Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date
  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snell, George | 1820 - 1893 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Spencer, Frederick R. | 
The
portraitist Frederick Randolph Spencer was born June 7, 1806 in Lennox, New
York, one of four children of the lawyer and first postmaster of Canastota,
General Ichabod Smith Spencer (1780-1857), and Mary
Pierson Spencer (1785-1865). He evinced an early interest for art, and at the
age of fifteen saw an exhibition of portraits by Ezra Ames at... | 1806 - 1875 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Spaeth, Marie Haughton | Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia School of Design. She traveled to Europe and studied in Spain, France and Italy. Until 1922, she lived primarily in New Hampshire, but then made her permanent home in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1924, she became a member of the National... | 1883 - 1937 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Stanwood, Franklin |
Franklin
Stanwood was born in the Portland Alms House and shortly thereafter was adopted
by Captain Gideon Stanwood.
He was
self-taught and developed a very linear style, which accorded well with the ship
portraits for which he is best known.
He also painted "house portraits" and landscapes. He was a sailor by profession and
perhaps went to... | 1852 - 1888 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Stearns, William |
William
Stearns has not been positively identified, but is believed to have been active
circa 1830 to 1840. The name comes from the inscription on the National
Gallery's Bowl of Fruit (1953.5.34), which reads PAINTED BY (at lower left)
WILLIAM STEARNS (at lower right), and was probably applied with a stamp. There
are two other known pictures by... | Born 1830 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Stephens, Alice Barber | 1858 - 1932 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Stock, Joseph Whiting |
Joseph
Whiting Stock was born on 30 January 1815 in Springfield, Massachusetts. In
1826 an oxcart fell on him, paralyzing him from the waist down, and in 1832, on
the advice of his physician, he began to study art so that he might make a
living. His teacher was Franklin White, a pupil of Chester Harding (1792-1866).
In 1834,
when Stock was... | 1815 - 1855 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Stone, Anstiss | 1778 - 1807 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Stouter, D.G. |
Nothing but
the name, given in the inscription as D. G. Stouter, / Artist, is known about
the artist who created the National Gallery's painting, On Point (1980.62.68).
However, the source he copied has been identified as an 1854 Gleason's
Pictorial article on grouse shooting, which is accompanied by a print almost
identical to Stouter's painting.... | Born 1854 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Strean, Maria Judson | 1866 - 1949 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
