Artists
Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
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Sully, Thomas |
Thomas
Sully (June 19, 1783 – November 5, 1872) was a well-known American
(English-born) painter, mostly of portraits.
Life and career
Early life
Sully was born
in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, to the actors
Matthew and Sarah Sully. In March 1792 the Sullys and
their nine children immigrated to Richmond, Virginia, where Thomas’s
uncle... | 1783 - 1872 | Anonymous | 04/03/2012 |
Stone, Anstiss | 1778 - 1807 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
Shaw, Joshua |
Joshua Shaw
(1776-1860) was an Anglo-American artist and inventor.[1]
Early life
Shaw was
born in Ellesmere Port, England in 1776 and was orphaned at the age of 7. To
survive he worked for a local farmer as a bird scarer. During the three years
he spent doing this work he discovered his artistic talent and began drawing
the animals he... | 1776 - 1860 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
Schipper, Gerrit |
Gerrit Schipper (baptized 13 September 1775, Amsterdam – c.
1832 London) was a Dutch painter specializing in pastel portraiture and
miniature portrait paintings. After studying in Paris in the 1790s, he spent
time in Brussels and Russia. He is believed to have arrived in the United
States in 1802. He was active in New York, Charleston, Savannah,... | 1775 - ca. 1830 | Anonymous | 04/05/2012 |
Smith, John Rubens |
John Rubens
Smith (January 23, 1775 London - August 21, 1849 New York City) was a
London-born painter, printmaker and art instructor who worked in the United
States.
Biography
Smith was
born in England where he first studied art with his father, John Raphael Smith,
a mezzotint engraver. He later studied art at the Royal Academy.
Smith
emigrated... | 1775 - 1849 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
Salmon, Robert |
Robert
Salmon was born in Whitehaven, a port situated on the northwest coast of
England. Although his artistic beginnings are unknown, his career can be
divided into two periods. Between 1800 and 1828 he lived in England and
Scotland, and his work faithfully recorded the environs of Liverpool and
Greenock. Salmon's style at this time reflected the... | 1775 - 1845 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
Sargent, Henry |
Henry
Sargent (baptized November 25, 1770 — February 21, 1845), American
painter and military man, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He was one of
seven children born to Daniel and Mary (Turner) Sargent. He was the brother of
author Lucius Manlius Sargent, a nephew of American Revolutionary War soldier
Paul Dudley Sargent,[1] and a... | 1770 - 1845 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
Sully, Lawrence | 1769 - 1804 | Anonymous | 02/20/2012 | |
Savage, Edward |
Edward
Savage (November 26, 1761 – July 6, 1817) was an American portrait
painter and engraver. He was born in Princeton, Mass., and at first worked as a
goldsmith, also practicing engraving. Although seemingly untrained in painting,
he came into prominence in 1790 through his portrait of George Washington,
intended as a gift to Harvard... | 1761 - 1817 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
Stuart, Gilbert |
Gilbert
Charles Stuart (born Stewart) (December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an
American painter from Rhode Island.
Gilbert
Stuart is widely considered to be one of America's foremost portraitists.[2] His best known work, the unfinished portrait of George
Washington that is sometimes referred to as The Athenaeum, was begun in 1796
and never... | 1755 - 1828 | igrkio | 04/08/2012 |
Steward, Joseph |
Joseph Steward (1753–1822) was a prominent American artist.
Early years
Joseph Steward was born on July 6, 1753. He was the son of Joseph and Jane (Wilson) Steward of Upton, Massachusetts. Stewart went to Dartmouth College, graduating in 1780.
Joseph Steward continued his studies under the guidance of Reverend Doctor Levi Hart of Preston,... | 1753 - 1822 | Anonymous | 10/13/2012 |
Sharples, James |
James Sharples (1751 or 1752 in Lancashire – 26 February
1811 in New York [1]) was an English portrait painter and pastelist,
who moved to the United States in 1794. He first exhibited at the Royal
Academy in 1779.
History
James was
first intended for the Catholic priesthood, but became an artist instead.[3] Sharples headed a family... | 1751 - 1811 | Anonymous | 04/03/2012 |
Smibert, John |
John
Smybert (or Smibert) (1688–1751), Scottish American artist, was born in
Edinburgh and died in Boston, Massachusetts.
Smibert began
drawing while apprenticed as a painter and plasterer, on moving to London he
worked as a painter of coach carriages and a copyist. He studied under Sir
James Thornhill at his academy, then travelled to Edinburgh... | 1688 - 1751 | Anonymous | 04/11/2012 |
Smith, Thomas |
Thomas
Smith was a seventeenth-century Anglo-American mariner and artist. He is the
earliest painter in New England for whom a specific canvas can
be—identified his self-portrait (fig. 1). Based on stylistic similarities
to that painting, five additional surviving works have been attributed to
Smith. Besides his role as an artist, interpretations... | 1650 - 1691 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
Sullivan, M.A. | Active ca. 1868 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 | |
Sargent, John Singer | Active ca. 1870 - 1925 | Anonymous | 07/29/2012 |