Artists
Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
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Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb |
Emanuel
Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816, Schwäbisch Gmünd – July 18,
1868) was a German American history painter best known for his painting
Washington Crossing the Delaware.
Biography
Philadelphia
Leutze was
born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Württemberg (Germany), and was brought
to America as a child. His parents settled first in Philadelphia,... | 1816 - 1868 | Anonymous | 05/14/2012 |
Lydston Jr., William | ca. 1813 - 1881 | igrkio | 04/25/2012 | |
Lund, Theodore | 1810 - 1895 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 | |
Landis, John | 1805 - 1851 | Anonymous | 04/13/2012 | |
Lambdin, James Reid |
James Reid Lambdin was born in Pittsburgh on May 10, 1807. His
father's death in 1812 left his family in difficult financial straits, so at
age twelve Lambdin left school to work in a
bookstore. There he studied art instruction books and taught himself to draw.
After seeing a reproduction of one of Gilbert Stuart's portraits of George
Washington,... | 1807 - 1889 | Anonymous | 04/13/2012 |
Lewis, William | 1788 - after 1838 | Anonymous | 04/12/2012 | |
Lathrop, Ida Pulis | 1859 - 1937 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 | |
Lie, Jonas |
Jonas Lie
(April 29, 1880 - January 18, 1940) was a Norwegian-born American painter. He
is best known for colorful paintings of coastlines of New England and city
scenes New York City. [1]
Background
Jonas Lie
was born in Moss, in Østfold county, Norway. His father Sverre
Lie, was a civil Norwegian engineer and his mother Helen Augusta Steele,... | 1880 - 1940 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
Lanman, Charles |
Charles
Lanman was an author, government official, artist, librarian, and explorer.
Early life and education
Charles
Lanman was born at Monroe, Michigan, on June 14, 1819, the son of Charles James
Lanman, and the grandson of United States Senator James Lanman.[1] Lanman's
early life included newspaper work as editor of the Monroe Gazette in... | 1819 - 1895 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
Lacroix, Paul |
Paul LaCroix, an immigrant from France, appeared in New York
some time before 1855. Urban centers such as New York and Philadelphia
witnessed an influx of foreign artists at mid-century who left “to escape
the turmoil of the revolutions of 1848” (1). European immigrants such as LaCroix brought with them the Dutch, German, and French
traditions... | 1827 - 1869 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |