Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leighton, Nicholas Winfield Scott | 
Nicholas
Winfield Scott Leighton was a painter whose last known address was Boston,
MA. He was mainly a painter of
animals, and it was only by raising and trading horses that he was able to
pursue his studies. He studied
under Harrison Bird Brown and opened a studio in Boston in 1874.
He
exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1883,... | 1847 - 1898 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Lehr, Adam | 1853 - 1924 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| Leganger, Nikolay Tysland |
Little is
known of Leganger except that he was active in both
New York City and Boston. He
exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association between 1871 and 1882. He also exhibited at the National Academy
of Design in 1891, giving his address as Newton Center, MA. His work was represented at an important
sale of paintings at Noyes and Blakeslee in... | 1832 - 1905 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| LeClear, Thomas |
Thomas LeClear was born in the village of Candor, near Oswego, in
upstate New York, and demonstrated an early interest in painting. According to
Henry T. Tuckerman's Book of the Artists, first published in 1867, LeClear, at the age of twelve, completed a painting of
Saint Matthew, which was so admired by his neighbors that they were willing to
pay... | 1818 - 1882 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Lazarus, Jacob Hart | 1822 - 1891 | Anonymous | 06/04/2012 | |
| Lawson, Thomas Bayley |
Thomas Bayley Lawson (January 13, 1807–1888) was an American
painter.
Early life and education
Thomas was
born in Newburyport, Massachusetts on January 13, 1807 to father William Lawson
and mother Frances Lawson. He worked his way up in the dry goods industry,
first as a clerk they up to having his own store at
the age of 21. Also having a... | 1807 - 1888 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Lawson, Ernest |
Ernest
Lawson (March 22, 1873 – December 18, 1939) was a Canadian-American
painter and a member of The Eight, a group of artists which included the
group's leaders Robert Henri, Everett Shinn, John Sloan, Arthur B. Davies,
Maurice Prendergast, George Luks, and William J. Glackens. Though Lawson mostly
painted landscapes, he also did some... | 1873 - 1939 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Laux, August |
German born
August Laux achieved a considerable reputation in the
1870s for his frescoes and decorative paintings, but switched to genre scenes
and still lifes a decade later. His work, always
traditional in style, was highly regarded in his day but forgotten soon after
his death.
He was born
in the Pfalz area of the Rhineland in 1847 to... | 1847 - 1921 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Latrobe, John Hazelhurst Boneval | 1803 - 1891 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| Lathrop, William Langson | 1859 - 1938 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
