Artists

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Hall, George Henrynotes
George Henry Hall was American painter of Academic Realism and Hudson River Style. George Henry Hall was born in Manchester, New Hampshire. His father moved the family to Boston when George was four years old. George Henry Hall began his career as an artist at the age of 16. In 1849 he traveled with his friend Eastman Johnson to Düsseldorf,...
1825 -  1913Anonymous05/18/2012
Hitchings, Henry 1824 - 1902Anonymous04/21/2012
Hunt, William Morrisnotes
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 - 1879Anonymous08/28/2012
Hart, Williamnotes
William Hart (March 31, 1823 – June 17, 1894), was a Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter, and Hudson River School artist. His younger brother, James McDougal Hart, was also a Hudson River School artist, and the two painted similar subjects. He studied under Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. Biography Hart was born in Paisley, Scotland, and...
1823 - 1894Anonymous05/17/2012
Hicks, Thomasnotes
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 - 1890Anonymous05/18/2012
Hensel, Salomenotes
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 1823Anonymous05/16/2012
Hilling, Johnnotes
John Hilling was born in England in 1822 and arrived in America by the early 1840s, when he settled in the coastal town of Bath, Maine. He married his first wife, Jane (last name unknown), before 1844 and fathered at least three children, two of whom died in early childhood. Hill resided in Bath until he enlisted as a private in the Civil War...
1822 - 1894Anonymous05/16/2012
Hofmann, Charles C.notes
Charles C. Hofmann was born in Germany around 1820, and immigrated to America in 1860, arriving in the port of New York. In subsequent years he lived in several communities along Pennsylvania's Schuylkill River, sometimes as a resident/patient of the public poorhouses. He is the best-known of the three so-called "Pennsylvania Almshouse Painters," the...
1820 - 1882Anonymous05/18/2012
Hamilton, Jamesnotes
Esteemed by his peers as "our ablest marine painter," James Hamilton won fame as an artist who, "in his best works, exhibited the higher mental powers of the poet, as well as rare technical skill." Born in Entrien, near Belfast, Ireland, Hamilton emigrated with his family to the United States in 1834, settling in Philadelphia. He exhibited his...
1819 -  1878Anonymous05/18/2012
Heade, Martin Johnsonnotes
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 - 1904Anonymous05/16/2012
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