Museums
Artists
| Name | Info | Years
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| Munger, Gilbert | ![]()
Gilbert
Davis Munger achieved great success in the nineteenth
century, painting landscapes of the newly discovered American West.
Biography
Gilbert
Davis Munger’s painting career can be divided
into three phases: artist-explorer painting the spectacular landscapes of
California, Oregon, Washington, and Utah; critically acclaimed... | 1837 - 1903 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 |
| Powers, Harriet | ![]()
Harriet
Powers (October 29, 1837 – January 1, 1910) was
an African American slave, folk artist and quilt maker from rural Georgia. She
used traditional appliqué techniques to record local legends, Bible
stories, and astronomical events on her quilts. Only two of her quilts have
survived: Bible Quilt 1886 and Pictorial Quilt 1898. Her quilts are... | 1837 - 1911 | Anonymous | 05/19/2012 |
| Niles, George E. | ![]()
George E.
Niles was a lithographer as well as a painter. He kept a studio at Jackson, NH, where
he exhibited the works of many other artists.
He
exhibited at the Boston Art Club during the years 1873 to 1877.
References
New Hampshire SceneryThe Boston Art
Club Exhibition Record
| 1837 - 1898 | Anonymous | 12/14/2012 |
| Ream, Carducius Plantagenet | ![]()
Carducius Plantagenet Ream was one of the most important still life painters of the 19th century. Born in Lancaster, Ohio, Ream began his artistic career painting in New York and Cincinnati before he moved to Chicago in 1878. It was in Chicago that Ream became the city's leading still life painter and gained national and international recognition for... | 1837 - 1917 | Anonymous | 07/29/2012 |
| Carr, Samuel S. | ![]()
Very little is known regarding Samuel S. Carr. He was born in England on 15 October 1837 and studied at the Royal Academy of Design at Chester. In 1863 he emigrated to the United States where in 1865 he attended a class in mechanical drawing at Cooper Union. From 1870 to 1907 he lived with his sister and brother-in-law at 461 Twelfth Street in... | 1837 - 1908 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |





