Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persico, Gennarino | ca. 1800 - ca. 1859 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 | |
| Peticolas, Philippe Abraham | 1760 - 1841 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 | |
| Peto, John Frederick | 
John
Frederick Peto (May 21, 1854 – November 23, 1907) was an American trompe
l'oeil ("fool the eye") painter who was long forgotten until his
paintings were rediscovered along with those of fellow trompe l'oeil artist
William Harnett. Although Peto and the slightly older Harnett knew each other
and painted similar subjects, their careers... | 1854 - 1907 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Phelps, William Preston |
William
Preston Phelps (1848–1917), known as "the Painter of the Monadnock"[1], was an American landscape painter born
on the family farm near Chesham, in what is now the Pottersville
section of Dublin, New Hampshire on March 6, 1848 to mother Mary Phelps and
father Jayson Phelps.[2][3]
Early years
"Preston",
as he was known, grew up helping... | 1848 - 1917 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Pine, Theodore E. | 1827 - 1905 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 | |
| Polk, Charles Peale |
Charles
Peale Polk (March 17, 1767 – May 6, 1822) was a renowned American
portrait painter and the nephew of artist Charles Willson
Peale.
Biography
Polk was
born in Annapolis, Maryland, to Elizabeth Digby Peale
and Robert Polk. At age eight or ten (sources vary on the exact age), after
being orphaned, he was sent to Philadelphia to live with... | 1767 - 1822 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Potter, Edward Crowell | Died 1830 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 | |
| Powers, Harriet |
Harriet
Powers (October 29, 1837 – January 1, 1910) was
an African American slave, folk artist and quilt maker from rural Georgia. She
used traditional appliqué techniques to record local legends, Bible
stories, and astronomical events on her quilts. Only two of her quilts have
survived: Bible Quilt 1886 and Pictorial Quilt 1898. Her quilts are... | 1837 - 1911 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Prentice, Levi Wells |
Levi Wells
Prentice (18 December 1851 – 28 November 1935) was an American still life
and landscape painter.
Prentice
was associated with the Hudson River School, a group of artists known
throughout art circles. According to the book Nature Staged by Barbara L.
Jones, Prentice followed a self-prescribed educational path, begun by the
Hudson River... | 1850 - 1935 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Puthuff, Hanson D. |
Hanson
Duvall Puthuff (August 21, 1875 – May 12, 1972)
was a landscape painter and muralist, born in Waverly, Missouri. Puthuff studied at the Art Institute of Chicago before
moving to Colorado in 1889 to study at University of Denver Art School. He
traveled to Los Angeles in 1903 and for 23 years worked as a commercial artist
painting billboards... | 1875 - 1972 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
