Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidley, Joseph H. | 
Joseph
Henry Hidley was born 23 March 1830 in Greenbush, the
part that later became North Greenbush, Rensselaer County, NY. He was baptised 11 July 1830 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
in the village of West Sand Lake, in the town of Sand
Lake, Rensselaer County. Joseph's family had close ties to this church through
several generations.
His... | 1830 - 1872 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Hill, John Henry |
Working in
watercolor, gouache, oil, and engraving, Hill focused primarily upon natural
subjects as influenced by the writings of John Ruskin.
Biography
John Henry
Hill was a painter and engraver of the American pre-Raphaelite movement.
Pre-Raphaelitism in America meant an emphasis on meticulous detail in depicting
observed, as opposed to... | 1839 - 1922 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Hill, John |
John Hill
was born in London in 1770, and was apprenticed as a youth to an engraver in
that city. He became interested in the process of aquatinting, a technique
wherein a metal plate is etched several times in order to create tonal
gradations, resulting in a print that is easier to hand-color due to the
variety of subtle tones produced. Hill began... | 1770 - 1850 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Hill, John William |
John
William Hill or often J.W. Hill (1812–1879) was a British born American
artist working in watercolor, gouache, lithography, and engraving. Hill's work focussed primarily upon natural subjects including
landscapes, still lifes, and ornithological and zoological
subjects. In the 1850s, influenced by John Ruskin and Hill's association... | 1812 - 1879 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Haas, William Frederick De |
William
Frederick de Haas’s coastal scenes put forward
a pictorial language of serenity, silence, and solitude. Born in Holland, de
Haas studied at The Hague and moved to the United States at the age of
twenty-four. Armed with the precepts of Dutch painting, he turned his attention
to the American coast. He worked in New York’s Tenth Street... | 1830 - 1880 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Hahn, William |
William
Hahn was born in Saxony, Germany in 1829. He studied at the Royal Academy of
Art in Dresden and the Dusseldorf Academy. Around 1870, Hahn met the artist
William Keith and moved with him first to Boston then San Francisco in 1872
where the two shared a studio. Hahn enjoyed tremendous success, taking extended
painting trips throughout... | 1829 - 1887 | 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 |
| Hopper, Edward | Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While he was most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Both in his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern... | 1882 - 1967 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Hibbard, Aldro Thompson | Aldro Thompson Hibbard (August 25, 1886 - November 12, 1972) was a prominent American plein air painter. He was born in Falmouth, MA, but lived most of his life in Rockport, MA. His depictions of snowy landscapes, particularly in Vermont are highly regarded. Hibbard worked in oil; watercolor just couldn't be used in January & February in the... | August 25, 1886 - November 12, 1972 | Anonymous | 12/10/2012 |
| Higgins, George Frank | Little is know about George Frank Higgins, but his work suggests an accomplished artist. Higgins exhibited at the Boston Art Club during the years 1873 to 1891. He also exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum and Leonard's Auction Rooms. In a review of Higgins's work that appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript of March 18, 1874, the author noted... | active 1850 - 1891 | Anonymous | 12/08/2012 |
