Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smillie, James David | 
James David Smillie (January 16, 1833 - September 14, 1909), American artist, was born in New York City.
His father, James Smillie (1807-1885), a Scottish engraver, emigrated to New York in 1829, was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1851, did much, with his brother William C. (1813-1908), to develop the engraving of bank-notes, and was an... | 1833 - 1909 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Silva, Francis A. |
Francis
Augustus Silva painted coastal, beach, and river scenes that represent the
culmination of the landscape mode, dubbed “luminism”
by modern scholars, characterized by broad, horizontal compositions with low
horizons, delicate color, and crystalline light. Silva was a native of New York
City and the son of a barber. Apprenticed to a sign... | 1835 - 1886 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 |
| Story, George H. | 1835 - 1923 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Shirlaw, Walter |
Walter
Shirlaw (August 6, 1838 – December 30, 1909) was a Scottish-American
artist.
Shirlaw was
born in Paisley, Scotland, and moved to the United States with his parents in
1840. He worked as a bank-note engraver, and his work was first exhibited at
the National Academy in 1861.
He was
elected an academician of the Chicago Academy of Design in... | 1838 - 1909 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
| Schafer, Frederick Ferdinand | 1839 - 1927 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Smith, Xanthus Russell | 1839 - 1929 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Skynner, Thomas |
Virtually
nothing is known about Thomas Skynner, although a
significant body of work is now associated with his name. The attribution to Skynner of two pairs of portraits at the National Gallery
(John Stone, 1953.5.55; Eliza Welch Stone, 1953.5.56; Portrait of a Man,
1967.20.4; Portrait of a Woman, 1967.20.5) was made on the basis of... | Born 1840 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Smith, Phebe A. | Born 1840 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Smith, Rufus Way | 1840 - 1900 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Smillie, George Henry |
George
Henry Smillie (1840 - 1921), brother of artist James David Smillie, was a
painter.
He studied
under his father, James Smillie, and under James McDougal Hart, and became a member
of the National Academy of Design in 1882. Like his brother, he painted both in
oils and in water colour.
His
favourite subjects were scenes along the New England... | 1840 - 1921 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
