Artists

NameInfoYearsUpdated byDate
Griggs, Samuel W.notes
Griggs was listed as an architect in the Boston City directory from 1848 to 1852 and as an artist from 1854 until his death. At the time of his death he was living at 63 Studio Building in Boston. The competency of his work strongly suggests that he had professional training, and it is believed that he studied under Bierstadt before Bierstadt was...
1827 - 1898Anonymous05/16/2012
Goodridge, Sarahnotes
Sarah Goodridge (February 5, 1788 – December 28, 1853) was an American painter who specialized in miniatures. She was the older sister of Elizabeth (Eliza) Goodridge, also an American miniaturist. Goodridge was born in Templeton, Massachusetts, the sixth child and third daughter of Ebenezer Goodridge and his wife Beulah Childs. At an early age,...
1788 -  1853Anonymous05/16/2012
Goodridge, Elizanotes
Elizabeth (Eliza) Goodridge (1798–1882) was an American painter who specialized in miniatures. She was the younger sister of Sarah Goodridge, also an American miniaturist. Goodridge was born in Templeton, Massachusetts, the seventh child and fourth daughter of Ebenezer Goodridge and his wife Beulah Childs. Eliza's earliest miniatures date from the...
1798 - 1882Anonymous05/16/2012
Goodwin, Philip R.notes
Philip R. Goodwin (September 16, 1881  – December 14, 1935) was an American painter and illustrator who specialized in depictions of wildlife, the outdoors, fishing, hunting and the Old American West. He provided illustrations for numerous books and magazines, as well as for commercial items, such as posters, advertisements and calendars. He is...
1882 - 1935Anonymous05/16/2012
Gould, Walter 1829 -  1893Anonymous05/16/2012
Granger, Charles Henrynotes
An itinerant painter who at various times was also a poet, linguist, composer, musician, music teacher, sculptor, and draftsman, Charles Granger was born on 13 June 1812 in Saco, Maine, a town just south of Portland where the Saco River meets the Atlantic. He was the son of Daniel Granger and Mary Jordan. Granger's artistic career began about...
1812 - 1893Anonymous05/16/2012
Gaul, Gilbertnotes
Gilbert William Gaul (1855–1919), military and historical painter and illustrator. Biography Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on March 31, 1855 to George W. and Cornelia A. (Gilbert) Gaul, he attended school in Newark, and at the Claverack Military Academy. In New York, he began studying art under L. E. Wilmarth at the National Academy of...
1855 - 1919Anonymous05/16/2012
Gerry, Samuel Lancasternotes
In the 1840s, Samuel Lancaster Gerry was known as the leader of the White Mountain School. This area in New Hampshire is the setting for a large number of the landscapes for which he is most widely known, although he also painted portraits, genre pictures and animal studies.  Gerry was born in Boston in 1813. Although he had no formal instruction...
1813 - 1891Anonymous05/16/2012
Grozelier, Sara Peters 1821 - 1907Anonymous05/16/2012
Gifford, Robert Swainnotes
Robert Swain Gifford was born on a small island called Nonamesset, which adjoins Naushon in the chain of Elizabeth Islands off the coast of southeastern Massachusetts. When Gifford was two years old his family moved to Fairhaven where his father was employed as a boatman and fisherman. Two famous New Bedford artists worked on the Fairhaven...
1840 - 1905Anonymous05/15/2012
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