Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome | 1863 - 1930 | Anonymous | 05/30/2012 | |
| Fernow, Bernice Pauahi Andrews | 1881 - 1969 | Anonymous | 10/14/2012 | |
| Ferguson, Henry Augustus |
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 - 1926 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Fenn, Harry |
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 - 1911 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Fenimore, Thomas J. | Thomas J. Fenimore was 31 years of age when he died of typhoid fever on July 31, 1873 in Philadelphia, PA. He was, therefore, born either in 1841 or 1842. He began as a house painter but turned to fine art. According the his death notice in the Philadelphia Inquirer of August 2, 1873, "some pictures lately painted by him show that he was... | 1842 - 1873 | Anonymous | 01/13/2013 |
| Feke, Robert | 1705 - 1752 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
| Farrer, Henry |
Henry
Farrer (March 23, 1844 – February 24, 1903) was an English-born American
artist known for his tonalist watercolor landscapes and etchings.
Life
Farrer was
born in London, the younger brother of artist Thomas Charles Farrer. Thomas had
studied under John Ruskin and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, members of the
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in... | 1843 - 1903 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 |
| Farny, Henry |
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 - 1916 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
