Artists
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Triscott, Samuel Peter Rolt | ![]()
Samuel
Peter Rolt Triscott is listed as a marine painter, photographer, and teacher.
He was born
in England where he studied both civil engineering and painting. While in London, he studied under Philip
Mitchell and at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolors. He came to the United States in 1871 and
settled in Boston. A specialist... | 1846 - 1925 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Tavernier, Jules | ![]()
Jules
Tavernier (1844-1889) was born in Paris in 1844 and died in Honolulu, Hawaii,
in 1889. He studied with the French painter, Félix Joseph Barrias
(1822-1907), but left France in the 1870s, never to return. Tavernier was
employed as an illustrator by Harper's Magazine, which sent him on assignment
to California in the 1870s. Eventually he... | 1844 - 1889 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
Thompson, Alfred Wordsworth | ![]()
Alfred
Thompson trained as a lawyer but turned to painting shortly before the Civil
War, painting both landscapes and portraits. He studied in Baltimore and in
Paris. He studied with Gleyke in 1861-62 and also with E. Lambinet
and A. Pasisi in the period 1862 to 1868.
He served
as an illustrator of war scenes with Harper's Weekly and... | 1840 - 1896 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
Thurston, Fanny Robertson | ![]() Miss Fanny R. Thurston was active in the period 1876 to 1885. An F. Thurston (presumably Fanny) exhibited in the 1876 exhibition of the American Society of Painters in Watercolor. Fanny R. Thurston exhibited at the Boston Art Club in 1880, 1881, and 1882. She also exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1885 giving her address as New... | Born 1839 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
Thom, James Crawford | ![]()
James
Crawford Thom (March 22, 1835–February 16, 1898) was an American painter.
Born in New York City, he studied at an artist colony in Perth Amboy, New
Jersey along with Louis Comfort Tiffany of stained glass fame. He also studied
with Edouard Frere, among others. He painted "By
the River-Side" "Returning from the Wood", "Tired of
Waiting",... | 1835 - 1898 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
Teakes, Anne | Died 1827 | Anonymous | 05/14/2012 | |
Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam | ![]()
Arthur
Fitzwilliam Tait (February 5, 1819 – April 28, 1905) was an American
artist who is known mostly for his paintings of wildlife. During most of his
career, he was associated with the New York City art scene.
Biography
Tait was
born in Lively Hall near Liverpool, England. At eight years old, because his
father went bankrupt he was sent to... | 1819 - 1905 | Anonymous | 12/22/2012 |
Toole, John | ![]()
John Toole,
whose name was originally O'Toole, was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 26 November
1815 to Jane O'Toole and Michael O'Toole, a chemistry teacher.
After his father's death as a result of an explosive experiment, John
immigrated to the United States in 1827, along with his brother and sister.
They were sent to live with an aunt and uncle who... | 1815 - 1860 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Thompson, Jerome B. | ![]()
Jerome
Thompson's genre paintings on rustic themes, which were immensely popular in
the late nineteenth century, have received new attention recently. This revived interest focuses on the
unusual distinction of Thompson's landscape settings, which often dominate the
pictures' simple foreground scenes of rural work, play or dalliance. Thompson's... | 1814 - 1886 | Anonymous | 04/03/2012 |
The Conant Limner | ![]()
Approximately
eleven portraits can be attributed to this unidentified painter. His
identification as The Conant Limner is derived from the last name of four
sitters who constitute the largest family group by his hand. The Conants lived in Sterling, Massachusetts, where several of
this limner's works remain. Although likenesses by this hand have... | Born 1813 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |