808 - 1864Anonymous04/10/2012
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