Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury, Marcia Oakes | 1865 - 1913 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 | |
| Wenzell, Albert Beck | 
The Bell Époche, prior to World War I, was a prosperous and
extravagant era when royalty governed most of Europe. At the same time in the
United States, great fortunes were being made through unfettered trusts and
monopolies, creating a class of Nouveau Riche. This ambitious society of Robber
Barons and their social climbing wives was just as... | 1864 - 1917 | Anonymous | 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 |
| 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 |
| Weber, Sarah Stilwell | 1863 - 1935 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 | |
| Wiles, Irving R. |
Born in Utica, New York, in 1861 the portraitist Irving Ramsey Wiles first studied art with his father, landscape painter Lemuel Maynard Wiles (1826-1905). In 1879 he followed his father's advice and moved to New York. He entered the Art Students League, where he spent two years studying with Thomas W. Dewing, J. Carroll Beckwith, and William Merritt... | 1861 - 1948 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
| Waugh, Frederick Judd |
Frederick
Judd Waugh (September 13, 1861 – September 10, 1940) was an American
artist, primarily known as a marine artist. During World War I, he designed
ship camouflage for the U.S. Navy, under the direction of Everett L. Warner.
Background
Born in
Bordentown, New Jersey, Waugh was the son of a well-known Philadelphia portrait
painter, Samuel... | 1861 - 1940 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Wendel, Theodore |
Though born
in Ohio, Theodore Wendel eventually made the town of
Ipswich his full time permanent residence. He in Germany under fellow Ohioan
Frank Duveneck, and through the great teacher met and
befriended James McNeil Whistler. He later attended the Academie
Julian in Paris at the same time as Dow and Henry Rodman Kenyon.
While
living in France... | 1859 - 1932 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
