Artists
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Hicks, Edward | ![]()
Edward
Hicks (April 4, 1780 – August 23, 1849) was an American folk painter, a
distinguished minister of the Society of Friends, and he also became a Quaker
icon because of his paintings.
Life and career
Early life
Edward
Hicks was born in his grandfather's mansion at Attleboro (now Langhorne), in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His parents were... | 1780 - 1849 | 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 |
Hetzel, George | ![]()
Realistic
painter, George Hetzel is considered one of Pennsylvania's most significant
landscape, portrait, and still-life painters of the nineteenth century.
He was born
in Hangviller, a small village in the province of Alsace, France, in 1826.
Hetzels father decided that America offered unparalleled opportunities for a
better life, however, and... | 1826 - 1899 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Hesselius, John | ![]()
John
Hesselius (1728–1778) was a portraitist who worked mostly in Virginia and
Maryland. He was the son of the Swedish-born portraitist Gustavus Hesselius.
Background
John
Hesselius was most likely born in Philadelphia, where his father owned a house
to satisfy clients. Claims that he was born in Prince Georges County, Maryland
are unfounded,... | 1728 - 1778 | Anonymous | 04/05/2012 |
Herzog, Herman | ![]()
Hermann Ottomar Herzog (November 15, 1832[1] – February 6,
1932) was a prominent nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European and
American artist, primarily known for his landscapes. He was born in Bremen,
Germany and entered the Düsseldorf Academy at age seventeen. Herzog
achieved early commercial success, allowing him to travel widely and... | 1831 - 1932 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Herter, Albert | 1871 - 1950 | Anonymous | 10/13/2012 | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Henri, Pierre | ca. 1760 - 1822 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |