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A. Lassell Ripley

Born in 1896 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Aiden Lassell Ripley developed an affinity for the outdoors at a young age. His subject matter…

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Aaron Draper Shattuck

Aaron Draper Shattuck was one of the leading artists of the Hudson River School’s second generation, known for his small, intimate views…

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Aaron Harry Gorson

Aaron Harry Gorson was a pioneer landscape painter of industrial scenes. Born in Lithuania, Gorson studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the…

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Aaron Shikler

Widely known for his innovative and somewhat controversial portraits of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Aaron Shikler remains at…

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Abbott Graves

Abbott Fuller Graves was a prominent Boston artist known for his decorative work, still lifes, figurative paintings, and genre scenes. Born in…

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Abel Orry

Born in Paris, Abel Orry was a French artist who painted landscapes and forest scenes in the second half of the nineteenth…

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Abraham Walkowitz

A notable figure in American Modernism, Abraham Walkowitz brought aspects of French Post-Impressionism and Fauvism to his work. He immigrated to New…

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Ada Van Winkle

Following the lead of still-life painters George Cochran Lambdin and Martin Johnson Heade, nineteenth-century woman artist Ada Van Winkle created beautiful floral…

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Adelheid Dietrich

Adelheid Dietrich was born in Wittenberg, Germany, and was the daughter and student of painter Eduard Dietrich (1803–1877). The primary focus of…

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Adolf Ferdinand Konrad

Popularly known as the Painter Laureate of Newark, Adolf Konrad is known for his American Scene paintings of New Jersey. Born in…

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Albert Babb Insley

Raised in a family of artisans, Albert Insley began his studies with his uncle, an architect, at age twelve, and trained in…

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Albert Bierstadt

Master Hudson River School painter of the American West By William Tylee Ranney Abbott Albert Bierstadt was one of the most acclaimed…

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Albert Fitch Bellows

Alfred F. Bellows gained recognition in the mid-nineteenth century as a painter of New England landscapes and a pioneer in the watercolor…

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Albert Goodwin

Born in Maidstone, England, Albert Goodwin was a landscape painter best known for his skillful work in watercolor. Training in the artistic…

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Aldro Thompson Hibbard

Aldro Thomspon Hibbard spent most of his life in Massachusetts, where he painted striking images of the New England coastline. Over the…

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Alex Katz

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Àlex Voltá

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Alexander Bower

American landscape painter Alexander Bower attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he…

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Alexander Calder

Best known for his innovative sculptures, Alexander Calder was at the forefront of abstraction during the twentieth century. Calder developed an interest…

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Alexander Francois Loemans

Alexander Francois Loemans created sweeping vistas of the northern United States and Canada in the mid-nineteenth century. Born in the Netherlands, Loemans…

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Alexander Helwig Wyant

Alexander Wyant was one of the nineteenth century’s most significant landscape painters, who helped to initiate the Tonalist movement of painting. Wyant’s…

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Alexander Theobald van Laer

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Alexander Zakharov

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Alfred C. Rodriguez

Alfred C. Rodriguez’s career was cut tragically short by his death from consumption at age twenty-eight. As a result, his artistic promise…

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Alfred Egerton Cooper

British artist known for painting portraits, figure subjects and landscapes By Alexandra A. Jopp Resident of Chelsea, England, Alfred Egerton Cooper, was…

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Alfred H. Maurer

Alfred Henry Maurer has been called the First American Modern because of his role in bringing modern methods of working to the…

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Alfred Kappes

Alfred Kappes was one of the nineteenth century’s most engaging genre painters, who devoted his career to representing African-American communities. His work…

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Alfred S. Mira

Painting during the mid-twentieth century, Alfred S. Mira created intimate views of New York City’s most beloved landmarks. Perhaps inspired by the…

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Alfred Thompson Bricher

Master marine painter of realistic and sublime New England coastal scenes By William Tylee Ranney Abbott The seascapes of Alfred Thompson Bricher…

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Alice Preble Tucker de Haas

Alice Preble Tucker de Haas was an accomplished watercolor artist and creator of portrait miniatures during her lifetime.  Born in Boston, the…

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Allen Dean Cochran

Allen Dean Cochran was a prominent member of the Woodstock Art Colony, a community of painters and craftspeople that became a center…

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Allen Tucker

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Allen Tucker helped to usher in the wave of Modernism in America at the turn of the…

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Alvan Fisher

Alvan Fisher was one of the first American landscape painters, whose work helped to initiate the Hudson River School. Born in Dedham,…

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American School

Following Hudson River School leaders Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand, many nineteenth century artists turned towards the American landscape for their…

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Anders Anderson Lundby

Anders Anderson Lundby was a Danish artist known for his atmospheric winter scenes. Born in a small town near Aalborg, Denmark, Lundby…

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Andrew Andrews

Andrew Andrews was a distinguished nineteenth-century painter who created landscape paintings in the style of the Hudson River School. His life was…

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Andrew Dasburg

Pioneer of early American Modernism known for Cubist-inspired Southwestern landscapes By Eve Perry Andrew Dasburg, a pre-eminent figure in the Taos art…

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Andrew Fisher Bunner

Andrew Bunner was a landscape painter who is known for his depictions of the Long Island shore in the summertime. He also…

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Andrew John Henry Way

Andrew John Henry Way, born in Washington, D.C., received his initial training as an artist in Cincinnati under the portrait painter John…

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Andrew Melrose

Born in Scotland in 1836, Andrew Melrose is believed to have immigrated to the United States around 1856. Living in New Jersey,…

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Andrew Wyeth

Prominent Twentieth Century American Realist By Margarita Karasoulas Nationally recognized as one of the leading artists of the twentieth century, Andrew Wyeth’s…

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Ann Sophia Towne Darrah

Heralded by The Art Amateur as the “best woman of our Boston school of French landscapists and impressionists,” Ann Sophia Towne Darrah…

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Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses

Twentieth-Century Folk Artist By Amy Spencer Taking up painting in her seventies, Grandma Moses became internationally admired for her joyful paintings of…

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Anna Richards Brewster

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Anna Weatherby Parry Speakman

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Anthony Thieme

A Dutch-born, American impressionist artist of Massachusetts’ Gloucester-Rockport Art Colony By Alexandra A. Jopp Anthony Thieme is best remembered for his scenes…

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Antoine Bouvard

Inspired by the majesty of Italy, Antoine Bouvard devoted his oeuvre to capturing the beauty and glamour of Venice. Born in France,…

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Archibald Carey Smith

Archibald Carey Smith was a talented marine painter whose knowledge of the sea stemmed from his work as a yacht designer. The…

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Arnoud Wydeveld

Born in Holland, Arnould Wydeveld immigrated to the United States in 1853 and became a distinguished still-life and genre painter. Known for…

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Arthur B. Carles

Arthur B. Carles was a celebrated American modernist whose vivid colors and bold forms were influenced by French Impressionism and paved the…

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Arthur B. Davies

Arthur B. Davies established himself as a talented pastel and watercolor painter just before the turn of the twentieth century. His role…

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Arthur Clifton Goodwin

Best known for his depictions of Boston street scenes and the waterfront in both oil and pastel, Arthur C. Goodwin painted en…

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Arthur Dove

Early Modernist and One of the First Americans to Create Abstract Art By Amy Spencer Driven by ideas of nature and purity,…

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Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

An English-born painter and lithographer, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait was a skilled American landscape artist, as well as an esteemed sporting painter best…

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Arthur Grove Rider

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Arthur Hoeber

Arthur Hoeber was a distinguished Tonalist known for his poetic views of tidal wetlands and dramatic twilit skies. Born in New Jersey,…

