Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franks, William | Active ca. 1795 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Feke, Robert | 1705 - 1752 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
| 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 |
| Fraser, Charles |
Charles
Fraser was born on August 20, 1782 and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina.
During his childhood he began learning about the world of painting. Despite the
lack of support from his parents to pursue a painting career, Fraser endured
with the encouragement of his fellow painters and friends. Other artistic
support came from one of his... | 1782 - 1860 | Anonymous | 04/05/2012 |
| Frothingham, James |
The son of
a maker of carriage bodies, James Frothingham was
born near Boston, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1786. Initially he worked
in his father's shop, where he taught himself to paint the finished coaches. He
also experimented in sketching and is said to have received some instruction
from Fabius Whiting, a younger artist based... | 1786 - 1864 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Freeman, George | 1789 - 1868 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Fisher, Alanson | 1807 - 1884 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Frazer, Oliver | 1808 - 1864 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 |
