Artists

Name
InfoYearsUpdated byDate
Sheys, William P. Died 1821Anonymous05/19/2012
Sheffield, Isaacnotes
Little is known about the life of Isaac Sheffield, yet he left a substantial body of easily recognizable work. His usual subjects, painted during the 1830s and early 1840s, were sea captains and their families from the bustling Connecticut port of New London and nearby towns. The artist's father, Captain Isaac Sheffield, was a shipmaster who...
1798 - 1845Anonymous05/22/2012
Shaw, Joshuanotes
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 - 1860Anonymous05/22/2012
Shaver, Samuel 1816 -  1878Anonymous05/22/2012
Shattuck, Aaron Drapernotes
Aaron Draper Shattuck (1832-1928) was an American painter of the White Mountain School. He was born in Francestown, New Hampshire. A second-generation artist affiliated with the Hudson River School, Shattuck differed from most of his contemporaries in that he never studied abroad, and appears to have spent his entire life in New...
1832 - 1928Anonymous05/22/2012
Sharples, Jamesnotes
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 - 1811Anonymous04/03/2012
Sharp, Joseph H. 1859 - 1953Anonymous12/23/2012
Shapleigh, Frank Henrynotes
Frank H. Shapleigh was born in Boston and studied painting at the Lowell Institute of Drawing.  In 1867-1868, he sailed to Europe where he studied in the studio of Emile Lambinet (1815-1877). Shapleigh painted throughout New England, in St. Augustine, Florida, California, and in Europe.  For sixteen years, from 1877 to 1893, he was...
1842 - 1906Anonymous05/22/2012
Shannon, Sir James Jebusanotes
Sir James Jebusa Shannon (1862 - 1923), Anglo-American artist, was born in Auburn, New York, and at the age of eight was taken by his parents to Canada. When he was sixteen, he went to England, where he studied at South Kensington, and after three years won the gold medal for figure painting. His portrait of the Hon. Horatia Stopford , one of the...
1862 - 1923Anonymous12/25/2012
Shackleton, Charles 1856 - 1920Anonymous05/22/2012
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