Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler, Dora | 1856 - 1940 | Anonymous | 10/15/2012 | |
| Watrous, Harry Wilson | 
A leading
figure in New York’s turn-of-the-century art establishment, Harry Watrous had a successful career as a painter and
administrator. After training in the French academic mode at the Academie Julian in Paris, Watrous
returned to New York and won recognition for his stylized female portraits,
elegant still lifes, and enchanting... | 1857 - 1940 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Wallin, Samuel | Died 1858 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Wagguno |
The
National Gallery's painting Fruit and Baltimore Oriole
(1980.62.47) was inscribed on the reverse Painted by Wagguno,
1858, but the inscription is no longer visible. It is recorded on the accession
sheet of the donors (E. W. and B. C. Garbisch), but
no photographs are known. No information on the artist has been discovered to
date. [This is an... | Born 1858 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Weber, Sarah Stilwell | 1863 - 1935 | Anonymous | 12/27/2012 |
