Artists
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Malbone, Edward Greene | ![]()
Edward
Greene Malbone was one of the leading miniaturist
painters in early American art. Malbone was born
illegitimate and went by the name “Greene,” his mothers
name for most of his life until the court mandated that he could use his
fathers’ name, “Malbone.” Born in
Newport, Rhode Island, Malbone cultivated a love for
the arts as a... | 1777 - 1807 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Marcius-Simons, Pinckney | ![]()
Most
scholars list Pinckney Marcius-Simons' birth date as
1867, but some art historians assert that he was born in 1865. A New York City
native, visionary symbolist painter Pinckney Marcius-Simons
spent most of his adult life in Europe, having been taken there as a baby by
his parents. He did not return until he was age 25. He was especially known... | 1865 - 1909 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Mark, George Washington | ![]()
George Washington Mark, sometimes called "Count Mark" or "The Count", was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, in 1795, one of seven children of John and Hannah Mark. Mark may have served on a schooner before settling in the Connecticut Valley town of Greenfield, Massachusetts, in 1817. Shortly after his arrival there, he married his first wife, Mary... | 1795 - 1879 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Martin, Homer Dodge | ![]()
Homer Dodge
Martin (October 28, 1836 - February 2, 1897) was an American artist,
particularly known for his landscapes.
Biography
Martin was
born at Albany, New York. A pupil for a short time of William Hart, his earlier
work was closely aligned with the Hudson River School. He was elected as
associate of the National Academy of Design, New York,... | 1836 - 1897 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Matteson, Tompkins Harrison | ![]()
Matteson,
Tompkins Harrison (May 9, 1813 - Feb. 2, 1884), historical and genre painter,
born at Peterboro, N. Y., is remembered chiefly for
his popular patriotic pictures, which were widely known through reproductions.
His father, an astute Democratic politician, named him for Governor Tompkins of
New York, and having been appointed deputy sheriff... | 1813 - 1884 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Maurer, Alfred Henry | ![]()
Alfred
Henry Maurer (April 21, 1868 – August 4, 1932) was an American modernist
painter. He exhibited his work in avant-garde circles internationally and in
New York City during the early 20th century.
Biography
Maurer was
born in New York City. He was the son of German-born Louis Maurer, a
lithographer. At age sixteen, Maurer quit school to... | 1868 - 1932 | Anonymous | 11/19/2012 |
Mayer, Frank Blackwell | ![]()
Francis
Blackwell Mayer (December 27, 1827 – December 5, 1899) was a prominent
19th century American genre painter from Maryland. While he spent most of his
life in that state, he took a trip to the western frontier in the
mid-nineteenth century and executed a series of drawings of Native Americans;
he also studied in Paris for five years in the... | 1827 - 1899 | Anonymous | 10/30/2012 |
Mayhew, Frederick W. | ![]()
A native of the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Frederick W. Mayhew was born in Chilmark on 6 July 1785. Although Mayhew has been known for some time through his works, several of them signed, the biographical details of his life eluded scholars until recently. Difficulty arose from his misidentification as Nathaniel Mayhew and confusion... | 1785 - 1854 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
Maynard, George Willoughby | 1843 - 1923 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 | |
Mayr, Christian | 1805 - 1851 | Anonymous | 04/05/2012 |