Albright, Ivan
(1897-1983)
“Angkor Wat, 1969”

Ivan Albright, an American painter noted for his meticulously detailed, exaggeratedly realistic depictions of decay and corruption is considered to be a magic realist. Albright was educated at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, and the University of IL, Urbana,...

Anderson, Ruth A.
(1891-1957)
“Courtyard Scene”

Ruth A. Anderson (1891-1957) Born/lived: Carlisle, PA; Baltimore; Boston; summered in Gloucester. Known: was known well for her Gloucester harbor and beach scenes and her light, bright, loosely constructed impressionism. Because of a fire in her Boston studio at 53...

Beattie, Jr, George
(1919-1997)
“A Day’s Labor”

George Beattie, Jr. was born in Cleveland, Ohio and studied at the Cleveland School of Art. He served as a Visual Aid in the Air Force during WWII, later married and moved to Georgia. He taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture and at the...

Bell, Wenonah Day
(1889-1981)
“My Home, Greenville, Georgia”

Born/lived: Trenton, SC, Greenville, GA. Best known: for painting Southern rural life and New York urban scenes, still lifes and portraits in watercolor and oil. Her style, while impressionist, reflected a modernist influence. Studied: Brenau College, GA, University...

Bell, Wenonah Day
(1889-1981)
“Sidewalk Café”

Wenonah Day Bell (1889-1981) Born/lived: Trenton, SC, Greenville, GA. Best known: for painting Southern rural life and New York urban scenes, still lifes and portraits in watercolor and oil. Her style, while impressionist, reflected a modernist influence. Studied:...

Bell, Wenonah Day
(1889-1981)
“Magnolia Blossum”

Born Trenton, SC, lived in Greenville, GA. Studied Brenau College, GA, University of Pennsylvania, PAFA, Colarossi Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, and the Hans Hofman School of Fine Arts in Munich and Capri, Italy and the Columbia University Teachers College. Won the...

Bell, Wenonah Day
(1889-1981)
“Georgia Mansion”

Wenonah Day Bell (1889-1981) Born/lived: Trenton, SC, Greenville, GA. Best known: for painting Southern rural life and New York urban scenes, still lifes and portraits in watercolor and oil. Her style, while impressionist, reflected a modernist influence. Studied:...

Bell, Wenonah Day
(1889-1981)
“In the Park”

Born/lived: Trenton, SC, Greenville, GA. Best known: for painting Southern rural life and New York urban scenes, still lifes and portraits in watercolor and oil. Her style, while impressionist, reflected a modernist influence. Studied: Brenau College, GA, University...

Bell, Wenonah Day
(1889-1981)
“River Dredges”

Wenonah Day Bell (1889-1981) Born/lived: Trenton, SC, Greenville, GA. Best known: for painting Southern rural life and New York urban scenes, still lifes and portraits in watercolor and oil. Her style, while impressionist, reflected a modernist influence. Studied:...

Bickerstaff George
(1893-1954)
“Lupines”

George Bickerstaff (1893-1954) was born in Marianna, AR, and died in Ukiah, CA. He also lived in San Diego, Los Angeles, Van Nuys and Texas. He was a prolific painter of mountain and desert scenes. His landscapes often include eucalypti as well as rolling hills of...

Blackmore, A.E.
(1854-1921)
“Spring Landscape with Pond”

Arthur E. Blackmore (1854-1921) Born/lived: England/Troy NY, New York City. Known for: painting landscapes, murals and designs on Steinway grand pianos, and musical instruments. Studied: South Kensington Museum, London. Member: Salmagundi Club. Exhibited: Society of...

Blackmore, A.E.
(1854-1921)
“Summer Landscape with Stream”

Born/lived: England/Troy NY, New York City. Known for: painting landscapes, murals and designs on Steinway grand pianos, and musical instruments. Studied: South Kensington Museum, London. Member: Salmagundi Club. Exhibited: Society of Independent...

Bluemner, Oscar F.
(1867-1938)
“Inlet with Boat”

An American Modernist artist, Oscar F. Bluemner was born in Preuzlan, Germany. He lived in Chicago, New York City and South Braintree, MA. He was trained as an architect like his father and grandfather. He studied painting and architecture at the Royal Academy of...

Bluemner, Oscar F.
(1867-1938)
“Red Barn”

An American Modernist artist, Oscar F. Bluemner was born in Preuzlan, Germany. He lived in Chicago, New York City and South Braintree, MA. He was trained as an architect like his father and grandfather. He studied painting and architecture at the Royal Academy of...

Bocher, August
(1873-1961)
“Interior”

August Böcher (1873-1961) Born/lived: Berlin; Munich Known: He painted portraits, genre scenes and landscapes in usually bright colors and with a slightly impressionistic brushwork. Studied: studied at the ABK Berlin and attended the classes of Max Johann Bernhard...

Bogert,
George
(1864-1944)
“Late Afternoon, Venice”

Born in New York City, George Henry Bogert became known for scenes of Venice and urban subjects. He is known for painting in the style of Barbizon School of painting and of Tonalism. He studied at the National Academy of Design and then went to Paris where he studied...

Bretsnyder, Arno
(1885-1969)
“Winter Snow Scene”

Known: easel oil painting in the style of realism, representation, naturalism, traditional of cowboys, genre, daily life. Studied: at the Chicago Art Institute with John Vanderpoel. Member: the Illinois Society of the Fine Arts. Exhibited: at the Chicago Art Institute...

Brown, J. Appleton
(1844-1902)
“Summer Wooded Landscape”

John Appleton Brown was an impressionist painter of seascapes and landscapes born in Newburyport, MA. He was influenced by Barbizon painters Corot and Daubigney. As a fine painter of apple orchard spring scenes, he was nicknamed “appleblossom Brown”.

Brown, NA, J.G.
(1831-1913)
“His Only Love”

Born in England, John George Brown, NA (1831-1913) was one of the most popular genre painters in America after the Civil War. He was best known for realistic paintings of “street urchins”, shoe shine boys, newspaper boys, and street musicians. He painted and loved...

Burpee, William Partridge
(1846-1940)
“Springtime”

William Partridge Burpee was born in Rockland, ME and lived in Boston, MA. He studied with marine painter William Bradford. He was a member of Boston Art Club. He exhibited at the Boston Art Club; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Corcoran Gallery; the American...

Chadwick, William
(1879-1962)
“Lady Knitting”

An American Impressionist, Chadwick was a member of Old Lyme art colony and painted with Childe Hassam, Charles Ebert, and Chauncey Ryder. He painted on Monhegan Island, ME. His studio was reconstructed on the grounds of the Florence Griswold Museum. Born/lived:...

Chadwick, William
(1879-1962)
“Laurel”

An American Impressionist, Chadwick was a member of Old Lyme art colony and painted with Childe Hassam, Charles Ebert, and Chauncey Ryder. He painted on Monhegan Island, ME. His studio was reconstructed on the grounds of the Florence Griswold Museum.Born/lived:...

Chatov, Roman
(1900-1987)
“Still Life”

Roman Chatov was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, to a theater impresario and his wife. He began drawing in his teenage years, including doing magazine illustrations at age 16 and being a military-correspondent painter near the end of World War I. Chatov was first...

Clark, Elliot
(1883-1980)
“Kent, Connecticut”

Born/lived: New York, NY/ Kent, CT, Albemarle County, VA, Charlottesville, VA. He painted in the Deep South in Charleston and Savannah, Kent, CT along the Housatonic River, art colonies at Annisquam, Gloucester, Chadd’s Ford and Ogunquit, in Venice, Grand...

Clark, NA, Eliot
(1883-1980)
“Valley Crucis, North Carolina”

Born/lived: New York, NY/ Kent, CT, Albemarle County, VA, Charlottesville, VA. He painted in the Deep South in Charleston and Savannah, Kent, CT along the Housatonic River, art colonies at Annisquam, Gloucester, Chadd’s Ford and Ogunquit, in Venice, Grand...

Curran, Charles Courtney
(1861-1942)
“Ladies in the Garden”

Born/lived: Born in Hartford, CT; lived in Sandusky, OH and NY. In 1903, Curran was invited by artist Frederick Dellenbaugh to Cragsmoor, NY, an art center in the Hudson River Valley where Curran established a studio. Known: best known for his paintings of female...

Daingerfield, Marjorie
(1900-1977)
“Southern Lady”

Marjorie Daingerfield, daughter of renowned Southern artist, Elliott Daingerfield, was born in New York City. She was a sculptor, author and teacher. She studied at the School of American Sculpture; Grand Central School of Art and with James Fraser, Edmond Amateis,...

Daingerfield, N.A., Elliott (1859-1932)
“Madonna and Child”

Born/lived: Harper’s Ferry, VA, Blowing Rock, NC (studio) and NYC. Known for: painting poetic, mystical landscapes. In the 1890s he created religious paintings and murals, and a number of views of the Grand Canyon in his later years. He visited Europe in 1897 and...

Daingerfield, NA Elliott (1859-1932)

“Blowing Rock, North Carolina Landscape”, oil on canvas, 20″ x 30″, signed lower left. This painting is in excellent condition in a carved gold frame also in excellent condition. Born/lived: Harper’s Ferry, VA, Blowing Rock, NC (studio) and...

Daingerfield, NA, Elliott
(1859-1932)
“Joy of Youth”

Born/lived: Harper’s Ferry, VA, Blowing Rock, NC (studio) and NYC. Known for: painting poetic, mystical landscapes. In the 1890s he created religious paintings and murals, and a number of views of the Grand Canyon in his later years. He visited Europe in 1897 and...

Daingerfield, NA, Elliott
(1859-1932)
“Girl Dancing with Flowers”

Born/lived: Harper’s Ferry, VA, Blowing Rock, NC (studio) and NYC. Known for: painting poetic, mystical landscapes. In the 1890s he created religious paintings and murals, and a number of views of the Grand Canyon in his later years. He visited Europe in 1897 and...

Daingerfield, NA, Elliott
(1859-1932)
“Studying”

Born/lived: Harper’s Ferry, VA, Blowing Rock, NC (studio) and NYC. Known for: painting poetic, mystical landscapes. In the 1890s he created religious paintings and murals, and a number of views of the Grand Canyon in his later years. He visited Europe in 1897 and...

Davis, Ulysses,
(1913-1990)
“Cancer”

An African-American carver, Ulysses Davis was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia. He lived in Savannah, GA. He was a barber who carved wood with a pocket knife between customers. Davis carved over 200 works. He created mythical creatures, American presidents and African...

Davis, Ulysses
(1913-1990)
“Table”

An African-American carver, Ulysses Davis was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia. He lived in Savannah, GA. He was a barber who carved wood with a pocket knife between customers. Davis carved over 200 works. He created mythical creatures, American presidents and African...

De Luce, ANA, Percival
(1847-1914)
“Sunday Best”

Percival De Luce lived in New York City. He is known for his genre and still life paintings. He studied at the Antwerp Academy, Brussels, with Portaels and with Bonnat in Paris. He was elected an Associate member of the National Academy of Design. He was also a member...

Desatnick, Mike
(born 1943)
“Pheasant Feathers”

Born/lived: Hammond, Indiana/Durango, Colorado. Known: as a realist/Impressionist painter of Southwestern Indians. Studied: American Academy of Art in Chicago and in two years won 22 awards. Exhibited: Allied Artists Show in New York, and the Indianapolis Hoosier...

Desatnick, Mike
(born 1943)
“Beach House Wash Day, Mexico”

Born/lived: Hammond, Indiana/Durango, Colorado. Known: as a realist/Impressionist painter of Southwestern Indians. Studied: American Academy of Art in Chicago and in two years won 22 awards. Exhibited: Allied Artists Show in New York, and the Indianapolis Hoosier...

Dodd, Irene
(born 1941)
“Persian Reflections in Orchid”

Born/lived: Athens, GA; Cortona, Italy. Known: as a watercolor artist in realism and abstract. She was the daughter of Lamar Dodd, one of the most important 20th century artists. He was the Head of the Art Department at the University of Georgia from 1938 until he was...

Dodd, N.A., Lamar
(1909-1996)
“Coastal Breakers”

Lamar Dodd, NA was a painter, educator and lecturer born in Fairburn, GA, who lived in NYC and Athens, GA. Dodd’s painting locations include Monhegan Island, ME. He was Associate, Professor of Art, University of Georgia, Regent’s Professor of Art, Lamar Dodd Professor...

Dodd, N.A., Lamar
(1909-1996)
“Piazza San Marco, Venice”

Lamar Dodd, NA was a painter, educator and lecturer born in Fairburn, GA, who lived in NYC and Athens, GA. Dodd’s painting locations include Monhegan Island, ME. He was Associate, Professor of Art, University of Georgia, Regent’s Professor of Art, Lamar Dodd Professor...

Dodd, N.A., Lamar
(1909-1996)
“Thunder Hole”

Lamar Dodd, NA was a painter, educator and lecturer born in Fairburn, GA, who lived in NYC and Athens, GA. Dodd’s painting locations include Monhegan Island, ME. He was Associate, Professor of Art, University of Georgia, Regent’s Professor of Art, Lamar Dodd Professor...

Dodd, N.A., Lamar
(1909-1996)
“All Over”

Lamar Dodd, NA was a painter, educator and lecturer born in Fairburn, GA, who lived in NYC and Athens, GA. Dodd’s painting locations include Monhegan Island, ME. He was Associate, Professor of Art, University of Georgia, Regent’s Professor of Art, Lamar Dodd Professor...

Dodd, NA, Lamar
(1909-1996)
“Dock House”

Lamar Dodd, NA was a painter, educator and lecturer born in Fairburn, GA, who lived in NYC and Athens, GA. Dodd’s painting locations include Monhegan Island, ME. He was Associate, Professor of Art, University of Georgia, Regent’s Professor of Art, Lamar Dodd Professor...

Dodd, NA, Lamar
(1909-1996)
“Monhegan Rocks”

Lamar Dodd, NA was a painter, educator and lecturer born in Fairburn, GA, who lived in NYC and Athens, GA. Dodd’s painting locations include Monhegan Island, ME. He was Associate, Professor of Art, University of Georgia, Regent’s Professor of Art, Lamar Dodd Professor...

Dodd, NA, Lamar
(1909-1996)
“North Georgia Mountains”

Lamar Dodd, NA was a painter, educator and lecturer born in Fairburn, GA, who lived in NYC and Athens, GA. Dodd’s painting locations include Monhegan Island, ME. He was Associate, Professor of Art, University of Georgia, Regent’s Professor of Art, Lamar Dodd Professor...

Dodd, NA, Lamar
(1909-1996)
“Washday”

Lamar Dodd, NA was a painter, educator and lecturer born in Fairburn, GA, who lived in NYC and Athens, GA. Dodd’s painting locations include Monhegan Island, ME. He was Associate, Professor of Art, University of Georgia, Regent’s Professor of Art, Lamar Dodd Professor...

Eyden, Jr, William Arnold
(1893-1982)
“Indiana Wooded Landscape”

William Arnold Eyden, Jr (1893-1982) Eyden lived in Indiana. He is best known for his Indiana Impressionist landscape paintings. He studied with W.A. Eden, Sr., T.C. Steele, and Charles Hawthorne. He was a member of the Hoosier Salon, Indiana Art Club, Society of...

Farnsworth, NA, Jerry
(1895-1983)
“Still Life”

Born /lived: Dalton, GA, North Truro, MA, Sarasota, FL. Known for: painter, instructor. Studied: Corcoran Art School, with C.W. Hawthorne, Clinton Peters. Member: Associate National Academy, 1933, National Academy of Design, 1935, Provincetown Art Association,...

Fisher, Mark
(1841-1923)
“Coastal Scene with Figure”

Mark Fisher was born in Boston, MA. He is known for his impressionist landscape paintings. He studied at the Lowell Institute, Boston, with George Inness in Boston, and in Paris with Charles Gleyre, an academic artist. Fisher was also influenced by Monet and the...

Flagg, James Montgomery
(1877-1960)
“Cosmo Hamilton”

James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) Born/lived: Pelham Manor, New York/New York City; Charleston, South Carolina; Europe Known: Illustrator, Comic book and comic strip artist, painter. He painted every subject matter in nearly every medium in a realistic style. Flagg...

Foster, N.A., Ben
(1852-1926)
“Afternoon Maine Woods”

Ben Foster, NA (1852-1926) Born/lived: Ben Foster was born in North Anson, Maine on July 31, 1852. He lived in Cornwall Hollow, Connecticut most of his working life. He did not pursue art as a career until thirty years of age. His brother, Charles (1850-1931) was also...

Gaul, Arrah Lee
(1888-1980)
“Temple Cheing-Mai-Thailand”

Arrah Lee Gaul (1888-1980) Born/lived: born in Philadelphia, PA Known: She earned her living as a portraitist. She also painted landscapes and seascapes. Studied: in Europe, Middle East, China, Japan, India and Canada. She studied under Henry B. Snell in Brittany and...

Gaul, NA, Gilbert
(1855-1919)
“The Market Cart”

Gilbert Gaul, N.A. (1855-1919) Born: Jersey City, NJ, lived NYC; Fall Creek Falls, TN; SC. Known: Gilbert Gaul enjoyed early success as a painter and illustrator and teacher. His fellow artists considered him one of the finest figure painters of America. An...

Gay, George Howell
(1858-1931)
“Gloucester Coastline”

George Howell Gay (1858-1931) George H. Gay was well known for his watercolor landscapes, seascapes and paintings of rivers and ships, mostly along the shores of New England. Gay also painted snowscapes, but these are scarcer. It is unusual to find an oil painting by...

Gerry, Samuel Lancaster
(1813-1891)
“Village in the Swiss Alps”

Samuel Lancaster Gerry (1813-1891) Born/lived: Boston, MA. He had a studio in Boston. In 1840, made many trips to New Hampshire’s Lake District and its White Mountains. He was also was among the Hudson River School artists who painted in that geographical area. He...

Greacen, N.A. Edmund
(1877-1949)
“Short Hills, New Jersey”

Born/lived: New York City, NY/ White Plains, NY; Paris and Giverny, France; Old Lyme, CT; Florida Gulf Coast. Known: Greacen was an Impressionist painter. He went to Spain with W.M. Chase and a group of his students; he lived at Giverny from the summer of 1907 until...

Greacen, N.A., Nan
(1909-1999)
“Pink Azaleas”

Nan Greacen, N.A.  1909-1999 Born/lived: Born in Giverny, France where her father Edmund Greacen was an impressionist painter. Known: Actively following Claude Monet, Nan Greacen became a noted oil painter and watercolorist. Studied: Brearley School in New York City...

Greacen, N.A., Nan
(1909-1999)
“Still Life with Pink Roses”

Nan Greacen, N.A.  1909-1999 Born/lived: Born in Giverny, France where her father Edmund Greacen was an impressionist painter. Known: Actively following Claude Monet, Nan Greacen became a noted oil painter and watercolorist. Studied: Brearley School in New York City...

Griffin, James Martin
(1850-1931)
“California Landscape”

James Martin Griffin (1850-1931) Griffin was a California landscape and nature scene painter. His works were realistic and naturalistic in style. He painted in the Bay area of Northern California. He taught painting at the California College of Arts and Crafts, San...

Halsey, William
(1915-1999)
“Summer’s Cauldron”

William Halsey was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1915. He was a student of Elizabeth O’Neill Verner and Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. He studied at the University of South Carolina and at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, who awarded him a Paige Traveling...

Hart, N.A., William
(1823-1894)
“Landscape with Cows”

William Hart, NA (1823-1894) Born/lived: born in Paisley, Scotland/ Albany, NY; Troy, New York; Richmond, Virginia; Michigan, opened a studio in New York City and Brooklyn. Known: as a formidable Hudson River School artist who painted serene, bucolic, romantic...

Hibel, Edna
(1917-2014)
“Monet’s Garden”

Edna Hibel, a painter and lithographer was born in Boston, MA and lived in Brookline, MA and Riviera Beach, FL. She studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and with Carl Zerbe and Jacovleff. She was a member of AEA. She exhibited at the Art Institute of...

Hirst, Claude (Claudine) Raguet
(1855-1942)
“Lyre and Plaque”

Born/lived: Cincinnati, OH; NYC. Known: specialized in small still-life paintings, usually of old books and pipes in the trompe l’oeil style. She was unique as a trompe l’oeil painter in that she was the first woman of note to paint in this style. She...

Hoerman, Carl
(1885-1955)
“Desert Scene”

Carl Hoerman (1885-1955) Born/lived: Babenhausen, Bavaria; Chicago, IL; Saugatuck, MI; Palm Springs and Riverside, CA; Douglas, MI. He was married to Christiana Akermann who was also a painter. Known: As a landscape painter, etcher, craftsman and architect. Studied:...

Hoffman, ANA, Harry L.
(1871-1964)
“New England Covered Bridge”

Harry L. Hoffman, ANA (1871-1964) Born/lived: Cressona, PA/Old Lyme, CT Known: was one of the most significant American Impressionist painters of the first half of the twentieth century. He lived in Old Lyme for more than 60 years, at his death was one of the oldest...

Hoffman, ANA, Harry L.
(1871-1964)
“Covered Bridge, New England”

Harry L. Hoffman, ANA (1871-1964) Born/lived: Cressona, PA/Old Lyme, CT Known: was one of the most significant American Impressionist painters of the first half of the twentieth century. He lived in Old Lyme for more than 60 years, at his death was one of the oldest...

Holzhauer, Emil
(1887-1986)
“Pier, Florida Coast”

Emil Holzhauer (1887-1986) Born in Schwabisch-Gmund, Germany, lived in NY, GA, FL. Avant-garde painter whose work is characterized by heavy lines filled with color and with rhythmic, harmonic space in watercolor, oil, and casein. Awards: Logan Medal and Purchase prize...

Hoppin, Tracy
(1871-1958)
“Edgartown Harbor”

Hoppin grew up in Providence, RI. During a long illness, he began to paint. Upon his recovery he studied at the Artist Students League, NY, Academie Julian and Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. He did some portraits but preferred landscapes in the style of Impressionism,...

