Artists
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McEntee, Jervis | ![]()
Jervis
McEntee (July 14, 1828 – January 27, 1891) was an American painter of the
Hudson River School. He is a somewhat lesser-known figure of the 19th century
American art world, but was the close friend and traveling companion of several
of the important Hudson River School artists. Aside from his paintings,
McEntee's detailed journals are an... | 1828 - 1891 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
McIntyre, Grace Hamilton | 1878 - 1962 | Alexander Lusher | 03/24/2012 | |
McLenan, John | ![]()
John McLenan (1827-1865) was an influential and prolific illustrator whose works appeared nationally in books and periodicals from 1852 to 1866. According to legend, McLenan was sketching on a barrel head when he was “discovered” in 1848 by famed wood engraver DeWitt C. Hitchcock. The meeting resulted immediately in a new career for McLenan, who... | 1827 - 1865 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
McMillan, Mary | 1895 - 1956 | Anonymous | 05/13/2012 | |
Mead, F. A. | Active ca. 1870 | Anonymous | 12/24/2012 | |
Meeker, Joseph Rusling | ![]()
Joseph
Rusling Meeker (born in Newark, New Jersey, 21 April 1827; died in St. Louis,
Missouri, 27 September 1887) was a United States painter.
Biography
He studied
at the National Academy of Design in 1845-46, and exhibited at the American Art
Union in 1849-50, the Academy of Design in 1867, and the Boston Art Club in
1877. His studio was at St.... | 1827 - 1889 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 |
Melchers, Gari | ![]()
Gari
Melchers was born Julius Garibaldi (after the Italian patriot) Melchers in
Detroit on 11 August 1860, the son of a German immigrant Julius Theodore
Melchers and his wife Marie Bangetor. The senior
Melchers was himself an artist, having been trained in Paris as a sculptor. He
contributed decorations to the Crystal Palace in London, created... | 1860 - 1932 | Anonymous | 12/10/2012 |
Mellen, Mary Blood | ![]()
American
marine artist Mary Blood Mellen is most well known as
a collaborative artist and friend to American Luminist
master Fitz Henry Lane. Her known works are mostly of the greater Gloucester,
Massachusetts region, although she studied art early in Sterling, Mass. Married
at 21 to Rev. Charles Mellen in 1840, Mellen would visit family living in... | 1817 - 1882 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Melrose, Andrew | ![]()
New Jersey
artist Andrew Melrose painted traditional, atmospheric landscapes inspired by
travels in Europe, South American and various regions of the United States.
Many of his best paintings are views of New York State and New Jersey,
especially regions of the Hudson River Valley and New York Harbor. Melrose
typically painted in an indigenous... | 1836 - 1901 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Merritt, Anna Lea | ![]()
Anna Lea Merritt (born 13 September 1844 in Philadelphia , died. 7 April 1930 in Hurstbourne Tarrant, in the county of Hampshire ) - American artist active in England . Dealt with the oil painting and decoration, created etchings and murals , was also a writer and publicist.
She was born in a wealthy Philadelphia family of Quakers , her father was an... | 1844 - 1930 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |