Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Lennep, Henry John Van |
Henry John
Van Lennep (AC 1837), a noted 19th-century Christian
minister, missionary, writer and educator, was born in Smyrna (present-day
Izmir, Turkey) in 1815. In 1830 he was sent to the United States for his
education. He prepared for college at Mount Pleasant Institute, Amherst, Mass.,
and Hartford (Conn.) Grammar School. After graduating from... | 1815 - 1889 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Lazarus, Jacob Hart | 1822 - 1891 | Anonymous | 06/04/2012 | |
| Loveridge, Clinton | 1824 - 1902 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Loop, Henry Augustus | 1831 - 1895 | Anonymous | 11/13/2012 |