Hubbell, A.N.A., Henry Salem
(1870-1949)
“Lady in the Garden”

Born/lived: Paola, KS; Lived Paris, France; Miami, FL.; Miami, FL. Known: Painter, teacher Studied: Art Institute of Chicago, 1897-97; Paris, Acad. Julian with Bouguereau, J.P. Laurens and Constant, 1898-99; Acad. Carmen, with Whistler, 1898-1901; also with Collin in...

Hull, Marie (1890-1980)

“Southern Scene”, oil on canvasboard, 9.5″ x 12.5″, signed lower right. This painting is in excellent condition in a nice original gold frame also in excellent condition. Born in Summit, Mississippi, Hull was a revered and influential figure in...

Hutty, Alfred
(1877-1954)
“Southern Homestead”

Alfred Hutty (1877-1954) Born/lived: He was born in Grandhaven, MI, lived in Charleston, SC and died in Woodstock, NY. Alfred Hutty worked for Tiffany Studios in Woodstock, NY. Known: Alfred Hutty was a leading figure in the Charleston Renaissance group of artists who...

Ibe, Onyeka
(born 1971)
“Landscape with Houses”

Onyeka Ibe (born 1971) Onyeka Ibe (born September 29, 1971) is a Nigerian-born American abstract expressionist painter. He achieved international recognition for his dramatic approach to painting. At the age of 16, he first exhibited his work at The National Gallery...

Irvine, A.N.A., Wilson
(1869-1936)
“Harbor Scene”

Wilson Irvine, ANA (1869-1936) Born/lived: Byron, IL/ Lyme, CT. Best known for: American Impressionist landscape painter. Studied: Art Institute of Chicago. Member: Associate National Academy; Lyme Art Assoc.; Chicago Society of Artists; Chicago CC; Cliff Dwellers;...

Jacobs, Forrest
(20th century)
“Harbor Sunset”

Forrest Jacobs (20th century) Forrest Jacobs was an American artist who lived in Marietta, GA. He painted street scenes, genre and fantasy works. He used a variety of media, including oil, watercolor and pastel. His works are highly imaginative with a passion for...

Jacobs, Forrest
(20th century)
“Low Tide”

Forrest Jacobs (20th century) Forrest Jacobs was an American artist who lived in Marietta, GA. He painted street scenes, genre and fantasy works. He used a variety of media, including oil, watercolor and pastel. His works are highly imaginative with a passion for...

Jansson, Alfred
(1863-1931)
“Winter Scene”

Jansson was an impressionist painter born in Vermland, Sweden, emigrating to Chicago, IL in 1889. He studied in Stockholm, Christiania and Paris. He was a member of the Palette and Chisel Club, Chicago Art Club, Chicago Society of Artists, Chicago Artists Guild,...

Jansson, Alfred
(1863-1931)
“Winter Scene”

Alfred Jansson (1863-1931) Jansson was an impressionist painter born in Vermland, Sweden, emigrating to Chicago, IL in 1889. He studied in Stockholm, Christiania and Paris. He was a member of the Palette and Chisel Club, Chicago Art Club, Chicago Society of Artists,...

Jarrell, Wadsworth (1867-1938)

Wadsworth Jarrell is an African American artist who was born in Georgia in 1929 and educated at the Art Institute of Chicago.  He is one of the founding members of AFRICOBRA, (African Commune Of Bad Relevant Artists) a revolutionary artist school of thought founded in...

Jones, Myrtle
(1913-2007)
“909 Lincoln St., Savannah, GA”

Myrtle Jones (1913-2007) Born/lived: born in Winder, Forsyth County, Georgia and lived in Savannah, GA. Known: to paint children, portraits, floral still lifes, landscapes, local street scenes and architecture of Savannah. Her work was unique in its balance of realism...

Jones, Myrtle
(1913-2007)
“Park in Savannah”

Myrtle Jones (1913-2007) Born/lived: born in Winder, Forsyth County, Georgia and lived in Savannah, GA. Known: to paint children, portraits, floral still lifes, landscapes, local street scenes and architecture of Savannah. Her work was unique in its balance of realism...

Jones, Myrtle
(1913-2007)
“Savannah, Georgia Street Scene”

Myrtle Jones (1913-2007) Born/lived: born in Winder, Forsyth County, Georgia and lived in Savannah, GA. Known: to paint children, portraits, floral still lifes, landscapes, local street scenes and architecture of Savannah. Her work was unique in its balance of realism...

Jones, Nell Choate
(1879-1981)
“Flowers in a Vase”

Jones was born in Hawkinsville, GA. She began to exhibit her work 1927. She studied at Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn, New York, England and France, painting impressionist landscapes in Fontainebleau, painting in New Mexico of Pueblos and other Native American subjects....

Jones, Nell Choate
(1879-1981)
“Still Life ”

Nell Choate Jones was born in Hawkinsville, GA. She studied at Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn, New York, England and France, painting impressionist landscapes in Fontainebleau, painting in New Mexico of Pueblos and other Native American subjects. In 1936, in Georgia,...

Kitchell, H.M.
(1862-1944)
“Indian Encampment”

Born/lived: Born in Madison, NJ and lived in New York and Providence Rhode Island. Known: as a painter of landscapes, marine and nocturne paintings. His paintings were often dark, evening landscapes similar in style to those of Ralph Blakelock, with whom he painted....

Kitchell, H.M.
(1862-1944)
“Autumn Landscape”

Hudson Mindell Kitchell (1862-1944) Born/lived: Born in Madison, NJ and lived in New York and Providence Rhode Island. Known: as a painter of luminescent and tonalist landscapes, marine and nocturne paintings. His paintings were often dark, evening landscapes similar...

Kitchell, H.M.
(1862-1944)
“Boater at Dusk”

Hudson Mindell Kitchell (1862-1944) Born/lived: Born in Madison, NJ and lived in New York and Providence Rhode Island. Known: as a painter of landscapes, marine and nocturne paintings. His paintings were often dark, evening landscapes similar in style to those of...

Kitchell, Hudson M. (1862-1944)

Hudson Mindell Kitchell (1862-1944) Born/lived: Born in Madison, NJ and lived in New York and Providence Rhode Island. Known: as a painter of landscapes, marine and nocturne paintings. His paintings were often dark, evening landscapes similar in style to those of...

Knight, Daniel Ridgway
(1839-1924)
“Two Women in a Garden“

Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924) Knight was born in Philadelphia and became a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1858 to 1861. He then studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts with academic painters Charles Gleyre and Alexander Cabanel and shared...

Koch, Theophilus John
(1881-1959)
“Indiana Landscape”

Theophilus John Koch (1881-1959) T.J. Koch was highly accomplished in musical composition and performance and in painting and art instruction. Koch was born in 1881 in Dusseldorf, Germany. At the age of four, T.J. came to America with his parents. While in Cleveland,...

Koeniger, Walter
(1881-1943)
“Summer Landscape”

Born/lived: Germany, NYC, Woodstock, NY. Known: as “the Painter of Snow”. He was a plein-air American Impressionist painter capturing the fleeting moods of nature during a period when winter scene genre was rapidly rising in popularity. Koeniger painted...

Koeniger, Walter
(1881-1943)
“Stormy Seascape” 

Born/lived: Germany, NYC, Woodstock, NY. Known: as “the Painter of Snow”. He was a plein-air American Impressionist painter capturing the fleeting moods of nature during a period when winter scene genre was rapidly rising in popularity. Koeniger painted...

Koeniger, Walter
(1881-1943)
“Summer Sunset Landscape”

Born/lived: Germany, NYC, Woodstock, NY. Known: as “the Painter of Snow”. He was a plein-air American Impressionist painter capturing the fleeting moods of nature during a period when winter scene genre was rapidly rising in popularity. Koeniger painted...

Kopman, Benjamin
(1887-1965)
“Still Life”

Benjamin Kopman (1887-1965) Born/lived: Born in Russia; he came to the United States in 1903, Lived in New Jersey, New York; Died NJ Known: Painter, lithographer, educator, illustrator, sculptor, writer. He often used heavy black outlines in the style of Georges...

Kopman, Benjamin
(1887-1965)
“Street Scene”

Benjamin Kopman (1887-1965) Born/lived: Born in Russia; he came to the United States in 1903, Lived in New Jersey, New York; Died NJ Known: Painter, lithographer, educator, illustrator, sculptor, writer. He often used heavy black outlines in the style of Georges...

Kurtz, Wilbur (1882-1967)

Wilbur Kurtz (1882-1967) Wilbur Kurtz was a Georgia artist, historian, illustrator and writer born in Oakland, IL. He became a foremost authority on Old South Atlanta. He studied at DePauw University, Art Institute of Chicago, and with George Wilmer Browne. He lived...

Kurtz, Wilbur
(1882-1967)
“The Neel Residence”

Wilbur Kurtz was a Georgia artist, historian, illustrator and writer born in Oakland, IL. He became a foremost authority on Old South Atlanta. He studied at DePauw University, Art Institute of Chicago, and with George Wilmer Browne. He lived in Atlanta, Georgia where...

Kurtz, Wilbur
(1882-1976)
“Lady Reading in the Garden”

Wilbur Kurtz was a Georgia artist, historian, illustrator and writer born in Oakland, IL. He became a foremost authority on Old South Atlanta. He studied at DePauw University, Art Institute of Chicago, and with George Wilmer Browne. He lived in Atlanta, Georgia where...

Kurtz, Wilbur
(1882-1967)
“Forest Home”

Wilbur Kurtz was a Georgia artist, historian, illustrator and writer born in Oakland, IL. He became a foremost authority on Old South Atlanta. He studied at DePauw University, Art Institute of Chicago, and with George Wilmer Browne. He lived in Atlanta, Georgia where...

Kurtz,Wilbur
(1882-1967)
“Pennsylvania Dutch Girl”

Wilbur Kurtz (1882-1967) Wilbur Kurtz was a Georgia artist, historian, illustrator and writer born in Oakland, IL. He became a foremost authority on Old South Atlanta. He studied at DePauw University, Art Institute of Chicago, and with George Wilmer Browne. He lived...

Lane, Mary Comer
(1881-1966)
“Salt Marshes”

Mary Comer Lane (1881-1966) Lane lived in Savannah, GA. and was married to Mills B. Lane She had her hands full with a family. She took summer art classes in Gloucester, MA with Henry Bayley Snell. In 1920 she was instrumental in the founding of the Savannah Art Club,...

Lansil, Walter
(1846-1925)
“A Fete Day, Venice”

Walter Lansil (1846-1925) Born/lived: Bangor, ME/lived in Boston and Dorchester, MA. Known: as a marine painter of sailing ships, often in Venetian settings. Studied: Bangor with J.P. Hardy; Academie Julian, Paris, 1880 Member: Boston Art Club. Exhibited: Boston Art...

Leighton, Claire
(1898-1988)
“The Surf Casters”

Clare Veronica Hope Leighton (1898-1988) Born/lived: London, England, Long Island, Baltimore, Chapel Hill, NC, Woodbury, CT. Known: writer and illustrator, designer, lecturer, painter, and printmaker of woodcuts, and wood engravings of market scenes, genre and docks....

Lewis, NA, Edmund Darch
(1835-1910)
“Cape May”

Edmund Darch Lewis, NA (1835-1910) Born/lived: Born in Philadelphia. Known: was one of the most popular Philadelphia landscape painters of the 19th century. He painted scenes of Lehigh, Susquehana, and Wissihichon Rivers of Pennsylvania and landscapes of New York, New...

Loveridge, Clinton
(1838-1915)
“Landscape with Trees and Cows”

Clinton Loveridge (1838-1915) Born/lived: Troy, New York/Albany, Brooklyn, New York. Had his own studio. Brooklyn, NY, lived as boarder in home of John Bond for over 20 years, also fellow artist Samuel Carr in household, 461 12th St. He painted in the White Mountains...

Luks, George
(1867-1933)
“The Race Prejudice”

Born in Williamsport, PA and lived in NYC. Along with Robert Henri he was an outspoken member of “The Eight,” who first exhibited as a group at Macbeth Gal., NYC, in 1908. Luks met Henri, Glackens, Shinn, and Sloan while working as a newspaper artist in Philadelphia...

Mails, Thomas
(1922-2001)
“Shot in the Eye-Oglala Sioux”

Mails is a painter, illustrator and writer. He was born in California and studied at California College of Arts and Crafts and Luther Theological Sem., St. Paul. Mails is best known for painting and illustrating Indian culture and sketching in the Southwest. He...

Mails, Thomas
(1922-2001)
“Santa Clara Rainbow Dancers”

Mails is a painter, illustrator and writer. He was born in California and studied at California College of Arts and Crafts and Luther Theological Sem., St. Paul. Mails is best known for painting and illustrating Indian culture and sketching in the Southwest. He...

Mails, Thomas
(1922-2001)
“White Bull, Miniconjou Sioux Warrior”

Thomas E. Mails (1922-2001) Mails was a painter, illustrator and writer. He was born in California and studied at California College of Arts and Crafts and Luther Theological Sem., St. Paul. Mails is best known for painting and illustrating Indian culture and...

Mails, Thomas
(1922-2001)
“Zuni Woman with Olla”

Thomas E. Mails (1922-2001) Mails was a painter, illustrator and writer. He was born in California and studied at California College of Arts and Crafts and Luther Theological Sem., St. Paul. Mails is best known for painting and illustrating Indian culture and...

Major, Ernest Lee
(1864-1950)
“Still Life with Lilies”

Ernest Lee Major (1864-1950) Born/lived: Washington, DC; Alexandria, VA; Boston, MA; Paris Known: Major was among the leaders of the Boston School of artists. He was a classical academician, teacher and painter of portraits, genre, still-lifes, and landscapes. He was...

McFee, Henry Lee
(1886-1953)
“Still Life with Silver and Lemons”

Henry Lee McFee (1886-1953) Born/lived: St. Louis, MO; Woodstock, NY; Savannah, GA; Claremont, CA; Altadena, CA. Known: as a pioneering American artist, who was inspired by Paul Cezanne (his composition and use of color) and Cubism. Studied: School of Fine Arts, St....

Menaboni, Athos
(1895-1990)
“Black Minorca”

Born in Italy, Athos Menaboni was profoundly influenced by his father, an avid hunter, and naturalist and the menagerie of exotic animals and birds of his childhood. Menaboni came to New York City in 1920 and moved to Atlanta and painted works for many prominent...

Menaboni, Athos
(1895-1990)
“Cardinals on Sweet Shrub”

Born in Italy, Athos Menaboni was profoundly influenced by his father, an avid hunter, and naturalist and the menagerie of exotic animals and birds of his childhood. Menaboni came to New York City in 1920 and moved to Atlanta and painted works for many prominent...

Menaboni, Athos
(1895-1990)
“Eastern Belted Kingfisher”

Born in Italy, Athos Menaboni was profoundly influenced by his father, an avid hunter, and naturalist and the menagerie of exotic animals and birds of his childhood. Menaboni came to New York City in 1920 and moved to Atlanta and painted works for many prominent...

Menaboni, Athos
(1895-1990)
“Louisiana Water Thrush”

Born in Italy, Athos Menaboni was profoundly influenced by his father, an avid hunter, and naturalist and the menagerie of exotic animals and birds of his childhood. Menaboni came to New York City in 1920 and moved to Atlanta and painted works for many prominent...

Menaboni, Athos
(1895-1990)
“Mallards”

Born in Italy, Athos Menaboni was profoundly influenced by his father, an avid hunter, and naturalist and the menagerie of exotic animals and birds of his childhood. Menaboni came to New York City in 1920 and moved to Atlanta and painted works for many prominent...

Menaboni, Athos
(1895-1990)
“Seashells”

Born in Italy, Athos Menaboni was profoundly influenced by his father, an avid hunter, and naturalist and the menagerie of exotic animals and birds of his childhood. Menaboni came to New York City in 1920 and moved to Atlanta and painted works for many prominent...

Menaboni, Athos
(1895-1990)
“Cardinals on Magnolia”

Born in Italy, Athos Menaboni was profoundly influenced by his father, an avid hunter, and naturalist and the menagerie of exotic animals and birds of his childhood. Menaboni came to New York City in 1920 and moved to Atlanta and painted works for many prominent...

Menaboni, Athos
(1895-1990)
“Crow Blackbird”

Born in Italy, Athos Menaboni was profoundly influenced by his father, an avid hunter, and naturalist and the menagerie of exotic animals and birds of his childhood. Menaboni came to New York City in 1920 and moved to Atlanta and painted works for many prominent...

Menaboni, Athos
(1895-1990)
“Ring-necked Duck”

Born in Italy, Athos Menaboni was profoundly influenced by his father, an avid hunter, and naturalist and the menagerie of exotic animals and birds of his childhood. Menaboni came to New York City in 1920 and moved to Atlanta and painted works for many prominent...

Menaboni, Athos
(1895-1990)
“Robins”

Born in Italy, Athos Menaboni was profoundly influenced by his father, an avid hunter, and naturalist and the menagerie of exotic animals and birds of his childhood. Menaboni came to New York City in 1920 and moved to Atlanta and painted works for many prominent...

Menaboni, Athos
(1895-1990)
“Bluebirds”

Athos Menaboni was born in Livorno, Italy in 1895. He was profoundly influenced by his father, an avid hunter and naturalist, who expanded his family of five to include a menagerie of exotic animals and birds. Early on he studied under the great Belgian muralist,...

Menaboni, Athos
(1895-1990)
“Reeves Pheasant”

Athos Menaboni, born in Livorno, Italy in 1895, was destined to become profoundly influenced by his father, an avid hunter and naturalist, and the menagerie of exotic animals and birds which were included in the family of his youth. At age nine, Athos studied under...

Mercier, Dennis
(20th century)
“Beach Play”

Dennis Mercier is a self-taught, southern born and raised artist with a passion for color and expression. His diverse images create a style of great strength, color and vitality. Dennis started drawing at an early age, and as a teenager his talents were used in his...

Mercier, Dennis
(20th century)
“Out to Sea”

Dennis Mercier is a self-taught, southern born and raised artist with a passion for color and expression. His diverse images create a style of great strength, color and vitality. Dennis started drawing at an early age, and as a teenager his talents were used in his...

Mercier, Dennis
(20th century)
“1878 Rue Mouffetard”

Dennis Mercier is a self-taught, southern born and raised artist with a passion for color and expression. His diverse images create a style of great strength, color and vitality. Dennis started drawing at an early age, and as a teenager his talents were used in his...

Meredith, Robert
(born 1940)
“Farm Wagon in a Field”

Meredith is an artist and Trompe l’oeil painter. He studied at the University of Georgia under Lamar Dodd and is a member of Grand Central Gallery and the Salmagundi Club in NYC. He has exhibited from Texas to Massachusetts, the Parthenon in Nashville, TN,...

Miller, Vance
(1912-2002)
“Fall River Landscape”

Vance Miller (1912-2002) was born in Princeton, WV, lived in VA, Baltimore, MD and Blacksburg, VA. His impressionist style gave attention to light, atmosphere and color, making choppy strokes with a palette knife. He painted scenes of nature for over 50 years,...

Milleson, Royal
(1849-1935)
“Landscape”

Royal Milleson (1849-1935) Born in Batavia, Ohio, Royal Milleson became a landscape painter and illustrator who lived in Indianapolis, 1878-1895, Boston, 1895-1900, and Chicago, 1900-1923. During his career, he was a journeyman printer, a newspaper cartoonist and...

Moore, Harry Humphrey
(1844-1926)
“Lady with a Parasol”

Harry Humphrey Moore (1844-1926) Born/lived: New York, NY, Hartford, PA/Paris. Known: he specialized in Spanish, Japanese, and Moorish subjects. Studied: Deaf at three, he attended schools for the deaf in Hartford and Philadelphia, Bail in New Haven; S. Waugh in...

Morgan, A.N.A., William Penn
(1826-1900)
“Banjo Player”

Circa late 1860’s. Original exhibition label verso: Cahoon Museum of Art, Cotuit, MA. “Portraying African Americans with Respect”, May 1-June 10, 2012. This painting is in excellent condition, in a beautiful gold period frame, also in excellent condition.

Morrison, Hal
(1848-1927)
“Wooded Landscape with Deer”

Hal Morrison was a painter born in Prince Edward Island, Canada; active in Atlanta, Georgia, 1883-1918, Auburndale, Florida, 1918-1926 and died in Atlanta. His favorite activities were painting and fishing, and he was most known for his paintings of fish and game in...

Morrison, Hal
(1848-1927)
“Going to Town”

Born/lived: Prince Edward Island, Canada, lived in Atlanta, GA, Auburndale, FL, many trips to FL & NC Best known for painting still-lifes of fish and game in the manner of William Michael Harnett, as his favorite activities were painting and fishing, also genre...

Murphy, Christopher P.H.
(1869-1939)
“Still Life”

Born/lived: Savannah, GA. Known for: Traveled widely finding subjects in Gloucester, New York, Washington, DC, and North Carolina, still-lifes (reserved time after Sunday dinner for still-life, friends brought him flowers), landscapes, architecture, and city life of...

Murphy, Jr., Christopher
(1902-1973)
“Corner Lot”

Born/lived: Savannah, GA. Known for: landscapes, marines, architecture, portraiture and still-lifes done in New York, Washington, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. He painted urban and rural scenes, from classical structures of the 19th Century...

Murphy, Jr., Christopher
(1902-1973)
“Outside of Town”

Christopher Murphy, Jr (1902-1973) Born/lived: Savannah, GA. Known for: Christopher Murphy, Jr. is an important southern American artist who was a painter of landscapes, marines, architecture, portraiture and still-lifes done in New York, Washington, North Carolina,...

Murphy, Jr., Christopher
(1902-1973)
“Chattahoochee River”

Christopher Murphy, Jr (1902-1973) Born/lived: Savannah, GA. Known for: Christopher Murphy, Jr. is an important southern American artist who was a painter of landscapes, marines, architecture, portraiture and still-lifes done in New York, Washington, North Carolina,...

Nesbitt, Jackson Lee
(1913-2008)
“Old Man with Violin”

Nesbitt was born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute under Thomas Hart Benton, becoming his assistant, friend, and taking sketching trips together. Nesbitt did many paintings and prints in the style of the American Scene movement,...