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Arthur James Beaumont

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Arthur Parton

Along with his younger brother Ernest, Arthur Parton was a central member of the Hudson River School. Born in Hudson, New York,…

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Arthur Quartley

One of the leading marine painters of his time, Arthur Quartley captured the poetic, atmospheric qualities of the marine landscape. Sadly, Quartley’s…

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Arthur Vidal Diehl

Born in London in 1870, Arthur Vidal Diehl immigrated to New York City about 1891. Largely self taught—though he possibly studied for…

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Arthur Wesley Dow

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Arturo Noci

Arturo Noci was a versatile twentieth-century artist known for his landscapes, portraits, genre scenes, and illustrations. Born in Rome, Noci studied at…

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Asher B. Durand

Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Painter, Engraver, and Leader of the Hudson River School By Margarita Karasoulas Renowned for his reputation as one of…

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Adolph C. Frei

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August Albo

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Augustus M. Friedlander

Augustus M. Friedlander was a versatile artist whose work exemplifies the variety of late-nineteenth century American art. Born in Philadelphia, Friedlander grew…

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Augustus Rockwell

Augustus Rockwell was born in 1822.  Although not a primary member of the Hudson River School, his landscapes often display the delicate…

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Bela de Tirefort

Bela de Tirefort was born in Eastern Europe, painted in New York City, and retired to St. Petersburg, Florida. Known for his…

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Benjamin Champney

As one of the leaders of the White Mountain School, Benjamin Champney brought the techniques of the Hudson River School to the…

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Bernard Lamotte

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Birge Harrison

American Tonalist landscape painter By Amy Spencer Working with subtle hues and tones, Harrison excelled at rendering the delicate moods of nature.…

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Blanche Lazzell

An early female modernist recognized for her involvement in the Cape Cod art colony of Provincetown, Massachusetts. She is best known for…

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Blanche Ostertag

A multi-talented artist, Blanche Ostertag did not limit herself to one medium; rather, she alternated between the production of book illustrations, etchings,…

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Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt

Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt was a modernist painter, etcher, block printer, and engraver. Born in Tulstorg, Sweden in 1878, he immigrated to…

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Brother Frank Herold

Brother Frank Herold was a Christian missionary who taught religion while cultivating his interest in painting. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Brother Frank…

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Bruce Crane

Bruce Crane was one of America’s best-known Tonalists, adapting the style of the Barbizon School to the American tradition. Born in New…

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Burr H. Nicholls

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Carducius Plantagenet Ream

Carducius Ream achieved national and international recognition for his still life paintings in the late nineteenth century. Along with his brother Morston…

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Carl C. Brenner

American realist, romanticist and tonalist, specializing in landscapes of Kentucky By Kate Amundsen A German-born, American-raised landscape painter, recognized only after his…

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Carl E. Pickhardt, Jr.

Painter and printmaker Carl E. Pickhardt, Jr. was born in Westwood, Massachusetts in 1908. Little of Pickhardt’s childhood is known; however, he…

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Carl Sprinchorn

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Carl William Peters

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Carl Wuermer

Known for his serene landscapes and vast panoramas, Carl Wuermer was born in Munich, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in…

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Carleton Wiggins

One of the early painters of the colony at Old Lyme best known for his bucolic landscapes By Alexandra A. Jopp A…

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Carlton Fowler

In the early twentieth century, Carlton Fowler established himself as a leading painter and illustrator of urban life. Born in New York…

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Casimir Clayton Griswold

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Cassilly Adams

A descendent of President John Adams, Cassilly Adams created history paintings and genre scenes that captured the spirit of life on the…

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Cecelia Muringer Schussele

Born in France, Cecelia Muringer Schussele immigrated to the United States as a child with her father Casper Muringer, a lithographer. She…

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Cecil C. Bell

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Cecil Chichester

American Landscape Artist, Teacher and Prominent Member of the Woodstock Art Colony By Margarita Karasoulas Painting seasonal landscapes that celebrated Woodstock’s surroundings,…

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Charles Abel Corwin

Born in Newburgh, New York, Charles Abel Corwin was a painter and lithographer known for his sea and landscape depictions as well…

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Charles Allen Hulbert

Charles Allen Hulbert was born in MacKinaw Island, Michigan, likely during the latter half of the nineteenth century. After studying art at…

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Charles Baker

Working in New York at the beginning of the Hudson River School movement, Charles Baker created idyllic landscape paintings of an early…

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Charles Burchfield

Watercolorist with Romantic Realist Vision of American Life By Amy Spencer Best known for his romantic watercolors, Burchfield developed a unique style,…

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Charles Calistus Burleigh, Jr.

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Charles Caryl Coleman

Charles Caryl Coleman resided on the breathtaking Italian island of Capri from 1886 until his death in 1928, becoming an individual leader…

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Charles Courtney Curran

Celebrated American Impressionist and Leading Figure of the Cragsmoor Art Colony By Margarita Karasoulas With a skillful rendering of form and a…

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Charles Day Hunt

C.D. Hunt was a talented landscape painter whose work pivoted between the naturalism of the Hudson River School and the expressionism of…

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Charles Demuth

Pennsylvania Precisionist best remembered for romantic watercolors marked by vibrant sensuousness and elegant refinement By Alexandra A. Jopp Charles Demuth, a key…

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Charles Edwin Lewis Green

American Impressionist specializing in landscapes, particularly coastal seascapes of Massachusetts By Kate Amundsen A member of the Lynn Beach Painters group, Green…

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Charles Ethan Porter

Charles Ethan Porter was known for his finely detailed, light infused paintings of landscapes and floral still lifes. Born in Hartford, Connecticut,…

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Charles Ferdinand Wimar

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Charles G. Shaw

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Charles H. Chapin

Charles H. Chapin was a talented nineteenth-century painter known for his expressive portraits and radiant landscapes, which conveyed a lyrical view of…

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Charles Harold Davis

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Charles Henry Gifford

Known for his marine paintings and landscapes, Charles Henry Gifford was part of the Luminist movement that had a profound impact on…

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Charles Herbert Woodbury

American marine painter and founder of a preeminent Ogunquit art colony school. By Anna J. Murphy Beyond the hundreds of paintings and…

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Charles Hoffbauer

Charles Hoffbauer was a prolific, French-born artist renowned for his historic murals and paintings, in addition to the impressionist New York City…

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Charles Jacob Young

Bavarian-born Charles Jacob Young immigrated to the United States ca. 1881. Exhibiting under his birth name, C Jac Jung, through at least…

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Charles L. Heyde

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Charles Lanman

Dubbed by the famous writer, Washington Irving, the “Picturesque explorer of the United States,” Charles F. Lanman was born in Monroe, MI,…

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Charles Paul Gruppe

The father of the marine artist Emile Gruppe, Charles Gruppe was a premier Tonalist known for his soft brushwork and dark, Dutch-inspired…

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Charles Sheeler

American painter and photographer of industrial subjects By Alexandra A. Jopp Charles Sheeler, one of America’s leading Modernists, found formal beauty in…

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Charles Trevor Garland

Charles Garland was a late-nineteenth century British artist known for his charming genre scenes of women and children. Based in London, Garland…

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Charles Vezin

Known for his impressionistic views of New York’s skyline and harbors, Charles Vezin forged an unusual, but highly successful, career in the…

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Charles Volkmar

Charles Volkmar became an American landscape painter of international repute during the latter half of the nineteenth century. He was born in…

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Charles W. Knapp

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Charles Warren Eaton

Known as “the pine tree painter,” Charles Warren Eaton was a leading second-generation American tonalist known for his mastery of the watercolor…

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Chauncey Foster Ryder

Prolific painter, illustrator, etcher, and lithographer active in Paris, New York, and New England in the early twentieth century I. Biography II.…

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Childe Hassam

The premier American Impressionist painter of New York City By Alexandra A. Jopp Childe Hassam, often referred to as the “American Monet,”…

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Christopher Patrick Hussey Murphy

Christopher P.H. Murphy was born in 1869, and had a middle-class upbringing in Savannah, Georgia. The artist’s father ran a shipping supply…

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Christopher Pearse Cranch

Christopher Pearse Cranch was a man of many talents.  Born in Alexandria, Virginia, the minister-turned poet-turned artist, prepared for his future success…

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Clarence Holbrook Carter

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Colin Campbell Cooper

A noted Impressionist who worked throughout the United States, Europe, and India, Colin Campbell Cooper made a name for himself with his…

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Conrad Diehl

Conrad Diehl was a well-regarded landscape, history, and still life painter, who also had a noted career as an art instructor and…

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Conrad Wise Chapman

The son of the prominent artist John Gadsby Chapman, Conrad Wise Chapman became a widely-recognized landscape and genre painter in the second…

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Dale Nichols

A painter, designer, lithographer, and illustrator, Nichols was born in David City, Nebraska. The son of a farmer, Nichols was educated at…

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Daniel Folger Bigelow

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Daniel Garber

Renowned Pennsylvania Impressionist and founding member of the New Hope Art Colony By Eve Perry Garber was one of the most influential…

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Daniel Huntington

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Daniel Putnam Brinley

Born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1879, Daniel Putnam Brinley made a significant artistic impact throughout his career. Brinley commenced his formal…

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David Fredenthal

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David Johnson

As a second-generation member of the Hudson River School, David Johnson experienced artistic success during the second half of the nineteenth century.…

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David R. Dunham

David R. Dunham was a talented mid-nineteenth century artist who specialized in engravings. As Sailing Scene demonstrates, he also created a select…

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David Saint John

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De Witt Clinton Boutelle

Born in Troy, New York, de Witt Clinton Boutelle settled in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he had a distinguished career as a landscape…

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Dennis Miller Bunker

Having earned the patronage of Isabella Stewart Gardner, the friendship and support of John Singer Sargent, and his first solo exhibition by…

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Dubois Fenelon Hasbrouck

Dubois Hasbrouck was a gifted Impressionist known for his rustic, wooded landscapes. Born in Pine Hill, New York, Hasbrouck painted the austere…

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Duncan Campbell

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Dwight William Tryon

One of America’s first Tonalists, Dwight Tryon was an influential artist and teacher who popularized the muted, poetic style among fin-de-siècle audiences.…

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Eastman Johnson

A distinguished American painter of sentimental, Victorian-genre images By Alexandra A. Jopp One of the most elegant artists of the last half…

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Edith Mitchill Prellwitz

A late 19th-century American painter known for her landscapes and portraits, in addition to her pioneering efforts toward advancing women’s involvement within…

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Edmund C. Coates

A versatile nineteenth-century painter, Edmund C. Coates created landscapes, seascapes, portraits, and history paintings. Born in England, Coates spent his adult life…

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Edmund C. Tarbell

American Impressionist and founding member of The Ten By Alexandra A. Jopp Edmund Tarbell was renowned for his elegant interiors and vivacious…

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Edmund Darch Lewis

A talented marine and landscape painter, Edmund Darch Lewis studied in Philadelphia under the renowned nineteenth-century artist Paul Weber. Lewis began his…

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Edmund Henry Osthaus

Edmund Osthaus was a distinguished animal painter prized for his lifelike portraits of hunting dogs. Born in Hildesheim, Germany, Osthaus studied at…

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Edmund Marion Ashe

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Edmund W. Greacen

American impressionist specializing in landscape scenes, particularly Northeastern seascapes By Kate Amundsen By painting in a French-influenced style, Greacen became one of…

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Edward Chalmers Leavitt

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Edward Cucuel

American Impressionist painter and illustrator. By Anna J. Murphy Cucuel’s beginnings as a newspaper illustrator led to a passion for painting that…

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Edward Dufner

By Chelsea Delay Edward Dufner, a native of Buffalo, New York, began his formal artistic training at the age of fifteen when…

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Edward Emerson Simmons

Known primarily as a muralist, Edward Emerson Simmons was also a member of the Ten American Painters. His limited involvement with the…

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Edward Gay

Edward B. Gay associated with the leading figures in the Hudson River School and enjoyed critical success as a landscape painter in…

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Edward Henry Potthast

A talented American Impressionist artist known for his oeuvre of marine and beach scenes. By Chelsea DeLay I. Biography II. Chronology III.…

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Edward Herbert Barnard

Born in Belmont, Massachusetts, Edward Herbert Barnard is known for his impressionist and representational landscapes. He studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute…

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Edward Hill

Though lesser-known than his brother Thomas, Edward Hill was a talented landscape painter of New Hampshire scenery in the Hudson River School…

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Edward Hopper

America’s foremost modern painter; famous for his portrayal of American landscapes, urban streets and a vernacular American architecture By Alexandra A. Jopp…

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Edward Lamson Henry

Famous for his rustic genre subjects, Edward Lamson Henry was America’s most significant painter of colonial life. His charming, intricately-detailed work celebrated…

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Edward Moran

A talented marine painter famous for his naturalist depictions of American and Canadian coastlines. By Chelsea DeLay Live near the sea, always…

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Edward Rawstorne

Edward Rawstorne was a marine painter working in New York in the mid-19th century, skilled at capturing light on the open seas.…

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Edward Steichen

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Edward Stieglitz

The father of Alfred Stieglitz, the renowned twentieth-century photographer and dealer, Edward Stieglitz created impressionist paintings that revealed the beauty of the…

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Edward Wilbur Dean Hamilton

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Edward Willis Redfield

Pennsylvania Impressionist and Leading American Landscapist. By Eva Gratta I. Biography II. Chronology III. Collections IV. Exhibitions V. Memberships VI. Notes VII.…

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Edwin H. Gunn

Edwin Gunn was a New York-based artist known for his Impressionist landscapes and seascapes. Born in New York City, Gunn studied art…

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Edwin Lord Weeks

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Elias W. Durand

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Elihu Vedder

American Symbolist Painter By Mary L. Urban Expatriate painter, poet, and book illustrator, Elihu Vedder is best remembered for his decorative and…

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Elisha Taylor Baker

Elisha Taylor Baker was a distinguished marine painter known for his meticulous depictions of ships, yachts, and steamboats. Born in New York,…

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Eliza Pratt Greatorex

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Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome

Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome was born in New Haven, Connecticut on December 18, 1824. One of the few women artists of her time,…

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Elizabeth Reynolds Finley

Elizabeth R. Finley was an early twentieth-century American portrait and watercolor artist. Her involvement with the New York Women’s Art Club at…

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Elliott Daingerfield

A great artist who captured the wonder and splendor of nature in his landscape paintings. By Kathryn Williams Elliot Daingerfield captured the…

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Emil Carlsen

Emil Carlsen was one of the twentieth century’s most renowned still life painters, whose work combined sensuous realism with impressionistic technique. Carlsen…

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Emile Albert Gruppe

Son of internationally recognized painter, Charles Gruppe, Emile Albert Gruppe became known in his own right for his vibrant harbor scenes. Born…

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Enoch Wood Perry, Jr.

Given his life’s history, it seems that American artist Enoch Wood Perry, Jr. always intended to be an artist. Although born in…

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Eric Sloane

By Nina Sangimino I think in some ways I’m a failure because people think I’m a painter of barns and a writer…

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Ernest Albert

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Ernest Lawson

A popular member of “The Eight” who depicted modern, urban life using a bold, impressionist technique. By Nina Sangimino I. Biography II.…

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Ernest Ludwig Ipsen

Although born in a small suburban town in Massachusetts, Ernest Ludwig Ipsen’s artistic talent catapulted him to world fame. Indeed, by the…

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Ernest Parton

In 1910, Austin Chester, a critic in Windsor Magazine, lauded Ernest Parton as a “student of the theory of light, ‘who had…

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Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow

Son of the widely popular lyrical poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ernest Wadsworth chose painting as his preferred form of expression. A Massachusetts…

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Eugene Benson

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Eugene Galien-Laloue

Eugene Galien-Laloue was a French artist celebrated for his fin-de-siecle Parisian street scenes. Born Eugene Galiany to French-Italian parents, he changed his…

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Everett Shinn

Shinn’s work as a magazine illustrator formed an artistic foundation based in early American Realism, which later absorbed the compositional arrangements of…

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F. Alexander Wust

American landscape painter, known for epic landscapes of the Northeastern United States By Eve Perry The Dutch-born Ferdinand Alexander Wust painted majestic…

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F. Luis Mora

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Fairfield Porter

By Nina Sangimino The deepest order is not within the ability of the artist to create, instead it is something that he…

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Felicie Waldo Howell

An accomplished watercolorist, Felicie Waldo Howell was married to a yachtsman and produced many of her watercolors aboard their schooner, Teragram, as…

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Ferdinand Richardt

Joachim Ferdinand Richardt began his career at age 16 when he entered the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen. A Danish…

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Fernand Lungren

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Fidelia Bridges

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Fitz Henry Lane

Hudson River School Artist Known for Marine Paintings of New England and Contributions to Founding of ‘Luminism’ By Alexandra A. Jopp Painting…

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Fortunato Arriola

Fortunato Arriola was born in Mexico in 1827 and moved to San Francisco with his family in 1857. The artist exhibited his…

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Francis Augustus Silva

Luminist painter best known for harbor scenes along the East Coast By Eve Perry The Luminist painter Francis Augustus Silva is best…

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Francis Coates Jones

Francis Coates Jones was destined to be an artist. The brother of landscapist Hugh Bolton Jones, Francis only recognized his innate talent…

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Francis Hopkinson Smith

It takes a great man to do one thing well; Mr. Smith can do several excellently, as well as paint admirable pictures.[1]…

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Frank Alfred Bicknell

Frank Alfred Bicknell was a prolific American Impressionist who traveled to far-reaching sites including Bermuda, the French countryside, Japan and the Eastern…

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Frank Anderson

Frank Anderson was a well-known Hudson River painter in the late nineteenth century. Anderson excelled in the poetic grammar of Luminism and…

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Frank Duveneck

Frank Duveneck, one of America’s most famous artist-teachers, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to German immigrants in 1848. Duveneck worked as an…

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Frank Henry Shapleigh

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Frank Knox Morton Rehn

Prized for his luminous coastal scenes, Frank Rehn was well known in both the Philadelphia and New York art worlds. Born in…

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Frank Myers Boggs

By Amy Carvel I. Biography II. Chronology III. Collections IV. Exhibitions V. Suggested Resources I. Biography Mixing tonalist and impressionist elements, Frank…

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Frank Russell Green

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Frank Russell Green earned a reputation for his realist genre scenes, still lifes, and figure paintings. In the…

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Frank Vincent DuMond

Frank DuMond was an important American artist and educator who invested his landscapes, still lifes, and figurative works with a unique tonal-Impressionist…

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Frank von der Lancken

Frank von der Lancken was a Brooklyn-born artist and teacher who chose to travel beyond the limits of New York to cultivate…

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Frank Waller

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Frank Weston Benson

An American Impressionist and member of the Ten American Painters best known for his plein-air paintings By Alexandra A. Jopp Frank Weston…

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Frederic Charles Vipont Ede

Frederic Charles Vipont Ede was a distinguished turn-of-the-century painter known for his bright village scenes. Working in a vibrant impressionist style, Ede…

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Frederic Edwin Church

American painter, landscape specialist and leading figure of the Hudson River School By Alexandra A. Jopp An American landscape and seascape painter…

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Frederic Porter Vinton

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Frederic Remington

Painter, sculptor and illustrator; famous for mythic scenes of the American West By Eve Perry Remington’s dynamic portrayals of the adventurous lives…

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Frederick Carl Frieseke

Leading American impressionist painter most well known for his impressionist depictions of outdoor figure subjects By Tiffany Win Spending most of his…

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Frederick DeBourg Richards

Painter of Pennsylvania landscapes and marine subjects of New Jersey By Alexandra A. Jopp Influenced by Hudson River School painters, Frederick DeBourg…

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Frederick Dickinson Williams

Frederick Dickinson Williams was a portraitist, landscape painter, and art teacher whose work left a lasting impression of the New England landscape.…

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Frederick J. Mulhaupt

Frederick J. Mulhaupt (1871–1938) An impressionist painter known for his depictions of Cape Ann in Gloucester, Massachusetts I. Biography II. Chronology III.…

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Frederick J. Sykes

Described as “a combination of Hudson River School and Magic Realism” in a 1997 New York Times exhibition review, the work of…

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Frederick Judd Waugh

Known for his spirited images of crashing surf upon rocky coastlines, Waugh emerged as a major seascape painter at the turn of…

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Frederick Oakes Sylvester

The self-proclaimed “Painter-Poet of the Mississippi River,” Frederick Sylvester was a versatile artist who captured the spirit of the Southeastern United States…

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Frederick Rondel

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Frederick Usher De Voll

Rhode Island Painter with a Distinctive Pointillist Style By Amy Spencer de Voll’s paintings include scenes of Providence and New York City,…

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Gail Sherman Corbett

Although primarily known for her sculptural works, Gail Sherman Corbett was a well-rounded artist who also painted lavish portrayals of sophisticated Parisian…

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Gamaliel Waldo Beaman

Gamaliel Waldo Beaman was a distinguished painter of rustic New England landscapes, best known for his views of New Hampshire’s White Mountains.…

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Gari Melchers

Gari Melchers was a highly acclaimed expatriate artist that specialized in genre painting, mural decorations, and portraiture. Inspired by the Dutch Old…

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George Albert Frost

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George Ault

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, George Ault was a painter most well-known for his architectonic city scenes from the 1920s and 1930s. He…

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George Bellows

American Realist Painter By Amy Spencer An associate of the Ashcan school, Bellows is known for his urban realist style depicting subjects…

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George Cochran Lambdin

According to art historians William H. Gerdts and Russell Burke, George Cochran Lambdin was “the best-known flower painter of his time” and…

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George Cope

George Cope was a Realist painter who devoted his talent to producing trompe l’oeil still lifes during the latter half of the…

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George Curtis

George Curtis, a Massachusetts native, spent his career in and around Boston. Before becoming a landscape and marine artist he painted stage…

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George Elmer Browne

Successful both at home and abroad, George Elmer Browne painted in Cape Ann at the same time as renowned artists Frederick J.…

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George Forster

George Forster was a masterful still-life painter active in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Forster had a talent for rendering…

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George Gunther Hartwick

George Gunther Hartwick joined the artistic circles of New York City in 1847 – notably, just one year after Hudson River School…

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George Heming Mason

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George Henry Boughton

George Henry Boughton was born in Norwich, England in 1833.  Although Boughton would later return to England, he immigrated to Albany, New…

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George Henry Durrie

Connecticut Painter of Rural Genre Scenes By Amy Spencer George Durrie is best known for his winter landscapes, which were popularized when…

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George Henry Hall

A master of fruit, vegetable, and flower still-life painting, George Henry Hall was born in Manchester, New Hampshire and raised in Boston.…

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George Henry Smillie

Born into an artistic family, George Smillie became a well-known landscape painter at the end of the nineteenth century. Raised in New…

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George Herbert Macrum

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George Herbert McCord

George McCord was a central member of the Hudson River School’s second generation of artists. Based in New York, McCord traveled extensively…

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George Hitchcock

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George Hyde-Pownall

Little is recorded of London artist, George Hyde-Pownall, and his career; however, his body of work acts as a primary witness to…

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George Inness

American landscape Tonalist painter driven by a zealous spirit to portray truth in nature By William Tylee Ranney Abbott George Inness’ individualistic,…

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George Inness, Jr.

Late-Century Painter of Pastoral Landscapes and Mystically-Tinged Religious Works By Justin R. Wolf Painting largely from the “Inness perspective,” George Inness, Jr.…

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George J. Stengel

American Impressionist of the New Hope School By Amy Spencer After working as a designer for a carpet mill, George J. Stengel…

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George Lafayette Clough

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George Loftus Noyes

George Loftus Noyes was one of the Boston School’s most prominent Impressionists, known for his vibrant depictions of the landscape around Boston,…

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George Luks

Leading Ashcan Artist and Urban Realist By Margarita Karasoulas A prominent member of the revolutionary Ashcan school, and specifically “The Eight,” George…

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George Washington Nicholson

George Washington Nicholson was born in New Jersey and lived in Philadelphia for the majority of his life; however, he frequently traveled…

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George William Sotter

George William Sotter was an American stained glass artist and impressionist painter remembered for his luminescent night scenes. He was born in…

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George Wright

George Wright was born in 1860 in Leeds, England. Together with his brother Gilbert, George taught himself the rudimentary principles of painting.…

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Georgia O'Keeffe

World-renowned American painter; twentieth century Modernist By Eve Perry Georgia O’Keeffe, one of the most celebrated American painters of the twentieth century,…

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Gerald L. Brockhurst

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Gerrit Albertus Beneker

Gerrit Beneker was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and began his career as an illustrator. A student at the Art Institute of…

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Gertrude Fiske

Gertrude Fiske took up the painter’s tools at a time when women were becoming more active in the public sphere of American…

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Gifford Beal

Born in New York, Gifford Beal painted throughout New England, as well as on visits to Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Bermuda, and…

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Gilbert Davis Munger

Artist-explorer of the American West By Amy Spencer Gilbert Davis Munger achieved great success in the nineteenth century, painting landscapes of the…

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Gilbert Gaul

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Giovanni Fattori

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Grace Ravlin

Grace Ravlin was an important female artist known for her bold landscapes and genre scenes. Working in the first half of the…

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Granville Perkins

Granville Perkins was born in Baltimore, Maryland in the year 1830. The artist began his painting career at a young age, reportedly…

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Granville Redmond

Considered one of the first California-based impressionist artists, Redmond is best known for his landscape paintings. Born in Philadelphia in 1871, he…

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Guy C. Wiggins

New York has always been my favorite subject, especially streets in snow storms.[1] —Guy C. Wiggins, 1948 By Nina Sangimino I. Biography…

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Guy Pène du Bois

A twentieth-century American artist, art critic, and teacher whose work highlights human and social interaction in urban settings. By Chelsea DeLay I.…

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Hal Robinson

Painting during a time when landscapes of the Hudson River School decreased in popularity, American artist Hal Robinson took up the paint…

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Hamilton Gibbs Wilde

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Hamilton Hamilton

The father of the noted post-impressionist painter Helen Hamilton, Hamilton Hamilton was one of the greatest painters of America’s Western frontier. Born…

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Hannah Brown Skeele

Hannah Brown Skeele, who also went by Harriet, is best known today for her elegant still-life paintings, but she also created detailed…

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Harrison Bird Brown

Born in Portland, Maine, Brown became one of the most celebrated painters of the New England landscape. Striking for their rich colors…

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Harry Aiken Vincent

Known for his bold Impressionist harbor scenes, Harry Aiken Vincent was a prominent member of the Rockport Art Colony in the beginning…

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Harry Leith-Ross

Beloved Bucks County Impressionist and Teacher By Margarita Karasoulas An accomplished artist noted for his snow-covered landscapes, Leith-Ross is considered one of…

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Harry Roseland

Brooklyn painter known for his genre scenes of postbellum Black Americans I. Biography II. Chronology III. Collections IV. Exhibitions V. Memberships VI.…

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Harry Willson Watrous

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…

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Harvey Otis Young

Harvey Otis Young is primarily known for his paintings of the Rocky Mountains and of Western mining scenes, and his career was…

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Hayley Lever

A skilled painter of Post-Impressionist marine and seaport scenes. By Chelsea DeLay Art is the re-creation of mood in line, form and…

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Helen Kiner McCarthy

Landscape, still-life and portrait painter; founding member of the Philadelphia Ten By Eve Perry Helen K. McCarthy, known for her painted landscapes,…

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Hendrik-Dirk Kruseman Van Elten

A painter of refined, meticulously-rendered landscapes, Hendrik-Dirk Kruseman Van Elten enjoyed a prominent career in the second half of the nineteenth century.…

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Henry A. Ferguson

Henry A. Ferguson was born in Glens Falls, New York. During the 1860s, he moved to Albany and there received instruction from…

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Henry Ary

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Henry Boese

A nineteenth-century American landscape painter stylistically influenced by the Hudson River School. By Chelsea DeLay I. Biography II. Chronology III. Collections IV.…

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Henry Farrer

Henry Farrer was a well-recognized painter and etcher of Tonalist landscapes, whose work reflects his keen sense of atmosphere and daylight. Born…

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Henry Hitchings

Henry Hitchings was a celebrated Boston artist known for his landscape paintings of rural America. Ranging from the dramatic to the intimate,…

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Henry Hobart Nichols

Born in Washington, DC in 1869, Nichols was likely initially drawn to painting as a result of being from an artistic family;…

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Henry Lejeune

British artist Henry LeJeune was born in London in 1820. Following the lead of generations before him, he studied at Sir Joshua…

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Henry Martin Gasser

An influential teacher, accomplished author, and talented artist recognized for his powerful watercolor portrayals of urban life in his hometown of Newark…

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Henry Ossawa Tanner

American Realist Painter By Amy Spencer Henry Ossawa Tanner was the first African-American artist to gain international acclaim. I. Biography II. Chronology…

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Henry Pember Smith

Born in 1854, Henry Pember Smith would become a talented painter of pastoral landscapes during the latter half of the nineteenth century.…

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Henry Prellwitz

Henry Prellwitz was a leading artist of the Peconic artists’ colony on Long Island’s North Fork; he is known for his figurative…

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Henry R. Rittenberg

Henry Rittenberg was born in Libau, Latvia and later immigrated to the United States. He studied art at the Bavarian Academy in…

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Henry Stull

Henry Stull specialized in painting thoroughbred race horses. Considered a premier artist of the genre, Stull was commissioned to create illustrations for…

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Henry Suydam

The brother of James, Henry Suydam was born in New York City in 1803. As suggested by the New York Times, which…

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Henry Ward Ranger

Referred to as “the dean of the American landscape” by the New York Times in 1916, Henry Ward Ranger was one of…

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Hermann Dudley Murphy

Herman Dudley Murphy was one of the leading figures in Boston’s Golden age of painting, which took place during the first two…

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Hermann Fuechsel

Hermann Fuechsel was an important member of the Dusseldorf School that held such influence over 19th-century American art. Born in Brunswick, Germany,…

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Hermann Herzog

A nineteenth-century German-American landscape painter known for his poetic, atmospheric views and majestic mountain scenes. By Chelsea DeLay I. Biography II. Chronology…

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Homer Dodge Martin

American painter most noted for his landscapes and for being one of the first to introduce Impressionism into American painting. By Tiffany…

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Hovsep Pushman

Known for his mystical still-lifes, Hovsep Pushman had a celebrated career in the beginning of the twentieth century. Born in Armenia, Pushman…

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Howard Russell Butler

A landscape painter active from the 1880s to the 1920s, Howard Russell Butler was acclaimed during his lifetime for his seascape scenes…

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Hugh Bolton Jones

Hugh Bolton Jones was a prominent nineteenth-century artist celebrated for his rural landscapes and pastoral scenes. Born in Baltimore, Jones studied at…

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Hugh Henry Breckenridge

Never limiting himself to one particular mode of painting, Hugh Henry Breckenridge experimented with both accepted and modern art trends throughout his…

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Hugh Newell

Born in Belfast, Ireland, Hugh Newell made a name for himself as an artist and instructor after settling in the United States…

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Irving Ramsay Wiles

A master of both portraiture and landscape painting, Irving Ramsay Wiles used an expressive palette and brushwork in the impressionist tradition. By…

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Ivan Gregorewitch Olinsky

Ivan Gregorewitch Olinsky left his native Russia and immigrated to the United States at the age of thirteen.  Only two years later,…

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J. Alden Weir

Part of an important legacy of American artists, Julian Alden Weir was the son of Robert Walter, an influential drawing instructor at…

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J. C. Moreth

J. Moreth was a talented French artist who worked as a painter and illustrator in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. His sunny…

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J. Watson

J. Watson worked in the mid-nineteenth century among the Philadelphia school of still-life painters. Stylistically, his work is united with that of…

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Jack Lorimer Gray

Best known for his marine and harbor paintings, Jack Lorimer Gray was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and studied at the Nova…

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

The American that transformed art in London and Paris By William Tylee Ranney Abbott James Abbott McNeil Whistler worked in an area…

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James Augustus Suydam

Well-connected Luminist recognized for his serene landscapes By William Tylee Ranney Abbott The work of James Augustus Suydam, characterized by idealized tranquil…

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James Brade Sword

Born in Philadelphia, James Brade Sword became known for his landscapes, seascapes, and genre scenes. Though he began his career as a…

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James Carroll Beckwith

James Carroll Beckwith enjoyed enormous success as a landscape, portrait, and genre painter in the late nineteenth century. Beckwith trained at the…

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James Craig Nicoll

A student of the prominent marine painter Mauritz De Haas, James Craig Nicoll was celebrated for the crisp coastal scenes that he…

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James David Smillie

Like many of America’s finest artists, James David Smillie began his career as an engraver. Under the tutelage of his father, Smillie…

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James E. Buttersworth

He was one of the last and the best of a long roll of American ship and yacht portraitists. Such painting is…

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James Fairman

James Fairman was an itinerant landscape painter whose work covered the expanse of the United States as it swelled to tremendous proportions.…

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James Gale Tyler

James Tyler was one of the most prominent marine painters and illustrators of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Tyler painted…

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James Hamilton

James Hamilton was one of America’s first marine painters, celebrated for his striking harbor views and sailing scenes. Inspired by the work…

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James Heseldin

Born in England, James Heseldin arrived in the United States just prior to World War I. He used his artistic skills to…

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James Hope

Born in Scotland and raised in Canada, James Hope spent his adult life in America, where he became one of its leading…

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James Jebusa Shannon

James Jebusa Shannon was a leading portraitist in England during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. A young Shannon showed early talent…

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James Knox

James Knox was a distinguished turn-of-the-century painter known for his brilliantly colored landscapes and seascapes and historical military scenes. Born in Glasgow,…

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James M. Hart

A second-generation Hudson River School painter known for his pastoral and cattle scenes I. Biography II. Chronology III. Collections IV. Exhibitions V.…

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James Peale

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James Renwick Brevoort

A prominent member of the Hudson River School’s second generation of artists, James R. Brevoort created rich, atmospheric landscapes that evoked nature’s…

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James Wells Champney

James Wells Champney is known for his genre paintings of rural scenes and country home life, as well as his studies of…

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James Wethered Bell

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Jamie Wyeth

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Jane Peterson

American Painter Who Found Beauty in Exotic Locales and Local Gardens By Amy Spencer Best known for her Impressionistic paintings of flowers,…

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Jasper Francis Cropsey

Famed Hudson River School painter and architect. By Tiffany Win A leader of the Hudson River School famous for colorful autumnal landscapes.…

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Jean Paul Selinger

Jean Paul Selinger was a versatile artist known for his au currant portraits and timeless landscapes. Born in Boston, Selinger studied at…

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Jefferson David Chalfant

Jefferson David Chalfant is known primarily for his realistically rendered still lifes, genre paintings, and portraits. Born in 1856 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,…

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Jerome Myers

Jerome Myers was born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1867. He lived with his family in Philadelphia as well as Baltimore, before settling…

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Jerry Malzahn

Jerry Malzahn, a talented landscape artist, was born in Stuttgart, Arkansas and moved to Texas as a young adult. He earned a…

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Jervis McEntee

A well-known 19th-century American artist, Jervis McEntee was a prominent member of the Hudson River School recognized for his expressive autumnal landscapes.…

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Joe Evans

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Johann Berthelsen

Johann Berthelsen was a celebrated American impressionist known for his poetic renditions of New York City. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Berthelsen immigrated…

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Johann Hermann Carmiencke

Hudson River School Painter, Engraver, and Etcher Known for his Mastery of Soft Light and Color By Emily Handlin Although less well…

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Johann Mongles Culverhouse

Johann Culverhouse had great success as a genre painter in late-nineteenth-century America. Born in Rotterdam, Holland, Culverhouse began working in the United…

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John Adams Parker

A distinguished nineteenth-century landscapist, John Adams Parker executed scenes of Long Island and the Adirondack, Catskill and White Mountains. Parker had a…

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John Appleton Brown

Bestowed with the moniker, ‘Apple-blossom Brown,’ John Appleton Brown was a Boston painter known for his bright meadow scenes of apple blossoms…

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John Bunyan Bristol

John Bunyan Bristol was born in 1826 in Hillsdale, NY. Although a predominantly self-trained artist, Bristol became known for his landscape paintings…

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John C. Huffington

John C. Huffington was a self-taught artist who painted scenes he encountered in his travels along the northeastern coast of the United…

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John C. Terelak

Recognized as one of America’s foremost living impressionist artists, John C. Terelak was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Formally educated at the Vesper…

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John Carlin

Pioneering Deaf Painter, Writer, Poet, and Public Sign-Speaker By Amy Spencer The success of Carlin’s colorful and detailed portraits allowed him to…

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John F. Francis

Born in Philadelphia, John F. Francis played an important role in the mid-nineteenth-century revival of still-life painting. This largely self-taught artist, who…

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John Fabian Carlson

John Fabian Carlson discovered the snow-laden regions of American landscape that would later define his life’s work when his family emigrated from…

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John Ferguson Weir

John Ferguson Weir was a multi-talented artist who worked as a painter, sculptor, writer, and teacher. His father, Robert Weir, was the…

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John Folinsbee

John (Jack) Fulton Folinsbee seemingly knew he was destined to be an artist from a young age. Born in Buffalo, New York,…

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John Francis Murphy

John Francis Murphy was America’s premier Tonalist, whose landscapes bare his poetic style. Moving away from realistic depictions of nature, Murphy attempted…

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John Frederick Kensett

Leading Hudson River School Painter Famous for New England Views By Amy J. Carvel Painting in a unique style, Kensett became known…

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John Frederick Peto

Born and raised in Philadelphia, John Frederick Peto would eventually join America’s lineage of talented trompe l’oeil painters including Raphaelle Peale and…

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John Gadsby Chapman

The father of Conrad Wise Chapman, John Gadsby Chapman was an important early American portraitist and history painter. Born in Alexandria, Virginia,…

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John George Brown

One of the most successful genre painters of the nineteenth century, known specifically for his depictions of city boys. By Chelsea DeLay…

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John Henry Dolph

John Henry Dolph was a multitalented artist who tried his hand at every subject of nineteenth-century painting: still life, landscape, portraiture, genre,…

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John Henry Hill

American Pre-Raphaelite By Amy Spencer Working in watercolor, gouache, oil, and engraving, Hill focused primarily upon natural subjects as influenced by the…

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John Henry Twachtman

One of the leading American Impressionists and a member of the “Ten American Painters” group By Alexandra A. Jopp Reflecting a true…

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John Herring, Jr.

John Frederick Herring, Jr. was born into an artistic family in Doncaster, England during 1820. The son of a well-known English painter…

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John J. Hammer

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John Joseph Enneking

Duly noted as one of American’s most celebrated painters, John Joseph Enneking found both professional and financial success during the late nineteenth…

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John La Farge

American Painter, Muralist, Stained Glass Decorator, Teacher, and Writer By Margarita Karasoulas Recognized as the “Renaissance Man” of his time, John La…

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John Leslie Breck

John Leslie Breck is considered the American painter responsible for introducing a new style of impressionist painting to the United States in…

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John Marin

Celebrated painter; considered one of the greatest early American modernists By Eve Perry John Marin, noted for his bold watercolor paintings of…

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John Martin Tracy

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John Mix Stanley

John Mix Stanley was a pioneer of American Western landscape painting. Born in western New York, Stanley lost his mother when he…

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John O. Anderson

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John Pope

John Pope was a talented nineteenth-century painter known for his landscapes, portraits, and genre scenes. Born to a family of farmers in…

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John R. Grabach

John R. Grabach was an active member of the New Jersey art community during the twentieth century, and experienced great success as…

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John Rollin Tilton

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John Ross Key

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John Sargent Noble

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John Singer Sargent

By Chelsea DeLay I. Biography II. Chronology III. Collections IV. Exhibitions V. Memberships VI. Suggested Resources VII. Notes I. Biography Born in…

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John Sloan

Leading Ashcan School Painter, Etcher and Teacher By Margarita Karasoulas Chronicling his New York locale as a spectator of urban life, John…

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John Whorf

Leading New England watercolorist best known for his depictions of Provincetown and Boston, Massachusetts By Jenny Lyubomudrova I. Biography II. Chronology III.…

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John Willard Raught

A successful Pennsylvania landscape painter, William Gerdts has called John Willard Raught “unquestionably Scranton’s most talented and distinctive professional artist in the…

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John William Casilear

Famed Hudson River School Painter and American Banknote Engraver By Margarita Karasoulas A prominent member of the second generation of the Hudson…

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John William Hill

Son of British engraver John Hill and father of John Henry Hill, J. W. Hill was a celebrated American Pre-Raphaelite artist. Hill…

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John Williamson

John Williamson was a versatile artist who created still lifes, genre scenes, and landscapes during the heyday of the Hudson River School.…

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Jonas Lie

Jonas Lie grew up in Norway yet considered himself an American artist and convinced his contemporaries to do the same. Writing for…

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Joseph Antonio Hekking

Known for his rustic landscapes and turbulent seascapes, J. Antonio Hekking was a talented artist who worked in the second half of…

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Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell was an innovative artist, known for his inventive collages, experimental films, and shadow box constructions containing found objects and discarded…

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Joseph Decker

Joseph Decker was one of the nineteenth century’s most original artists, who enlivened the genre of still-life painting with his incredible illusionism…

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Joseph H. Greenwood

Born in Spencer, Massachusetts, Joseph Greenwood showed an early interest in art but was given little encouragement by his parents. He left…

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Joseph Morviller

Joseph Morviller was born in France where he grew up studying fresco painting. He later moved to Boston, Massachusetts, the city in…

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Joseph Olaf Olson

Landscape painter Joseph Olaf Olson was born in Buffalo, Minnesota in 1894. He was a student of renowned realist painter George Bellows.…

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Joseph Pennell

Born in Pennsylvania to Quaker parents, Joseph Pennell showed an early talent in etching. Pennell briefly studied at the School of Industrial…

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Joseph Rusling Meeker

After serving in the Union Navy, Joseph Meeker settled in St. Louis and became one of the leading painters of the Southern…

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Joseph Stella

An American Futurist painter and a leading figure in the origins of American Modernism By Alexandra A. Jopp An Italian-born member of…

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Josephine Arsemena Cantine

By the mid-twentieth century, critics, museums, and art collectors had taken note of Jo Cantine.  Celebrated for her realistic portraits and scenes…

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Joshua Shaw

Joshua Shaw was an early leader of American landscape painting, who—along with Thomas Cole, Thomas Doughty, and Alvan Fisher—helped to establish the…

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Jules Guérin

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Jules Pascin

Famed Bulgarian-American Painter, Illustrator, and Printmaker By Margarita Karasoulas Painting in a distinct, figurative style, Pascin established an important reputation as a…

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Julia Henshaw Dewey

The painter and illustrator Julia Henshaw Dewey was born in Batavia, New York. She studied art with C. M. Dewey, whom she…

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Julian Onderdonk

Texas Landscape Artist By Amy Spencer Onderdonk’s legacy is his hauntingly beautiful paintings of the Texas landscape, in particular his indelible images…

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Julian Walbridge Rix

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Julie Hart Beers

Julie Hart Beers (1835–1913) A New Jersey artist known for painting landscapes along the Hudson River By Alexandra A. Jopp Julie Hart…

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Junius Brutus Stearns

Born Lucius Sawyer in Arlington, Vermont, Junius Brutus Stearns changed his name after a falling out with his father over his artistic…

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Junius R. Sloan

Junius Sloan was an itinerant artist whose luminous paintings offer a vision of the early United States. Born in Ohio, Sloan lived…

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Karl Emil Termohlen

Karl Emil Termohlen was a gifted member of the Tonalist movement that seized turn-of-the-century American art. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Termohlen was…

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Karl Witkowski

Born in Austria or Poland in 1860, Karl Witkowski is known for his genre paintings. His work typically features scenes of newsboys…

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Kenneth R. Nunamaker

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Kenyon Cox

A distinguished American muralist and art critic. By Chelsea DeLay I. Biography II. Chronology III. Collections IV. Exhibitions V. Memberships VI. Suggested…

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Laura Coombs Hills

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Laura Woodward

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Lemuel D. Eldred

Raised in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, near the whaling industry of New Bedford, Lemuel D. Eldred went on to become a talented marine painter.…

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Lemuel Maynard Wiles

The father of the noted portraitist Irving Ramsay Wiles, Lemuel Maynard Wiles was a distinguished nineteenth-century landscape painter. He trained in the…

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Leon Dabo

During the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, Leon Dabo became known for his mysterious, tonalist landscape scenes, which were considered unique due to…

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Leon Kroll

A respected American realist painter active during the nineteenth century, Leon Kroll is recognized for his depictions of female nudes, New York…

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Levi Wells Prentice

A talented American artist best known for his Adirondack landscapes and detailed still-life paintings. By Chelsea DeLay I. Biography II. Chronology III.…

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Lockwood de Forest

Key Figure of the American Aesthetic Movement By Amy Spencer De Forest was a landscape painter and designer who introduced the East…

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Louis Aston Knight

Realist Painter of Bucolic Landscapes By Amy Spencer Louis Aston Knight, an American artist who spent most of his life in France,…

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Louis Kronberg

Louis Kronberg was born in 1872 in Boston. He studied at the Art Students League in New York with William Merritt Chase…

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Louis Michel Eilshemius

He was a poet who painted like one, but his lyricism was not related to his time and expressed no definite period…

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Louis Rémy Mignot

The career of Louis Rémy Mignot defies easy categorization. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Mignot studied painting in the Netherlands, began his…

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Luigi Lucioni

Luigi Lucioni emigrated from his native Italy to the United States in 1911. Already interested in art from the age of six,…

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Luis Graner

Luis Graner y Arrufi was born in Barcelona in 1863. The artist began his studies at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in…

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Luther E. Van Gorder

Using what Sarah Burn’s calls the nineteenth-century artist’s “transformative power of personal vision,” Luther Emerson Van Gorder created brilliant impressions of the…

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Mabel May Woodward

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Marian Blakelock

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Marie Danforth Page

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Marie H. Guise Newcomb

Marie Newcomb was a late-19th century painter and illustrator who specialized in realistic portraits of horses and dogs. Born in New Jersey,…

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Marsden Hartley

An influential American modernist whose career was launched by Alfred Stieglitz, Marsden Hartley is best-known for his early German abstract paintings and…

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Martha Walter

A celebrated American Impressionist, Martha Walter was one of the few female artists to achieve international recognition. Born in Philadelphia, Walter trained…

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Martha Wood Belcher

Martha Wood Belcher was born in 1844 in England. As part of her studies, Belcher attended the art Academy of Munich, falling…

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Martin Johnson Heade

Nineteenth Century Itinerant Artist of Striking Originality By Amy Spencer Heade pursued the delicately wrought realism of his Hudson River School contemporaries,…

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Martin Lewis

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Mary Nimmo Moran

Mary Nimmo Moran was America’s premier female etcher in the second half of the nineteenth century. Born in Strathaven, Scotland, Moran lost…

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Maurice Braun

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Maurice Prendergast

Leading figure in early American Modernism; member of the Eight By Eve Perry A seminal figure in American Modernism, Prendergast applied the…

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Mauritz Frederik Hendrik de Haas

Mauritz Frederik Hendrik de Haas (1832–1895) A Dutch-born painter of American landscapes who achieved renown for his marine scenes of the New…

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Max Kuehne

An important artist and craftsman active during the twentieth century, best known for his colorful landscapes and harbor scenes inspired by the…

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Maxfield Parrish

Maxfield Parrish was one of the twentieth century’s greatest painters and illustrators, whose work ranks among the most-reproduced in the history of…

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Millard Owen Sheets

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Milton Avery

Leading American modern painter. By Tiffany Win Known as one of the primary American modernists, Avery is most praised for his powerful…

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Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg led a life as unique as his name might imply. The artist was born in Manlius Square, New York…

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Morston Constantine Ream

Morston Constantine Ream was an accomplished still-life painter in the nineteenth century. Born in Lancaster, Ohio, he began his artistic career in…

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Mortimer L. Smith

Although born in Jamestown, New York, Mortimer Smith would become well-known as a Detroit architect and artist by the end of the…

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N. C. Wyeth

The Father of American Illustration By William Tylee Ranney Abbott Newell Convers Wyeth was instrumental in the development of illustration art in…

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Nelson Augustus Moore

N.A. Moore was a respected member of the Hudson River School whose work portrayed the harmony of the American countryside. Moore focused…

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Niles Spencer

Niles Spencer was an important American Modernist whose work is associated with a group of American painters known as the Precisionists, a…

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Norman Rockwell

America’s Favorite Illustrator By Amy Spencer Norman Rockwell was a skilled painter, whose illustrations of every day life honored American society. I.…

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Norton Bush

Celebrated for his paintings of South America, Norton Bush offered nineteenth-century audiences the chance to view exotic, distant lands. Born in Rochester,…

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Ogden Minton Pleissner

Famous American Sporting Artist and a “Good Academician”[1] By Amy Spencer Ogden Pleissner was a realist artist whose passion for the outdoors…

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Olive Parker Black

A talented female artist who thrived during the primarily male-dominated period of nineteenth century American painting, Olive Parker Black studied at the…

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Oscar Bluemner

Prominent member of the Stieglitz Circle By Margarita Karasoulas A leading German-American modernist of the early twentieth century, Oscar Bluemner is best…

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Parker Mann

Parker Mann was an active member of the artistic community in nineteenth-century Washington DC. He was so active, in fact, that one…

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Paul Cornoyer

American painter best known for his tonalist depictions of New York City in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries I. Biography…

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Paul Sample

The New England Regionalist By Nina Sangimino and Chelsea DeLay Paul Starrett Sample was a unique artist in the first half of…

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Paul Sawyier

According to legend, a young Paul Sawyier received the following advice from his teacher William Merritt Chase: “Be yourself Paul––be your individual…

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Paul Weber

A native of Germany, Paul Weber studied in Frankfurt before immigrating to America in 1848. He settled in Philadelphia, painting idyllic landscapes…

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Paulette van Roekens

A Pennyslvania impressionist known for her brightly colored landscapes and urban scenes, as well as her successful teaching career at Philadelphia’s Moore…

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Percival Leonard Rosseau

Known as a master painter of field and hunting dogs, Louisiana-born and Kentucky-raised Percival Leonard Rosseau studied art in Paris at the…

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Peter Baumgras

By Chelsea DeLay I. Biography II. Chronology III. Collections IV. Exhibitions V. Memberships VI. Suggested Resources VII. Notes I. Biography Born January…

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Peter Caledon Cameron

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Peter Moran

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Peter Schmauss

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Philip Little

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Pinckney Marcius-Simons

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Preston Dickinson

Born in New York in 1889, Dickinson attended the Art Students League between 1906 and 1910, where he studied under William Merritt…

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R. Volhart

Volhart was one of a number of German immigrant artists working in the Philadelphia area during the nineteenth century. These artists brought…

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Ralph Albert Blakelock

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, in the backwoods of Upstate New York, he languished in a mental institution as his paintings began to…

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Ransom Gillet Holdredge

Ransom Holdredge was an acclaimed late-nineteenth-century artist known for his atmospheric landscapes and seascapes. Born in New York City, Holdredge established his…

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Raoul M. de Longpre

Born in Lyons, France to a family of artists, Raoul Maucherat de Longpre had a prominent career as a painter of floral…

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Reginald Marsh

An urban realist painter known for his powerful, satirical images of tawdry New York life during the 1930s and ‘40s. While his…

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Régis François Gignoux

A French-born landscape artist best-known for his snow scenes. By Chelsea DeLay I. Biography II. Chronology III. Collections IV. Exhibitions V. Memberships…

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Rembrandt Peale

The life of Rembrandt Peale was as exciting as the oeuvre the artist would produce throughout his tenure as one of America’s…

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Reuben Ward Binks

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Richard Alan Schmid

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Richard E. Miller

Following in the tradition of numerous American artists, Richard Edward Miller spent the majority of his career abroad. Miller studied art in…

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Richard William Hubbard

Richard William Hubbard was a prominent member of the Hudson River School known for his luminous, delicately-painted landscapes. Born in Middletown, Connecticut,…

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Robert Emmett Owen

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Robert Frederick Blum

An American impressionist that emerged as a direct result of artistic developments occurring in Cincinnati during the mid-nineteenth century. By Chelsea DeLay…

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Robert Henri

Robert Henri (1865–1929) Paint what you feel. Paint what you see. Paint what is real to you. —Robert Henri By Chelsea DeLay…