Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts, Mary | 
Mary
Roberts (died 1761) was an American miniaturist active in Charleston, South
Carolina in the 1740s and 1750s. One of the earliest American miniaturists, and
the first woman recorded as working in the medium in the American colonies,[1]
she is also believed to have painted the first watercolor-on-ivory miniature in
the... | Active ca. 1745 - 1755 | Anonymous | 10/15/2012 |
| Robertson, Andrew | 1777 - 1845 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 | |
| Robertson, Archibald |
ROBERTSON,
ARCHIBALD (1765–1835), miniature-painter, born at Monymusk
in Scotland on 8 May 1765, was eldest son of William Robertson of Drumnahoy, near Aberdeen, and Jean Ross, his wife; Andrew
Robertson [q. v.] was his brother. He was educated at Aberdeen, and received
his first instruction in drawing from a deaf-and-dumb artist. In 1786 he... | 1765 - 1835 | Anonymous | 04/13/2012 |
| Robertson, Walter | ca. 1750 - 1802 | Anonymous | 06/04/2012 | |
| Robinson, Boardman | 1876 - 1952 | Anonymous | 03/31/2012 | |
| Robinson, J.C. |
The
inscription on the reverse of the National Gallery's Portrait of an Old Man
(1955.11.14) identifies the painter as J. C. Robinson. No biographical
information on Robinson has been discovered. A Joseph C. Robinson who made
daguerreotypes is listed in directories from New York City in 1848 and from
Cincinnati in 1850-1851. Whether he painted... | Born 1848 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
| Robinson, John | 1774 - ca. 1829 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Robinson, Theodore |
Theodore
Robinson (July 3, 1852 – April 2, 1896) was an American painter best
known for his impressionist landscapes. He was one of the first American
artists to take up impressionism in the late 1880s, visiting Giverny and developing a close friendship with Claude
Monet. Several of his works are considered masterpieces of... | 1852 - 1896 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
| Roesen, Severin |
Severin
Roesen (ca. 1815 – after 1872) is a painter known for his abundant fruit
and flower still lifes and is today recognized as one of the major American
still-life painters of the mid-nineteenth century.
Life
Little is
known about Roesen. He is believed to have been born in or near Cologne, and to
have exhibited a floral painting at the... | 1815 - 1872 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
| Rogers, Nathaniel |
Nathaniel
Rogers gained his fame painting miniature portraits in New York City, but had
well-established roots on eastern Long Island. He was born in Bridgehampton on August
1, 1787, the son of John T. Rogers, a farmer, and Sarah Brown, the eldest daughter
of the second Presbyterian minister in Bridgehampton, James Brown. Within the
family he was... | 1787 - 1844 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