Newell, Hugh
(1830-1915)
“Playing on a Teeter-totter”

Newell was a painter of genre, still lifes, landscape and portraits born in Belfast, Ireland. He lived in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Maryland. He is most well known for his genre paintings. He is a member of the Irish School of Painters. He studied at the...

Peacock, Claude
(1912-2005)
“Kestrals”

Claude Peacock (1912-2005) Born/lived: Selma, AL/Montgomery, AL. Known: Illustrator, commercial artist, painter, teacher, cartoonist. Studied: Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL. Member: National Audubon Society; Alabama Art League. Exhibited: Army Artists Comp.,...

Perkins, Granville
(1830-1895)
“Lake Como”

Born/lived: Born in Baltimore, MD, lived in NYC and Philadelphia. Known: as landscape painter, scenery painter, book illustrator, active in Baltimore, Richmond, Philadelphia and NYC. Studied: Philadelphia with James Hamilton. Member: American Watercolor Society....

Pye, Annie R.
(1895-1985)
“Princess Chrysanthemum”

Born/lived: Woodland, Georgia Known: for easel painting floral landscapes, wildflowers and floral still lifes and floral motifs in watercolor and gouache. Annie Pye was married to Wilbur Kurtz from 1949 until his death in 1967. Studied: Elizabeth Mather College, where...

Riba, Paul
(1912-1977)
“Ancient Treasures”

Paul Riba was one of the foremost painters of Magic Realism. He explored the unreal juxtaposition of objects with his own touch of exacting realism. He spoke of his work as “invitations to pause and enjoy.” Riba was born in Ohio and received his professional training...

Richmond, Agnes
(1870-1964)
“Breakfast with Agnes”

Born/lived: Alton, Illinois/lived in New York and summered in Mountainville, NY, lived MO, Gloucester, MA. Best known for: Her painting style was impressionist, with attention to qualities of light, deliberate brushstrokes and rich colors. She was influenced by and...

Richmond, Agnes
(1870-1964)
“Wash Day, Gloucester”

Born/lived: Alton, Illinois/lived in New York and summered in Mountainville, NY, lived MO, Gloucester, MA. Best known for: Her painting style was impressionist, with attention to qualities of light, deliberate brushstrokes and rich colors. She was influenced by and...

Richmond, Agnes
(1870-1964)
“Gloucester, Ten Pound Island”

Agnes Richmond (1870-1964) Born/lived: Alton, Illinois/lived in New York and summered in Mountainville, NY, lived MO, Gloucester, MA. Best known for: Her painting style was impressionist, with attention to qualities of light, deliberate brushstrokes and rich colors....

Richmond, Agnes
(1870-1964)
“Rainy Street, New York”

Agnes Richmond (1870-1964) Born/lived: Alton, Illinois/lived in New York and summered in Mountainville, NY, lived MO, Gloucester, MA. Best known for: Her painting style was impressionist, with attention to qualities of light, deliberate brushstrokes and rich colors....

Richmond, Agnes
(1870-1964)
“Seascape with Rocks, Gloucester”

Agnes Richmond (1870-1964) Born/lived: Alton, Illinois/lived in New York and summered in Mountainville, NY, lived MO, Gloucester, MA. Best known for: Her painting style was impressionist, with attention to qualities of light, deliberate brushstrokes and rich colors....

Richmond, Agnes
(1870-1964)
“Elegant Lady”

Agnes Richmond (1870-1964) Born/lived: Alton, Illinois/lived in New York and summered in Mountainville, NY, lived MO, Gloucester, MA. Best known for: Her painting style was impressionist, with attention to qualities of light, deliberate brushstrokes and rich colors....

Richmond, Agnes
(1870-1964)
“Rocky Inlet, Gloucester”

Agnes Richmond (1870-1964) Born/lived: Alton, Illinois/lived in New York and summered in Mountainville, NY, lived MO, Gloucester, MA. Best known for: Her painting style was impressionist, with attention to qualities of light, deliberate brushstrokes and rich colors....

Richmond, Agnes
(1870-1964)
“Summer Home in New England”

Agnes Richmond (1870-1964) Born/lived: Alton, Illinois/lived in New York and summered in Mountainville, NY, lived MO, Gloucester, MA. Best known for: Her painting style was impressionist, with attention to qualities of light, deliberate brushstrokes and rich colors....

Richmond, Agnes
(1870-1964)
“Summer”

Agnes Richmond (1870-1964) Born/lived: Alton, Illinois/lived in New York and summered in Mountainville, NY, lived MO, Gloucester, MA. Best known for: Her painting style was impressionist, with attention to qualities of light, deliberate brushstrokes and rich colors....

Richmond, Agnes
(1870-1964)
“The Bride”

Agnes Richmond (1870-1964) Born/lived: Alton, Illinois/lived in New York and summered in Mountainville, NY, lived MO, Gloucester, MA. Best known for: Her painting style was impressionist, with attention to qualities of light, deliberate brushstrokes and rich colors....

Rider, Henry Orne
(1860-1943)
“A Winter Sunrise, Weston, MA”

Born/lived: Salem, MA, Auburndale, a part of Newton, MA. Best known for: Impressionistic landscapes. The Charles River, Newton, MA was a favorite painting subject. Studied: Newton schools and studied at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston with D.W. Champney, at the...

Ritschel, William
(1864-1949)
“Waiting for the Tide”

Born in Nurmberg, Germany, William Ritschel was a California Impressionist painter. He was educated at the Latin and Industrial School, Germany and Royal Academy in Munich where he excelled at painting the sea. He continued to exhibit his marine paintings in New York,...

Robinson, Charles Dorman
(1847-1933)
“Mt. Diablo near Brentwood”

Charles Dorman Robinson (1847-1933) Born/lived: born in East Monmouth, ME/California/Yosemite Valley/Arizona Known: a prolific plein-air painter of western landscape, he earned a distinguished reputation as a California artist, much of it based on his panoramic scenes...

Rose, Iver
(1899-1972)
“Aspiring Artist”

Iver Rose (1899-1972) Born/lived: Chicago, Il/Rockport, Gloucester, Cape Ann, North Shore, MA. Known for: Easel painting, illustrator, graphic designer, printmaker, Murals: Fresco, Mosaic and stained glass. Media: oil paint, gouache, mixed media, lithography. Style:...

Rucker, Robert
(1932-1972)
“Springtime, Louisiana Cabin”

Born/lived: born in New Orleans, LA /also lived in Mandeville, LA. Known for: Louisiana landscapes, plantation homes, steamboats, and other aspects of Louisiana life and culture in oils and watercolor combining realism and impressionism. He was influenced by the...

Ruellan, Andree’
(1905-2006)
“Portrait of a Young Girl, Martha”

Andree Ruellan (1905-2006) Born/lived: New York City of French parents. Also lived and painted in Rome, Paris, Charleston, Savannah, and Shady, NY near Woodstock. Known: for paintings of figures, landscapes, and urban street scenes in New York, the American South, in...

Sani, Alessandro
(1856-1927)
“Winding the Yarn”

Alessandro Sani (1856-1927) Alessandro Sani was an academic classical painter, born and lived in Florence, Italy. He is considered one of the last great Italian painters. Alessandro was one of few artists who remained in Italy during the mass immigration to the US in...

Saussy, Hattie (1890-1978)
“Tybee Island”

Born/lived: Savannah, GA. Saussy traveled and painted extensively in the Carolinas and north Georgia and New Orleans. She traveled to Europe and sketched and painted in many cities, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Munich, Verona, Florence and Venice. Best known for: painting...

