Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Farge, John | 
John La Farge (March 31, 1835 – November 14, 1910) was an
American painter, muralist, stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer.
Biography
LaFarge
was born in New York City to wealthy French parents and was raised bilingually.[1] His interest in art began during his training at Mount
St. Mary's University[2] and St. John's College (now... | 1835 - 1910 | Anonymous | 06/08/2012 |
| 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 |
| Lamb, A.A. |
No
documents about A. A. Lamb or other paintings by him have been discovered. His
sympathetic treatment of the subject of the National Gallery's painting
Emancipation Proclamation (1955.11.10) suggests he was a Northerner, perhaps
from New York, where he could have known the Henry K. Brown statue of George
Washington used as a model for the figure... | Born 1864 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Lambdin, George Cochran |
Born in Pittsburgh on January 6, 1830 and the son of James Lambdin. In the late 1830’s his family moved to Philadelphia and by 1849 George was exhibiting his first works at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1850 the family move to Germantown, just north of Philadelphia, and it was here that they would remain.
George traveled to Europe to... | 1830 - 1896 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| 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 |
| Landis, John | 1805 - 1851 | Anonymous | 04/13/2012 | |
| Lane, Fitz Hugh |
Fitz Henry
Lane (born Nathaniel Rogers Lane, also known as Fitz Hugh Lane) (December 19,
1804 – August 14, 1865) was an American painter and printmaker of a style
that would later be called Luminism, for its use of
pervasive light.
Biography
Fitz Henry
Lane was born on December 19, 1804, in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Lane was... | 1804 - 1865 | Anonymous | 06/04/2012 |
| Lang, Annie Traquair | 1885 - 1918 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Lang, Charles Michael Angelo | 1860 - 1934 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 | |
| Lang, Louis |
American
painter of historical, literary and portrait subjects, Louis Lang was born in
Wurtemberg, Germany into an artistic family. At the age of 16, he was already
producing accomplished pastels. He began his art studies in Stuttgart and later
worked in Paris before he immigrated to the United States in 1838. He settled
in Philadelphia and from... | 1814 - 1893 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
