Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman, Bradford | 
Little is known about the artist Bradford Freeman. During the 1860 Boston census, he was 21 years old and living with his parents and sister in Boston. Consistent with the few paintings he is known to have painted, he died at an early age in 1875. He exhibited with Benjamin Champney (1817-1907) as evidenced by the following excerpt (pictured)... | 1839 - 1875 | Anonymous | 12/08/2012 |
| 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 |
| Fuechsel, Hermann Traugott Louis | Hermann Fuechsel studied in Munich and in Dusseldorf, under Brander and C. F. Lessing, before coming to the U.S. in 1858. He was a member of the Artists Fund Society. He began exhibiting in 1860 at the Boston Athenaeum and the American Art Union. The Crayon for February of that year noted: " ... Mr. Fuechsel has completed a sunny mountain... | 1833 - 1915 | Anonymous | 12/08/2012 |
| Frerichs, William Charles Anthony |
Frerichs
was born in Ghent Belgium, the son of William Daniel, a general in the Dutch
Army. His name at birth was Wilhelm
Karel Anthonius Frerichs. He
was educated in Belgium, having studied medicine at the University of Leyden
and art at the Royal Academies in The Hague and Brussels. When he was only 18 years old, he
completed a 12 x 17 foot... | 1829 - 1905 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Fairman, James |
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 - 1904 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Frost, Francis Seth | Francis Seth Frost, usually referred to (incorrectly) as Francis Shedd Frost, was born in West Cambridge, Massachusetts in late April 1825 to Anstress Trow, a native of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. Whether Frost had any artistic training is unknown, but he clearly was painting by the late 1840's. In 1853 Frost climbed to the Tip Top House on Mount... | 1825 - 1902 | Anonymous | 12/14/2012 |
| Fuller, George |
George
Fuller (January 17, 1822 – March 21, 1884) was an American figure and portrait
painter.
Fuller was
born in Deerfield, Massachusetts. His father, Aaron Fuller, was a farmer. His
mother was Aaron's second wife, Fanny Negus of Petersham, Massachusetts. His
parents were not in favor of Fuller becoming a painter. At age thirteen, he
went to... | 1822 - 1884 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Falconer, John Mackie |
John Mackie
Falconer (1820–1903) was a Scottish-born American etcher, painter, and
watercolorist. Born in Edinburgh, he came to the United States in 1836.
A full
member of the New York Etching Club, he was made an honorary member of the
National Academy of Design in 1856. He is known for studies of older buildings
and ruins. Falconer was a... | 1820 - 1903 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
| Fagnani, Joseph | 1819 - 1873 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| 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 |
