Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright, James Henry | 1813 - 1883 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 | |
| Wade, Jeptha Homer | 1811 - 1890 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Wall, William Coventry | 1810 - 1886 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Willson, Mary Ann | 
This artist
was unknown until 1943, when a New York art gallery discovered a portfolio of
her drawings. Mary Ann Willson is now regarded as one
of the earliest American watercolorists, along with Eunice Pinney
of Connecticut.
An
anonymous letter written in 1850 and signed by "an admirer of art"
accompanied the drawings. It relates that Willson... | Born 1810 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
| Werner, Carl Friedrich Heinrich |
Carl
Friedrich Heinrich Werner (1808–1894) was a German watercolor painter.
Born in
Weimar, Werner studied painting under Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld in Leipzig.
He switched to studying architecture in Munich from 1829 to 1831, but
thereafter returned to painting. He won a scholarship to travel to Italy, where
he ended up founding a studio in... | 1808 - 1894 | Anonymous | 11/12/2012 |
| Walton, Henry |
Henry
Walton made elaborate, highly detailed oil and watercolor portraits and
miniatures as well as views of towns and buildings, in the literal, rather
stiff style of American provincial artists of the first half of the nineteenth
century. Like many such artists, Walton is a relatively obscure figure. He was
born in Ballston, New York, the son of... | 1804 - 1865 | Anonymous | 04/03/2012 |
| Weir, Robert W. |
Robert
Walter Weir (June 18, 1803 - May 1, 1889) was an American artist, best known as
an educator, and as an historical painter. He was considered an artist of the
Hudson River school,[1] was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1829,
and an instructor at the United States Military Academy. Among his better-known
works are: The Embarkation... | 1803 - 1889 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Whitehorne, James | 1803 - 1888 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Wall, William Allen |
William
Allen Wall was born to a prominent Quaker family of New Bedford. His father was
the master of a Quaker school, ran a hardware store, and promoted cultural
activities in the city.
Wall seems
to have inherited from his father an appreciation of art and may have received
instruction from him in watercolor and pencil technique. His father... | 1801 - 1885 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Weinedel, Carl | 1795 - 1845 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
