Artists
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Smith, Walter Granville | ![]()
Walter
Granville Smith was born in Bellport, New York on January 26, 1870 and he died
in Granville, New York in 1938. He was a painter and illustrator who studied
with W. Satterlee, C. Beckwith and Willard Metcalf at
the Arts Student League in New York City and in Paris at the Academie Julian. He was a member of the American Water
Color Society,... | 1870 - 1938 | 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 |
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 |
Symons, George Gardner | ![]()
A landscape
and marine artist, George Symons was one of America's more noted plein-air painters who combined styles of impressionism and
realism. His works are cited for their energy and simplicity, and he often did
panoramic views.
He was born
in Chicago, Illinois in 1861, with the name of George Gardner Simon, but he
changed his last name to... | 1863 - 1930 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 |
Story, George H. | 1835 - 1923 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
Stewart, Julius L. | ![]()
Julius
LeBlanc Stewart (September 6, 1855, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - January 5,
1919, Paris, France), was an American artist who spent his career in Paris. A
contemporary of fellow expatriate painter John Singer Sargent, Stewart was
nicknamed "the Parisian from Philadelphia."[1]
His father,
the sugar millionaire William Hood Stewart, moved the... | 1855 - 1919 | Anonymous | 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 |
Story, Julian | 1857 - 1919 | Anonymous | 07/08/2012 | |
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 |
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 |