Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hawthorne, Charles Webster |
Charles
Webster Hawthorne (January 8, 1872 – November 29, 1930) was an American
portrait and genre painter and a noted teacher who founded the Cape Cod School
of Art in 1899.
He was born
in Lodi, Illinois[1] and his parents returned to
Maine, raising him in the state where Charles' father was born. At age 18, he
went to New York, working as an... | 1872 - 1930 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Havell, Robert |
Robert Havell, Jr. (Nov. 25, 1793 - Nov. 11, 1878) was the
principal engraver of Audubon's Birds of America, perhaps the most significant
natural history publication of all time. His aquatint engraving of all but the
first ten plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America is now recognized as
a significant artistic achievement in its own right... | 1793 - 1878 | Anonymous | 04/11/2012 |
| Hathaway, Rufus | 1770 - 1822 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
| Hassam, Frederick Childe |
Frederick
Childe Hassam (October 17, 1859 – August 27, 1935) was a prolific
American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. Along
with Mary Cassatt and John Henry Twachtman, Hassam
was instrumental in promulgating Impressionism to American collectors, dealers,
and museums. He produced over 3,000 paintings, watercolors,... | 1859 - 1935 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Haskell, Ernest |
Ernest Haskell was born in Woodstock, Connecticut. In 1897 he left to study in Paris, returning to New York in 1899 and supporting himself with portrait work and poster design.
The mountain lake in Ernest Haskell's etching The Sylvan Sea was one of many different locales--from California to Florida to Maine--he depicted in his work. In addition to... | 1876 - 1925 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
