Artists
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Sartain, John | ![]()
John
Sartain (October 24, 1808 - October 25, 1897) was an artist who pioneered
mezzotint engraving in the United States.[1]
Biography
John
Sartain was born in London, England on October 24, 1808. He learned line
engraving, and produced several of the plates in William Young Ottley's Early
Florentine School (1826). In 1828, he began to do... | 1808 - 1897 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
Satra, August | 1877 - 1909 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
Saunders, George Lethbridge | 1807 - 1863 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
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 |
Scarborough, William H. | ![]()
William
Harrison Scarborough was born on November 7, 1812 in Dover, Tennessee. While
his family heritage was English, the Scarboroughs had been living in America
for two generations at the time of William's birth. Growing up, William's
parents encouraged each of their thirteen children to pursue their educations,
and at sixteen he left home to... | 1812 - 1871 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
Schafer, Frederick Ferdinand | 1839 - 1927 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
Schamberg, Morton Livingston | ![]()
Morton
Livingston Schamberg (October 15, 1881 - October 13, 1918) was an American
painter and photographer. He was one of the first American artists to explore
the aesthetic qualities of industrial subjects.[1] Schamberg is considered a
pioneer of the Precisionism art movement, and one of the first American
adopters of Cubist... | 1881 - 1918 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
Schenck, William H. | Died 1864 | 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 |
Schreyvogel, Charles | ![]()
Charles Schreyvogel (January 4, 1861-January 27, 1912) was a
painter of Western subject matter in the days of the disappearing frontier. Schreyvogel was especially interested in military life.
He spent
most of his life as an impoverished artist. He suddenly became recognized and
earned what seemed like overnight fame. He was born in New York City.... | 1861 - 1912 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |