Artists
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Waterman, Marcus | ![]()
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 - 1914 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Whistler, James McNeill | ![]()
James
Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 10, 1834 — July 17, 1903) was an
American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral
allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for
art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a
stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail.[1]... | 1834 - 1903 | Anonymous | 12/24/2012 |
Washington, William Dickinson | ![]()
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 - 1870 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Waters, George Wellington | ![]() 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 - 1912 | Anonymous | 12/22/2012 |
Wheeler, William Ruthven | ![]() William Ruthven Wheeler was basically a portrait painter, but he did produce some landscapes.
His first instruction came at an early age from an itinerant miniature painter, and he began his profession at the age of fifteen. At the age of 28 he studied for a short time in Detroit under Alvan Bradish. He moved to Hartford, Connecticut about 1862... | 1832 - 1894 | Anonymous | 12/22/2012 |
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 |
Williams, Virgil Macey | ![]()
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 - 1886 | igrkio | 05/16/2012 |
Waud, Alfred Rudolph | ![]()
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 - 1891 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
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 |
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 |