Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnston, John | 
John
Johnston was born in Boston c. 1753, the son of engraver and decorative painter
Thomas Johnston (c. 1708-1767). Of four brothers who became painters, John
Johnston was the most talented. He was apprenticed after his father's death to
coach and heraldic painter John Gore. In 1773 he joined his brother-in-law
Daniel Rea, Jr. in the painting firm... | 1753 - 1818 | Anonymous | 04/06/2012 |
| Jones, Francis Coates |
Throughout
a varied career that embraced mural painting and interior design as well as
easel painting, Francis Coates Jones pursued the perennial theme of women and
children in intimate settings. Jones was born in Baltimore, son of a successful
businessman. Although his older brother, Hugh Bolton Jones (1848–1927),
was a landscape painter,... | 1857 - 1932 | Anonymous | 06/18/2012 |
| Jones, Hugh Bolton |
H. Bolton
Jones was an award winning landscape artist of the late nineteenth century,
whose paintings of pastoral scenes were widely exhibited in the United States
around the turn of the century.
Born in
1848 in Baltimore, Jones began his formal studies at the Maryland Institute. In
1865, he studied under Horace W. Robbins in New York City, and... | 1848 - 1927 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Jordan, Samuel |
Only four
signed paintings by Samuel Jordan are known and few biographical facts have
been ascertained. The inscriptions on the verso of the National Gallery's
painting Eaton Family Memorial (1955.11.9) indicate that he was born in 1803 or
1804 and resided in Boston at some time in his life. From a diary kept by Isaac
Watts Merrill (1803-1878), we... | 1803 - 1831 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Judson, William Lees |
William
Lees Judson was a pioneering California Impressionist artist of many
talents. With his three sons, he
founded the Judson Stained Glass Studios in 1897, which are still in operation
in Los Angeles. He was founding
Dean of the USC College of Fine Arts, and an important mentor to many local
artists; he also served as the president of the... | 1842 - 1928 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Johnston, David Claypoole |
David Claypoole Johnston (25 March 1798 – 8 November 1865) was an 19th-century American cartoonist, printmaker, painter and actor from Boston, Massachusetts. He was the first natively trained American to master all the various graphic arts processes of lithography, etching, metal plate engraving, and wood engraving.[1][2]
In 1815 Johnston has... | 1799 - 1865 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Johnston, Henrietta |
Henrietta
de Beaulieu Dering Johnston (ca. 1674[1] – March 9, 1729) was a pastelist
of uncertain origin active in the English colonies in North America from
approximately 1708 until her death. She is both the earliest recorded female
artist and the first known pastelist working in the English colonies.[2]
Life
Both the
date and place of... | ca. 1674 - 1729 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| Jacobs, Paul Emil |
Paul Emil
Jacobs (August 20, 1802, in Gotha - January 6, 1866) was a German painter.
Jacobs, son
of the philologist Frederick Jacobs, received his art training at the Munich Academy
of Fine Arts and first became known for his painting of Mercury and Argus (from
Classical mythology). In 1824 he went to Rome, where he attracted great
critical... | 1802 - 1866 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Jefferys, Charles William | Charles William Jefferys (August 25, 1869 – October 8, 1951) was a Canadian painter, illustrator, author, and teacher best known as a historical illustrator.
Biography
Born in Rochester, England, Jefferys arrived in Toronto, Ontario (after living in Philadelphia and Hamilton, Ontario) with his family around 1880. After attending school, he... | 1869 - 1951 | Anonymous | 12/22/2012 |
