Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parton, Arthur | 
Arthur
Parton was born in Hudson, New York March 26, 1842. He enrolled in the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under William Trost Richards. Gaining a keen grounding in the technical
aspects of his art, Richards remained a strong influence.
Parton was
known as a Hudson River School painter, especially of river and... | 1842 - 1914 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Partridge, Nehemiah |
In 1980
Mary Black proposed that Nehemiah Partridge may be the anonymous artist
recognized variously by the appellations "Schuyler Limner" and "Aetatis Suae Limner".
Nehemiah
Partridge, one of four members of his family known to have borne this name, was
one of five children of Col. William Partridge (c. 1652-1728) and Mary Brown,
who were married... | 1683 - 1737 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Paskell, William F. | William F. Paskell was born in London and moved to Boston in 1872 with his family. By the age of twenty-one he was already mentioned in the press as a very promising artist, with his paintings hanging beside the work of Childe Hassam and John J. Enneking in the annual Boston Art Club exhibitions. Paskell married in 1900 and by 1905 had four... | 1866 - 1951 | Anonymous | 12/22/2012 |
| Paul, Jeremiah |
Jeremiah
Paul ( fl 1795; d nr St Louis, MO, 13 July 1820). American painter. He was a minor yet versatile artist whose
career began in Philadelphia, PA, in the 1790s. The son of a Quaker
schoolmaster, Paul received his early training from Charles Willson
Peale and in 1795 participated in the founding of the Columbianum,
Peale's ill-fated attempt to... | 1775 - 1820 | Anonymous | 03/31/2012 |
| Paxson, Edgar Samuel |
Edgar
Samuel Paxson (April 25, 1852 – November 9,
1919) was an American frontier painter, scout, soldier and writer, based mainly
in Montana. He is best known for his portraits of Native Americans in the Old
West and for his depiction of the Battle of Little Bighorn in his painting
"Custer's Last Stand".[1]
Biography
Paxson
was born in 1852 to... | 1852 - 1919 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Paxton, William McGregor |
William
McGregor Paxton (June 22, 1869 – 1941) was an American Impressionist
painter.
Born in
Baltimore, the Paxton family came to Newton Corner in the mid-1870s, where
William's father James established himself as a caterer. At 18, William won a
scholarship to attend the Cowles Art School, where he began his art studies
with Dennis Miller... | 1869 - 1941 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Peale, Anna Claypoole |
(b Philadelphia, PA, 6 March 1791; d Philadelphia, PA, 25 Dec
1878). Miniature painter, daughter of (2) James Peale.
She was instructed by her father. Her first attempt, a fruit piece, was
exhibited in 1811 at the Society of Artists in Philadelphia. From 1820 to 1840
she was a popular miniature painter, known for the accuracy of her likenesses
and... | 1791 - 1878 | Anonymous | 10/13/2012 |
| Peale, Charles Willson |
Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was
an American painter, soldier and naturalist. He is best remembered for his
portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolution, as well as
establishing one of the first museums.
Early life
Peale was
born in Chester, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, the son of Charles... | 1741 - 1827 | Alexander Lusher | 05/09/2012 |
| Peale, Harriet Cany | 1800 - 1869 | Anonymous | 05/10/2012 | |
| Peale, James |
James Peale
(1749 – May 24, 1831) was an American painter, best known for his
miniature and still life paintings, and a younger brother of noted painter
Charles Willson Peale.
Peale was
born in Chestertown, Maryland, the second child, after Charles, of Charles
Peale (1709–1750) and Margaret Triggs
(1709–1791). His father died when he was an... | 1749 - 1831 | Anonymous | 03/21/2012 |
