Artists

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Steward, Josephnotes
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 - 1822Anonymous10/13/2012
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
Smibert, Johnnotes
John Smybert (or Smibert) (1688–1751), Scottish American artist, was born in Edinburgh and died in Boston, Massachusetts. Smibert began drawing while apprenticed as a painter and plasterer, on moving to London he worked as a painter of coach carriages and a copyist. He studied under Sir James Thornhill at his academy, then travelled to Edinburgh...
1688 - 1751Anonymous04/11/2012
Smith, Thomasnotes
Thomas Smith was a seventeenth-century Anglo-American mariner and artist. He is the earliest painter in New England for whom a specific canvas can be—identified his self-portrait (fig. 1). Based on stylistic similarities to that painting, five additional surviving works have been attributed to Smith. Besides his role as an artist, interpretations...
1650 - 1691Anonymous05/22/2012
Sullivan, M.A. Active ca. 1868Anonymous12/23/2012
Sargent, John Singer Active ca. 1870 - 1925Anonymous07/29/2012
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