Artists

Henry Peters Gray (June 23, 1819 - November 12, 1877) was an American portrait and genre painter. Born in New York City he was a pupil of Daniel Huntington in New York, and subsequently studied in Rome and Florence. Elected a member of the National Academy of Design in 1842, he succeeded Huntington as president in 1870, holding the position...

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...

Daniel Charles Grose (1838–1900) was a prolific Canadian - American painter of the Hudson River School who was active between 1865 and 1900. History Daniel Charles Grose was born ca. 1838. His parents’ names are not known. Several sources indicate his Uncle was English antiquary Francis Grose, however, this assertion appears to be based on...

(b Burton in Kendall or Lorton, Cumbria, 1760; d Brooklyn, NY, 12 Aug 1820). American painter of English birth. In England he was apprenticed to a tailor and then worked in the textile trade. A business failure prompted him to leave London for New York in 1795. By early 1798 he was settled in Baltimore, MD, where he lived for the next 20 years....