Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes, George A. | 
Nothing is
known about this artist except his name, given in the inscription on the
National Gallery's painting Bare Knuckles (1980.62.9) as GEO. A. HAYES. The
artist was active c. 1870/1885, dates derived from the clothes worn by the
figures in the painting. [This is an edited version of the artist's biography
published, or to be published, in the... | Born 1870 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Hays, William Jacob |
William
Jacob Hays spent most of his life in New York City but occasionally ventured to
the Adirondack Mountains of New York, Nova Scotia, and England on search for
subjects to paint. He studied art with John Ruebens
Smith, an important topographer and lithographer, and exhibited at the American
Art Union in 1848. His most inspirational and... | 1830 - 1875 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Heade, Martin Johnson |
Martin
Johnson Heade (August 11, 1819 – September 4, 1904) was a prolific
American painter known for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, portraits of
tropical birds, and still lifes. His painting style and subject matter, while
derived from the romanticism of the time, is regarded by art historians as a
significant departure from that of his... | 1819 - 1904 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Healy, George P.A. |
George
Peter Alexander Healy (July 15, 1813 - June 24, 1894) was an American painter
born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Going to Europe
in 1835 Healy studied under Baron Gros in Paris and in Rome. He received a
third-class medal in Paris in 1840, and one of the second class in 1855, when
he exhibited his "Franklin urging the claims of the American... | 1813 - 1894 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Hennessy, William John |
Hennessy
spent the summer months in Normandy where he had a residence close to the port
of Honfleur. A school of painting, based in Saint Siméon’s Inn, was already well established
there. Corot, Isabey and Huet
were amongst the first painters of the group. Boudin,
who was born there, invited Courbet, Jongkind and
Monet to join them. It was at... | 1839 - 1917 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Henri, Pierre | ca. 1760 - 1822 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| Henri, Robert |
Robert
Henri (25 June 1865 – 12 July 1929) was an American painter and teacher.
He was a leading figure of the Ashcan School in art.
Early life
Robert
Henri was born Robert Henry Cozad in Cincinnati, Ohio to Theresa Gatewood Cozad of Malden, Virginia and John Jackson Cozad,
a gambler and real estate developer. Henri had a brother, Johnny, and... | 1865 - 1929 | Anonymous | 04/05/2012 |
| Henry, Edward Lamson |
Edward Lamson Henry (January 12, 1841 – May 9, 1919), commonly known as E.L. Henry, was an American genre painter, born in Charleston, South Carolina.
Early life
Though born in Charleston, by age seven his parents had died and Henry moved to live with cousins in New York City. He began studying painting, there and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine... | 1841 - 1919 | Anonymous | 01/02/2013 |
| Hensel, Salome |
The
attribution to Salome Hensel and date (1823) of the
National Gallery's To the Memory of the Benevolent Howard (1971.83.22), an
unsigned theorem painting, are based on a label that was once afixed to the reverse. It reads: "This painting was
done in 1823 by Salome Hensel eldest daughter of
George and Catherine Noon Hensel. Salome was
afterwards... | Born 1823 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Herter, Albert | 1871 - 1950 | Anonymous | 10/13/2012 |
