Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranney, William Tylee | 
William
Tylee Ranney (May 9, 1813 – November 18, 1857) was a 19th-century
American painter, known for his depictions of Western life, sporting scenery,
historical subjects and portraiture. In his 20-year career, he made 150
paintings and 80 drawings, and is considered the first major genre painter to
work in New Jersey, and one of the most... | 1813 - 1857 | Anonymous | 04/12/2012 |
| Ranger, Henry Ward |
Henry Ward
Ranger (January 29, 1858 – November 7, 1916 ), American artist, was born
in western New York State. He became a prominent landscape and marine painter,
much of his work being done in the Netherlands, and showing the influence of
the modern Dutch school. He became a National Academician (1906), and a member
of the American Water Color... | 1858 - 1916 | Anonymous | 11/14/2012 |
| Rand, Ellen Emmet | 1875 - 1941 | Anonymous | 10/13/2012 | |
| Randall, A.M. |
No
information on the artist has been located. The artist's name and active date
of 1777 come from the inscription on the National Gallery's painting Basket of
Fruit with Parrot (1980.62.20). While it is possible that this is an English
painting, it probably was produced in America by an artist copying a European
still life, or more likely, a... | Active ca. 1777 | Anonymous | 11/02/2013 |
| Ramsey, Milne |
Born in Philadelphia in 1847, Milne Ramsey was a still life, landscape, and figure painter who remains best known for his highly realistic his still-life scenes.
Early in his career as an artist, Ramsey studied at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts and then under Leon Bonnat in Paris from 1871-1876. Although he exhibited extensively throughout his... | 1846 - 1915 | Anonymous | 03/04/2013 |
| Ramage, John |
John Ramage (1748 – October 24, 1802) was an Irish
American artist.
Career
Ramage
was born in Dublin, Ireland. He entered the Dublin School of Artists in 1763
and began his career as a goldsmith and miniaturist. Most of his commissions
were earned via portraits. In 1772, he traveled to Halifax, Nova Scotia and
subsequently settled in... | ca. 1748 - 1802 | Anonymous | 10/15/2012 |
| Raleigh, Charles S. |
According
to the recollections of his daughter Flora Raleigh Phinney,
Charles Sidney Raleigh produced more than eleven hundred paintings, six hundred
of them of whaling ships. Raleigh had an early introduction to maritime
pursuits. Born in Gloucester, England, in 1831, he left home at the age of ten
and spent the next thirty years as a sailor and... | 1830 - 1925 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