Saussy, Hattie
(1890-1978)
“Georgia Cabin Scene”

Born/lived: Savannah, GA. Saussy traveled and painted extensively in the Carolinas and north Georgia and New Orleans. She traveled to Europe and sketched and painted in many cities, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Munich, Verona, Florence and Venice. Best known for: painting...

Sawyer, NA, Helen
(1898-1978)
“Wooded Landscape”

Helen Alton Sawyer, NA (1900-1999) Born/lived: was born in Washington, DC; Cape Cod, MA; Princetown, MA; lived in North Truro, MA; Hudson Valley, NY Sarasota, FL. Known: Impressionism Landscape and still-life painter. She preferred oils and watercolors. She was...

Sether, Gulbrand
(1869-1941)
“Winter Scene with Cabin”

Gulbrand Sether (1869-1941) Born/lived: He was born in Saerskovbygda, Elverum, Norway and moved to Chicago USA in 1893. About 1900 he settled in Chicago’s Humboldt Park, an area heavily populated by Norwegian-Americans, where he had his own studio. Known: Sether...

Shaw, Harry Hutchison
(1897-1989)
“Cape Cod”

Harry Hutchison Shaw (1897-1989) Born/lived: Philadelphia, PA/LA/FL/OH. Known: Painter, illustrator, instructor, block printer, drawing specialist. Studied: University of Michigan; Cleveland School Art; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Russ Moffet School,...

Smith, Alice Ravenel Huger
(1876-1958)
“Flower Seller”

Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876-1958) One of the leading artists of the Charleston, South Carolina Renaissance, 1915 to 1940, Alice Smith was known for her landscape and genre paintings. She was a descendent of several distinguished families. She was largely self...

Smith, Mary Russell
(1842-1878)
“Two Little Chicks”

Born/lived: Edgehill, close to Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Known: for paintings expressing her passion for nature, especially chicks and chickens, which she loved to care for. She was from a family of artists, Russell Smith, her father, a well-known landscapist, Mary...

Smith, T. Henry
(mid 19th century)
“Blackberry Girl”

Thomas Henry Smith was a painter who lived in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. He was most known for his paintings of portraits, figures and flowers. He exhibited at the National Academy Art, 1843-47, 1874; American Art-Union 1843-49; Brooklyn Art Association, 1864;...

Sykes, Maltby
(1911-1992)
“Mountain Village”

(William) Maltby Sykes (1811-1992) Born/lived: born in Aberdeen, MS and lived in Auburn, AL. Known: He was a printmaker, graphic artist, teacher and painter. Studied: at the Art Students League and with Arthur Bairnsfather, Wayman Adams, George C. Miller, John Sloan,...

Sykes, Maltby
(1911-1992)
“Still Life with Fruit”

(William) Maltby Sykes (1811-1992) Born/lived: born in Aberdeen, MS and lived in Auburn, AL. Known: He was a printmaker, graphic artist, teacher and painter. Studied: at the Art Students League and with Arthur Bairnsfather, Wayman Adams, George C. Miller, John Sloan,...

Tate, Gayle B.
(born 1944)
“Abe Lincoln”

Gayle B. Tate is known as a trompe l’oeil painter. “Trompe l’oeil is a French term meaning ‘trick the eye’. Tate is a native of Midwest America, born in Abilene, Texas and raised as a world traveler, the son of a career army officer. He...

Thieme, Anthony
(1888-1954)
“Naarden, Holland”, 1908”

Anthony Thieme (1888-1954) Born/lived: born in Rotterdasm, Holland and lived in New York, Boston, but primarily Rockport, MA and wintered in St. Augustine, FL where he had studios. Known: best known as a painter, designer and teacher who painted scenes of streets,...

Thompson, Walter W.
(1882-1972)
“The Way Over”

Walter Whitcomb Thompson (1882-1948) was a native of South Carolina. He studied at the University of Florida and at the New School of Design in Boston. Thompson was a member of the American Artists Professional League, Carolina Art Association, Georgia Art...

Williams, Edward K.
(1870-1950)
“Brown County Home”

Edward K. Williams (1870-1950) Born/lived: Greenburg, Pennsylvania; lived in Nashville, Indiana. Known: as a Brown County landscape painter who with many other artists, created the Brown County Art Colony nearly 100 years ago. Studied: Art Institute of Chicago with...

Williams, Edward K.
(1870-1950)
“Hills of Brown County”

Edward K. Williams (1870-1950) Born/lived: Greenburg, Pennsylvania; lived in Nashville, Indiana. Known: as a Brown County landscape painter who with many other artists, created the Brown County Art Colony nearly 100 years ago. Studied: Art Institute of Chicago with...

Williams, Edward K.
(1870-1950)
“Indiana Snow Scene”

Edward K. Williams (1870-1950) was born in Pennsylvania and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He and his wife moved to Nashville, Indiana where he joined the Brown County Art Gallery Association. He was a member of the Indiana Art Club; Brown County Art...

Williams, Edward K.
(1870-1950)
“Mountain Home, Brown County, IN”

Edward K. Williams (1870-1950) Born/lived: Greenburg, Pennsylvania; lived in Nashville, Indiana. Known: as a Brown County landscape painter who with many other artists, created the Brown County Art Colony nearly 100 years ago. Studied: Art Institute of Chicago with...

Williams, Edward K.
(1870-1950)
“Village Street Scene”

Edward K. Williams (1870-1950) Born/lived: Greenburg, Pennsylvania; lived in Nashville, Indiana. Known: as a Brown County landscape painter who with many other artists, created the Brown County Art Colony nearly 100 years ago. Studied: Art Institute of Chicago with...

Williams, Edward K.
(1870-1950)
“Western Landscape”

Edward K. Williams (1870-1950) Born/lived: Greenburg, Pennsylvania; lived in Nashville, Indiana. Known: as a Brown County landscape painter who with many other artists, created the Brown County Art Colony nearly 100 years ago. Studied: Art Institute of Chicago with...

Witkowski, Karl
(1860-1910)
“The Telling of a Tale”

Karl Witkowski (1860-1910) Witkowski was a late nineteenth-century American painter. He was trained under Jan Matejko (1838-1893). He specialized in genre and portrait painting. Witkowski, like his contemporary J.G. Brown (1831 – 1913), focused his attention on the...

Wood, N.A., Thomas Waterman
(1823-1903)
“Election Returns”

Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) Born and raised in Montpelier, Vermont, and lived in Boston, MA, Nashville, TN, Louisville, KY and New York City. He was a painter of genre scenes with figures and objects that have meticulous detail. He worked in his father’s...

Wood, N.A.,Thomas Waterman
(1823-1903)
“All Dressed Up”

Born and raised in Montpelier, Vermont, lived in Boston, MA, Nashville, TN, Louisville, KY and NYC. He was a painter of genre scenes with figures and objects that have meticulous detail. He worked in his father’s cabinet-making shop. In 1846 he studied with...

Young, Stephen Scott
born 1957
“Sunday Shoes”

Stephen Scott Young (born 1957) Born/lived: Honolulu, Hawaii; near Palm Beach County, Florida Known: Stephen Scott Young is known for his watercolor paintings. Inspired by the work of Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and Andrew Wyeth, Young has done highly finished,...

Young, Stephen Scott
born 1957
“Teetering”

Stephen Scott Young (born 1957) Born/lived: Honolulu, Hawaii; near Palm Beach County, Florida Known: Stephen Scott Young is known for his watercolor paintings. Inspired by the work of Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and Andrew Wyeth, Young has done highly finished,...