Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wall, William Guy | 
William Guy
Wall (1792 – 1864) was an American painter of Irish birth.
Wall was
born in Dublin in 1792 and arrived in New York in 1812. He was already a well
trained artist and soon became well known for his sensitive watercolor views of
the Hudson River Valley and surroundings. Some of these watercolors were
published as engravings by John Hill... | 1792 - 1864 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| West, William Edward | 1788 - 1857 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Williams, Henry | 1787 - 1830 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Waldo, Samuel Lovett |
The
portraitist Samuel Lovett Waldo was born April 6, 1783, in Windham,
Connecticut, one of eight children born to farmer Zacheus
Waldo and his wife Esther Stevens Waldo. At the age of sixteen he went to
Hartford and took drawing lessons from an obscure painter named Joseph Steward.
He set up a studio there in 1803, but found few clients and... | 1783 - 1861 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
| Woodside, John A. | 1781 - 1852 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 | |
| Wood, Joseph | 1778 - 1830 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 | |
| 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 |
| Way, Mary |
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 - 1833 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Wertmuller, Adolf Ulrich |
Adolf Ulrik
Wertmüller (February 18, 1751 — October 5, 1811) was a Swedish
painter whose notable works include Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of
Gold.
Wertmüller
was born in Stockholm and studied art at home before moving to Paris in 1772 to
study under his cousin Alexander Roslin and French painter Joseph-Marie
Vien.[1] On July 30,... | 1751 - 1811 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Williams, William |
William
Williams (1727 – 27 April 1791)[1] was an
English/American painter. He was born in Bristol, England. His family is
believed to have originated in Caerphilly, Wales just
across the Severn River from Bristol. He began living in Philadelphia around 1747
after time at sea. In Philadelphia he was instrumental in building America's
first... | 1727 - 1791 | Alexander Lusher | 05/15/2012 |
