Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Street, Robert | 
Robert
Street was born in 1796 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, the grandson of an English
immigrant who had mistakenly been disinherited. His activity as an artist is
undocumented until 1815, when he exhibited a painting at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts. He exhibited there sporadically until 1861. Between
1821 and 1823 he achieved a... | 1796 - 1865 | Anonymous | 05/24/2012 |
| Suydam, James Augustus |
The work of
James Augustus Suydam, characterized by idealized
tranquil landscapes and seascapes illuminated by softly sunlit skies, is emblematic of the American Luminist
movement of the nineteenth century.
Biography
James
Augustus Suydam was born on March 27, 1819 in New
York City. Suydam’s family was of Dutch
decedent, tracing their ancestry... | 1819 - 1865 | Anonymous | 05/24/2012 |
| Sully, Thomas Wilcocks |
Thomas Wilcocks Sully, born in Philadelphia on January 3, 1811,
was one of six children of the portrait painter Thomas Sully and his wife,
Sarah Annis Sully, who was his brother
Lawrence's widow. The younger Thomas' middle name was probably derived from his
father's patron Benjamin Chew Wilcocks, a leading
Philadelphia merchant. After studying art... | 1811 - 1847 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Stuart, Jane |
Jane Stuart
was born sometime between 1808 and 1812, the youngest child of artist Gilbert
Stuart and his wife, Charlotte Coates. Gilbert Stuart was the famed New England
painter of European kings, American presidents, prominent citizens and a
particularly well-known depiction of Sir William Grant known as The Skater.
Stuart's George Washington... | 1812 - 1888 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Strong, Elizabeth |
Beloved
Carmel artist and early-day resident of Monterey, Elizabeth Strong is best
known for her small paintings of animals. Since she specialized in paintings of
animals (especially bird dogs), she was sometimes called “the Rosa
Bonheur of America.”
Born in Westport, CT on February 1, 1855,
she was the daughter of a Congregational minister.... | 1855 - 1941 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Strobel, Louisa Catherine | 1803 - 1883 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Strean, Maria Judson | 1866 - 1949 | 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 |
| Stone, Anstiss | 1778 - 1807 | 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 |
