Artists

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Witkowski, Karlnotes
Karl Witkowski was an American artist working in the later part of the 19th century.  Karl received his training in the studio of Jan Matejko (1838-1893) and like his mentor, specialized in genre and portrait painting. Witkowski, like his contemporary J.G. Brown (1831 – 1913), focused his attention on the young shoeshine and paper boys working...
1860 -  1910Anonymous04/08/2012
Waterman, Marcusnotes
Marcus Waterman graduated from Brown University and then moved to New York City, where he had a studio from 1857 to 1874. He became an associate member of the National Academy in 1861. After 1874, Waterman made his home in Boston and spent much of his time around New England in Vermont and Cape Cod. From 1879 to 1884, the artist traveled to...
1834 -  1914Anonymous05/15/2012
Way, Marynotes
Mary Way (1769-1833) and her sister Elizabeth Way (1771-1825) were born in New Haven, Conn., the daughters of Ebenezer Way (1728-1813) and Mary Taber Way (1737-1771).  The sisters were both painters of small watercolors.   Mary Way moved to New York City about 1811 and advertised herself as a portrait and miniature painter, as well as a teacher...
1769 - 1833Anonymous05/15/2012
Wylie, Robertnotes
Robert Wylie (1839 - February 4, 1877), American artist, was born in the Isle of Man and relocated with his parents to the United States as a child. Wylie studied in the schools of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, later serving a curator. In 1860, he helped found the Philadelphia Sketch Club, now one of the nation's oldest...
1839 -  1877Anonymous04/21/2012
White, Stanfordnotes
Stanford White (November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed a long series of houses for the rich and the very rich, and various public, institutional, and religious buildings, some of which can be found to this day...
1853 - 1906Anonymous05/15/2012
Williams, Virgil Maceynotes
Virgil Macey Williams was born in Dixfield, Maine on October 29, 1830. He was raised in Taunton, Massachusetts and, after studying at Brown University, began his art training in New York City under Daniel Huntington. During 1853-60 he studied in Rome with renowned New York painter William Page and became a close friend of Page after marrying his...
1830 -  1886igrkio05/16/2012
Washington, William Dickinsonnotes
William D. Washington[1] (October 7, 1833 – December 2, 1870[2]) was an American painter and teacher of art. He is most famous for his painting The Burial of Latané, which became a symbol of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy in the years following the American Civil War[3], and for the work he did in establishing the fine arts program of the...
1833 -  1870Anonymous05/15/2012
Waud, Alfred Rudolphnotes
Alfred Rudolph Waud (wōd) (October 2, 1828 – April 6, 1891) was an American artist and illustrator, born in London, England. He is most notable for the sketches he made as an artist correspondent during the American Civil War. Early career Before emigration, Alfred Waud had entered the Government School of Design at Somerset House, London, with...
1828 - 1891Anonymous12/27/2012
Walter, Russelnotes
Walter Bowman Russell (May 19, 1871 – May 19, 1963) was an American polymath known for his achievements as a painter, sculptor, author and builder and less well known as a natural philosopher and for his unified theory in physics and cosmogony. He posited that the universe was founded on a unifying principle of rhythmic balanced interchange. This...
1871 - 1963Anonymous11/10/2012
Waters, George Wellingtonnotes
George W. Waters was born on March 31, 1832 in the small upstate community of Coventry in Chenango County, NY.  He began his artistic career early and in 1850, at the age of eighteen, Waters had his first exhibit when one of his paintings was on view at the National Academy of Design in New York City.  Though he maintained a studio in New York City...
1832 - 1912Anonymous12/22/2012
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