Artists' biographical questionnaires

De Forest, Lockwood, 1850-1932

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Lockwood de Forest (June 8, 1850 – April 3, 1932) was an American painter, interior designer and furniture designer. A key figure in the Aesthetic Movement, he introduced the East Indian craft revival to Gilded Age America. As a young man, de Forest first worked as a painter, taking the lessons of his Hudson River School contemporaries. In 1879, de Forest began his career in the decorative arts working at Associated Artists along with Louis Comfort Tiffany, before starting his own decorating ...

Reuterdahl, Henry, 1871-1925

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Henry Reuterdahl (August 12, 1871 – December 21, 1925) was a Swedish-American artist, author, and lecturer highly acclaimed for his nautical artwork. Reuterdahl had a long relationship with the United States Navy. After being sent to illustrate the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, he decided to remain in the United States where he began work as an illustrator for Chicago Graphic. Reuterdahl became well known for his maritime art after he did a series of vivid illustrations of navy warships for Har...

Sandham, Henry, 1842-1910

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Henry Sandham was a painter who worked in Canada until 1880; moved to England; and later established a studio in Boston. He signed works Hy Sandham. From the description of Fragments of sculpture brought from ruins of Copan, undated. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64038324 ...

Fenn, Harry, 1838-1911

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American artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montclair, New Jersey, to a Mrs. Harrison, 1886 Mar. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525188 From the description of Autograph letters and cards signed (some with initials) (19) : Montclair, NJ, etc., to members of the firm at Harper & Brothers, [1890 Jan. 28-1892 Mar.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532440 Fenn was a British-born American painter best known for his topographic scenes. ...

Shepperson, Claude A. (Claude Allin), 1867-1921

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Ochtman, Leonard, 1854-1934.

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Harrison, Thomas Alexander, 1853-1930

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Beckwith, J. Carroll (James Carroll), 1852-1917

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Portrait painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of James Carroll Beckwith papers, 1878-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 227193635 From the description of James Carroll Beckwith diary (in the New York Historical Society), 1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093784 From the description of James Carroll Beckwith papers (in the National Academy of Design), 1871-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557679 Portrait painter, New York City. ...

Taylor, F. Walter (Frank Walter), 1874-1921

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Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926

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Rhead was born in England and emigrated to New York where he spent most of his career. From the description of Drawings for book illustrations, ca. 1890-1926. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83570958 From the guide to the Drawings for book illustrations, ca. 1890-ca. 1926., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) English artist in America. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) and telegram : Flatbush, to m...

Brown, Ray, 1865-1944

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Peixotto, Ernest C., 1869-1940

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Ernest Peixotto was an American artist, illustrator, and author known mainly for his murals and his travel literature. He married the painter Mary Hutchinson in 1897. From the description of Ernest and Mary Peixotto papers, 1876-1959 (bulk 1915-1940) (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 755629850 Peixotto is best known as a mural painter though he also achieved notable success as a writer. He served as an official artist attached to the American Expediti...

Brown, Bolton, 1864-1936

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Lithographer, writer, inventor, educator, explorer; Stanford, Calif. and Woodstock, N.Y. From the description of Bolton Coit Brown papers, 1882-1982 (bulk 1882-1936). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77950008 Lithographer, writer, inventor and explorer; Woodstock, N.Y. From the description of Bolton Coit Brown papers, [ca. 1907-1933]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82730411 ...

Meteyard, Thomas Buford, 1865-1928

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American artist and illustrator. From the description of Autograph letters signed with his bug signature (2) : Boston and Scituate, to Laurens Maynard, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270638765 Meteyard was an American Post-Impressionist artist. From the description of Prints, ca. 1896-ca. 1920. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79390236 From the guide to the Prints, ca. 1896 - ca. 1920., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard...

Moran, Percy, 1862-1935

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Murphy, Hermann Dudley, 1867-1945

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Painter and frame-maker; Boston, Mass. Attended the Boston Museum school, and studied at the Academie Julien, Paris. Taught at Harvard School of Architecture and Worcester Art Museum School. Murphy and his second wife shared a life-long interest in deck-seat canoeing. From the description of Hermann Dudley Murphy papers, 1887-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122403914 ...

MacCord, Charles William, 1852-1923.

