Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis, John F. | 
John F.
Francis (Philadelphia, Aug 13, 1808 – Jeffersonville, Nov 15, 1886) was
an American painter, primarily of still lifes.
He was born
in Philadelphia. Predominantly self-taught as an artist, he worked until 1845
as a portrait painter in central and eastern Pennsylvania. Francis's portraits
reveal his early fascination with the most minute... | 1808 - 1886 | Anonymous | 06/11/2012 |
| Forbes, Edwin |
Edwin Austin Forbes (1839 – March 6, 1895) was an American landscape painter and etcher who first gained fame during the American Civil Warfor his detailed and dramatic sketches of military subjects, including battlefield combat scenes.
Biography
Forbes was born in New York, studied under A. F. Tait, and began as an animal and landscape... | 1839 - 1895 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
| Flagg, George Whiting |
George
Whiting Flagg (June 26, 1816 - January 5, 1897)(DOD-
verified New York Times Jan. 12, 1897- Death List Of A Day) from New Haven,
Connecticut, was an American painter of historical scenes and genre pictures.
He was the brother of the artist Jared Bradley Flagg.
George
Whiting Flagg lived out his later years at his home located at 12... | 1816 - 1897 | Anonymous | 06/18/2012 |
| Flagg, Charles Noel | 1848 - 1916 | Anonymous | 06/04/2012 | |
| 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 |
| Fisher, D.A. | Fisher is known to have lived in Portland, ME. He worked at Cumberland County Power and Light (along with Frederick J. Ilsey of the Brushians group). Although not a member of the Brushians group of Portland, ME, his paintings are similar to theirs in size, style, and subject matter. | Died after 1904 | Anonymous | 12/10/2012 |
| Fisher, Alvan |
Alvan
Fisher (August 9, 1792 – February 13, 1863) was one of the United
States's pioneers in landscape painting and genre works.
Early years
He was born
in Needham, Massachusetts, the fourth of Aaron and Lucy (Stedman) Fisher's six
sons. He moved with members of his family to Dedham, Massachusetts, around 1805
where he worked as a clerk in his... | 1792 - 1863 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Fisher, Alanson | 1807 - 1884 | 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 |
| Field, Erastus Salisbury |
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 - 1900 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
