Artists
Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date
![]() ![]() |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hicks, Thomas | ![]()
Thomas Hicks (b
Newtown, PA, 18 Oct 1823; d Trenton Falls, NY, 8 Oct 1890). Cousin
of (1) Edward Hicks. After being apprenticed (c. 1835–9) in the
sign-painting shop of his cousin, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts in Philadelphia (1839–40) and at the National Academy of Design
in New York (1840–44). He then sketched... | 1823 - 1890 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Hill, Thomas | ![]()
Thomas Hill
(September 11, 1829 – June 30, 1908) was an American artist of the 19th
century. He produced many fine paintings of the California landscape, in
particular of the Yosemite Valley, as well as the White Mountains of New
Hampshire.
Biography
Thomas Hill
was born in England on September 11, 1829. At the age of 15, he emigrated to the... | 1829 - 1908 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Hart, James McDougal | ![]()
James
McDougal Hart (May 10, 1828 – October 24, 1901),
was a Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter of the Hudson River
School. His older brother, William Hart, was also a Hudson River School artist,
and the two painted similar subjects.
Hart was
born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and was taken to America with his family in early
youth.... | 1828 - 1901 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
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 |
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 |
Howard, Hugh Huntington | 1860 - 1927 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 | |
Hartley, Marsden | ![]()
Marsden
Hartley (January 4, 1877 - September 2, 1943) was an American Modernist
painter, poet, and essayist.
Early life and education
Hartley was
born in Lewiston, Maine,[1] where his English parents had settled. He was the
youngest of nine children.[2] His mother died when he was eight, and his father
remarried four years later to Martha... | 1877 - 1943 | Anonymous | 06/04/2012 |
Hicks, William | Born 1895 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 | |
Hyde, Helen | ![]()
Helen Hyde
(April 6, 1868 - May 13, 1919) was an American etcher and engraver. She is best
known for her color etching process and woodblock prints reflecting Japanese
women and children characterizations.
Life
Born in
Lima, New York, Hyde spent her adolescent years in California. Her art
education began at the age of twelve when she studied for... | 1868 - 1919 | Anonymous | 08/28/2012 |
Hunt, William Morris | ![]()
William Morris Hunt (March 31, 1824 – September 8, 1879), American painter, was born at Brattleboro, Vermont to Jane Maria (Leavitt) Hunt and Hon. Jonathan Hunt, who raised one of the preeminent families in American art. William Morris Hunt was the leading painter of mid-19th century Boston, Massachusetts.[1]
Life and career
Hunt's father's family,... | 1824 - 1879 | Anonymous | 08/28/2012 |