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Ballin, Hugo, 1879-1956

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Hugo Ballin was born March 7, 1879 in New York City. He attended the Art Students League in New York, spent several years traveling and studying in Italy, and became a portrait painter. In 1917, he began working as an art director for Goldwyn Pictures and subsequently moved to California in 1921. In the 1920s, he began writing, producing, and directing films, and formed his own production company, Hugo Ballin Productions, Inc. Ballin's wife, actress Mabel Croft Ballin, was featured in his silent...

Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912

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Painter, author, war correspondent, and illustrator. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Edward E.] Ayer, 1910 Dec. 3. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38860956 Artist. From the description of Letter of Francis Davis Millet, 1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454555 The American painter, draftsman, lithographer, muralist and writer Francis Davis Millet was born in Mattapoisett, Mass. He served in the Union army in 1864, and ...

Haskell, Ernest, 1876-1925

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Painter, etcher, lithographer, illustrator, writer. Born in Connecticut; worked in art department of NEW YORK AMERICAN. Studied in Paris, returned to New York, created caricatures and posters. Famous for portrait of Joan and Jock Whitney. Settled in Maine. From the description of Ernest Haskell papers, 1892-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79271705 ...

Kemeys, Edward, 1843-1907

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Edward Kemeys was a sculptor, known primarily for his animal sculpture. He attempted to document the vanishing wildlife species of North American in his work. Among his pieces are the lions at the entrance of the Art Institute of Chicago. The Stanley McCormick referred to her is possibly the youngest son of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). Stanley McCormick was born in 1874 or 1875, was comptroller of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and in 1902 he helped bring about the merger that for...

Clark, Walter Appleton, 1876-1906

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Browne, George Elmer, 1871-1946

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Painter, art instructor; New York, N.Y. and Provincetown, Mass. From the description of George Elmer Browne papers, 1900-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502707 Painter, art instructor; New York, New York. Born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Browne studied at the Museum of Fine Arts School of Drawing and Painting, and at the Cowles Art School, Boston. In Paris he studied under Robert-Fleury and at the Academie Julien under Lefebvre. ...

Turner, Charles Henry, 1848-1908.

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Painter and etcher; Jackson, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts. A native of Hampton, New Hampshire and self-taught, Turner had several studios in Boston where he lived beginning in the 1870s for about forty years. He summered in Hampton, and later in the White Mountains at Jackson. From the description of Charles Henry Turner papers, 1875-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 767864471 Painter and etcher; Jackson, New Hampshire and ...

Herter, Albert, 1871-1950

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Kimball, Alonzo M., 1874-1923.

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Hosking, Arthur Nicholas, 1874-

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Art critic, illustrator, painter and etcher. Born in 1874, death date not known. From the description of Arthur Hosking papers, 1900-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389643 ...

Art League Publishing Co. (Chicago, Ill.)

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Art publishing house; Chicago, Ill. Published, THE ARTISTS YEAR BOOK: A HANDY REFERENCE BOOK WHEREIN MAY BE FOUND INTERESTING DATA PERTAINING TO ARTISTS, AND THEIR STUDIO, HOME, AND SUMMER ADDRESSES, FOR 1905-1906. Arthur Hosking was the editor. From the description of Artists' biographical questionnaires, 1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571217 ...

Smith, W. Granville (Walter Granville), 1870-1938

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Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915

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Born in a suburb of Vienna, Austria, Karl Bitter was trained as a sculptor at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, from 1885 to 1888. After active service in the Army, Bitter immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City in November of 1889. Within weeks of his arrival, Bitter was engaged by the American architect, Richard Morris Hunt (1825-1895). He worked on projects for the Astors and Vandberbilts in New York City and at the Biltmore Estate, for William H. Vanderbilt, Ash...

Mills, John Harrison, 1842-1916.

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Wiggins, Carleton, 1848-1932

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Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936

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Sculptor and lecturer. From the description of Letters, 1910-1929. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233120960 Sculptor; Illinois. Born in Elmwood, Ill. From the description of Lorado Taft papers, 1882-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454444 ...

Steele, Frederic Dorr, 1873-1944

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Blenner, Carle Joan, 1864-1952.

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Vedder, Simon Harmon, 1866-1937

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Blashfield, Albert Dodd 1860-1920

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Potter, Louis McClellan, 1873-1912

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Sculptor, etcher; New York, N.Y. Died in Seattle, