Artists
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Redwood, Allen Christian | ![]()
Allen
Christian Redwood was one of the few sketch artists of the Civil War who
actually fought in military battles, and his documentation was of noted
historical value to the Southern side of the War. By the 1890s, he was a
western illustrator for Harper's, Century and other magazines and traveled
widely in the West. In 1898 Harper's sent him to... | 1844 - 1922 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
Ream, Carducius Plantagenet | ![]()
Carducius Plantagenet Ream was one of the most important still life painters of the 19th century. Born in Lancaster, Ohio, Ream began his artistic career painting in New York and Cincinnati before he moved to Chicago in 1878. It was in Chicago that Ream became the city's leading still life painter and gained national and international recognition for... | 1837 - 1917 | Anonymous | 07/29/2012 |
Remington, Frederic | ![]()
Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 – December 26,
1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who
specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically concentrating
on the last quarter of the 19th century American West and images of cowboys,
American Indians, and the U. S. Cavalry.
Early... | 1861 - 1909 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
Richardt, Ferdinand | ![]()
Joachim Ferdinand Richardt (10 April 1819 - 29
October 1895) Danish-American artist, in Denmark known for his lithographs of
manor houses, and in the U.S. for his paintings of Niagara Falls and other
landscapes.
Life
Ferdinand Richardt, the son of Johan Joachim Richardt
and Johanne Frederikke
née Bohse, was born in Brede, north of
Copenhagen in... | 1819 - 1895 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
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 |
Rasmussen, John | 1828 - 1895 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 | |
Robinson, John | 1774 - ca. 1829 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
Russell, Moses B. | ca. 1810 - 1884 | Anonymous | 10/15/2012 | |
Russell, Mrs. Moses B. | ![]()
Clarissa Peters was born in Februay 1809 in Andover, Massachusetts. While little is known about her early life, it is believed that she taught at the Blue Hill Academy in Blue Hill, Maine. By 1835 she was working in Boston as a miniaturist and giving instruction. In 1839 she married Moses Baker Russell, who was also a miniaturist and instructor.
Even... | 1809 - 1854 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 |
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 |