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| Name | Info
  | Years | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander, Henry | 
Henry Alexander (b. San Francisco, 1860 - d. New York, May 15, 1894) was an American painter from California.
After early exhibiting a talent for drawing and painting, he went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where his teachers were Ludwig von Loeffts and the history painter Wilhelm Lindenschmidt.[1]
The New York Herald described Henry... | 1860 - 1894 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Bacon, Henry |
Henry Bacon (1839 in Haverhill, Massachusetts – 13 March 1912 in Cairo[1]) was an American painter and author.
Henry A. Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1839. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army on 16 July 1861[2] and acted as a field artist for Frank Leslie's Weekly while he served as a soldier within the 13th... | 1839 - 1912 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 |
| Benbridge, Henry |
Henry Benbridge born October 1743 [1] died February 1812), early
American portrait painter, was born in Philadelphia, the only child of James
and Mary (Clark) Benbridge. When he was seven years
old, his mother, who had been left a widow, was married to Thomas Gordon, a
wealthy Scot. The boy's artistic talent was
encouraged. He made decorative... | 1743 - 1812 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 |
| Bridport, Hugh |
Hugh Bridport, born in England in 1794, was a portrait painter,
drawing instructor, architect, and engraver, who practiced lithography in
Philadelphia 1828-1830s. Trained at the Royal Academy and with miniature
painter Charles Wilkins, Bridport immigrated to Philadelphia with his artist
brother George in 1816. Soon after their arrival, the brothers... | 1794 - ca. 1869 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Shumway, Henry Colton |
SHUMWAY,
Henry Cotton, portrait painter, was born in Middletown, Conn., July 4, 1807. He
attended the public schools; served as a clerk in his father's office until his
twenty-first birthday, and at an early age produced pencil sketches, mostly
portraits, of considerable promise. He attended the antique and life classes of
the National Academy of... | 1807 - 1884 | Anonymous | 05/25/2012 |
