Artists
| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodville, Richard Caton | 
Richard Caton Woodville (30 April 1825 – 13 August 1855) was
an American artist from Baltimore who spent his professional career in Europe,
after studying in Düsseldorf under the direction of Carl Ferdinand Sohn. He died of an overdose of morphine in London at the
age of 30.[1] He was the father of Richard Caton Woodville, Jr., also a noted... | 1825 - 1855 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
| Wores, Theodore |
Theodore Wores (August 1, 1859–September 11, 1939) was an
American painter born in San Francisco, son of Joseph Wores
and Gertrude Liebke. His father worked as a hat
manufacturer in San Francisco. Wores began his art
training at age twelve in the studio of Joseph Harrington, who taught him
color, composition, drawing and perspective. When the San... | 1859 - 1939 | Anonymous | 04/11/2012 |
| Wood, Thomas Waterman |
Thomas
Waterman Wood (November 12, 1823 – April 14, 1903) was an American
painter born in Montpelier, Vermont.
Origins
Thomas
Waterman Wood's father, John Wood, came to Montpelier from Lebanon, New Hampshire
in 1814. The Wood family was of Puritan stock, and it was from Lebanon that
John Wood, the father of the artist, married his wife Mary... | 1823 - 1903 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
| Weber, Gottlieb Daniel Paul |
Gottlieb
Daniel Paul Weber (19 January 1823-12 October 1916) was a German artist.
He was born
in Darmstadt. He studied art in Frankfurt, and in 1848 came to the United
States, settling in Philadelphia. In 1858 he went to Darmstadt, where he was
appointed court painter. Among those of his works that are owned in the United
States are “A Scene in... | 1823 - 1916 | Anonymous | 07/18/2012 |
| Whittredge, Worthington |
Thomas
Worthington Whittredge[1] (May 22, 1820 - February 25, 1910) was an American
artist of the Hudson River School. Whittredge was a highly regarded artist of
his time, and was friends with several leading Hudson River School artists
including Albert Bierstadt and Sanford Robinson Gifford. He traveled widely and
excelled at landscape painting,... | 1820 - 1910 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Way, Andrew John |
Baltimore
boasted a thriving art community in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Even in the midst of the Civil War, the Maryland Academy provided professional
training for aspiring artists and the Maryland Art Association regularly
exhibited artists' works. By far, the most popular of Baltimore's numerous
successful artists at mid-century... | 1826 - 1888 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
| Willard, Archibald M. |
Archibald MacNeal Willard (August 22, 1836–October 11, 1918)
was an American painter who was born and raised in Bedford, Ohio.[1]
Willard
joined the 86th Ohio Infantry in 1863 and fought in the American Civil War.
During this time he painted several scenes from the war, and forged a
friendship with photographer James F. Ryder. Willard painted... | 1836 - 1918 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Wimar, Charles |
Karl
Ferdinand Wimar (also known as Charles Wimar and Carl Wimar)
(1828-1862), was a painter of Western Native Americans and buffaloes.
He is
particularly known for his 1855-1856 painting entitled The Abduction of Boone's
Daughter by the Indians, a depiction of the 1776 capture of Jemima Boone and
two other girls by Indians. The painting shows... | 1828 - 1862 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
| Weeks, Edwin Lord |
Edwin Lord
Weeks (1849 – 1903), American artist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts,
in 1849. He was a pupil of Léon Bonnat and of Jean-Léon
Gérôme, at Paris. He made many voyages to the East, and was
distinguished as a painter of oriental scenes.
Weeks'
parents were affluent spice and tea merchants from Newton, a suburb of Boston
and as such... | 1849 - 1903 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Wachtel, Elmer |
Painter. Born in Baltimore, MD on Jan. 21, 1864.
When Elmer
was quite young, the Wachtel family moved to Lanark, IL where he worked as a
hired hand and taught himself to play the violin.
At age 18,
he moved to San Gabriel, CA where his brother had married the sister of artist
Guy Rose and was managing the large Rose ranch. He continued playing... | 1864 - 1929 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
