Artists
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Hope, James | ![]()
James Hope
was born in Scotland and, following the death of his mother, accompanied his
father to Canada. At the age of
twelve he was orphaned in a cholera outbreak. Soon apprenticed to a wagon maker in
Vermont, he quickly demonstrated that his native intelligence and artistic
talent precluded a tradesman's career.
With money saved he... | 1818 - 1892 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 |
Humphreys, Charles S. | ![]()
Charles
Spencer Humphreys was born on 18 February 1818 in Moorestown, New Jersey. He
was one of seven children of Joshua Humphreys and Abigail Cox. By the age of
nineteen Humphreys was living in Camden, New Jersey, where on 10 May 1837 he
placed the following advertisement in the Camden Mail and General Advertiser:
"House, Sign and Ornamental... | 1818 - 1880 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Hubbard, Richard William | ![]()
Richard
William Hubbard was a prominent member of the Hudson River School known for his
luminous, delicately-painted landscapes. Born in Middletown, Connecticut,
Hubbard attended Yale College before moving to New York City to pursue his
painting career. He trained under Samuel F.B. Morse at New York University and
spent two years in Europe studying... | 1817 - 1888 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Huntington, Daniel | ![]()
Daniel
Huntington (October 4, 1816 – April 19, 1906), American artist, was born
in New York City, New York, the son of Benjamin Huntington, Jr. and Faith
Trumbull Huntington; his paternal grandfather was Benjamin Huntington, delegate
at the Second Continental Congress and First U.S. Representative from
Connecticut. From 1833 to 1835 he studied at... | 1816 - 1906 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
Hoppin, Thomas F. | 1816 - 1872 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
Hamlin, Jr., Amos C. | 1814 - 1872 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 | |
Hinckley, Thomas Hewes | 1813 - 1896 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
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 |
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 |
Huge, Jurgan Frederick | ![]()
Jurgan
Frederick Huge was born in Hamburg in 1809. Of the approximately fifty known
examples of his work, most are renderings of sailing and steam vessels, which
recall the artist's youth as a seaman. Huge (at that time spelling his given
names Jurgen Friedrich) came to America as a young
man. By 1830 he was established as the owner of a store in... | 1809 - 1878 | Alexander Lusher | 05/14/2012 |