Artists

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Thompson, Cephas Giovanni 1809 -  1888Anonymous04/10/2012
The Conant Limnernotes
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 1813Anonymous05/19/2012
Thompson, Jerome B.notes
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 - 1886Anonymous04/03/2012
Toole, Johnnotes
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 - 1860Anonymous05/16/2012
Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliamnotes
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 - 1905Anonymous12/22/2012
Teakes, Anne Died 1827Anonymous05/14/2012
Thom, James Crawfordnotes
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 - 1898Anonymous05/19/2012
Thurston, Fanny Robertsonnotes
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 1839Anonymous12/27/2012
Thompson, Alfred Wordsworthnotes
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 - 1896Anonymous05/19/2012
Tavernier, Julesnotes
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 - 1889Anonymous05/19/2012
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