Artists
Name
  | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury, Marcia Oakes | 1865 - 1913 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 | |
| Woodbury, Charles Herbert | 
Charles
Herbert Woodbury (July 14, 1864—January 21, 1940), United States marine
painter, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts.
Biography
Charles H.
Woodbury was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, where his earliest work was part of
the oeuvre of the group later known as the Lynn Beach Painters. While an
undergraduate at MIT he became a regular exhibitor... | 1864 - 1940 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
| Wollaston, John |
John
Wollaston (active between 1742 and 1775) was an English painter of portraits
who was active in the British colonies in North America for much of his career.
He was one of a handful of painters to introduce the English Rococo style to
the American colonies.[1]
Biography
Little is
known of Wollaston's early life. He is believed to have been... | 1710 - 1775 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 |
| Wolcott, Josiah | Josiah Wolcott was a New England portrait and landscape painter, active from 1835 to 1857. He exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum in 1837.
In addition to the painting on this site of The Flume, he is known to have painted Mount Kearsarge from Rattlesnake Hill (oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches, private collection 1960).
| active 1835 - 1857 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
| Witt, John Harrison | 1840 - 1901 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 | |
| Witkowski, Karl |
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 - 1910 | Anonymous | 04/08/2012 |
| Winstanley, William |
William Winstanley was an early American painter born in England
and transferred to the United States as a young man. He is credited as one of
the very first American landscape painters and was active in the late 18th and
early 19th centuries.
Winstanley
has been criticized by some art historians for his “sterile
recipes” for creating... | 1775 - 1806 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
| Winegar, Anna | 1867 - 1941 | Alexander Lusher | 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 |
| Wilson, Erdix Tenney | Erdix Tenney Wilson was born on October 15, 1831 in Hardwick, VT. His parents, Samuel and Martha, resided in Hardwick. The 1860 census lists Wilson as living with his parents in Plainfield, VT and his occupation as "ambrotype taker" (photographer). He married Julia B. Wentworth in April 1868.
Living in Lancaster, NH, he learned the art of... | 1831 - 1901 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
