Artists
Name
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Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome | 1863 - 1930 | Anonymous | 05/30/2012 | |
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 |
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, 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 |
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, 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, 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, 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 |
Flagg, Charles Noel | 1848 - 1916 | Anonymous | 06/04/2012 |