Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peale, Raphaelle | 
Raphaelle
Peale (sometimes spelled Raphael Peale) (February 17, 1774 – March 4,
1825) is considered the first professional American painter of still-life.
Biography
Peale was
born in Annapolis, Maryland, the fifth child, though eldest surviving, of the
painter Charles Willson Peale and his first wife
Rachel Brewer. He grew up in Philadelphia,... | 1774 - 1825 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 |
| Peale, Rubens |
Rubens
Peale (May 4, 1784 – July 17, 1865) was an American artist and museum
director. Born in Philadelphia, he was a son of artist-naturalist, Charles Willson Peale.
Life
He was the
fourth son of Charles Willson Peale. Rubens had weak
eyes and, unlike most of his siblings, did not set out to be an artist. He
traveled with the family in 1802 to... | 1784 - 1864 | Anonymous | 05/10/2012 |
| Peale, Sarah Miriam |
Sarah
Miriam Peale (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1800 – February 4,
1885, Philadelphia) was an American portrait painter, one of the notable family
of artists descended from the miniaturist and still-life painter James Peale,
who was her father. She is noted as a portrait painter, mainly of politicians
and military figures. Lafayette sat... | 1800 - 1885 | igrkio | 03/27/2012 |
| Hicks, William | Born 1895 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 | |
| Browere, Albertus Del Orient |
Albertus,
born in Tarrytown, New York in 1814, was the son of a sculptor, John Henri
Isaac Browere (1790-1834), famous for his plaster
life masks of Thomas Jefferson, Gilbert Stuart, and others. Washington
Irving’s History of New York inspired Albertus
to depict Peter Stuyvesant’s Arrival at Hartford (1833), Recruiting Peter
Stuyvesant’s Army... | 1814 - 1887 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
