Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Frost, George Albert |
George
Albert Frost (December 23, 1843 – November 13, 1907) was an American
artist of the 19th century. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and had a
studio in North Cambridge, Massachusetts for several years. He studied under
Nicolas de Keyser at the Academy Royale de Belgique
in Antwerp.[1] His paintings were mostly landscapes,
and he is... | 1843 - 1907 | 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 |
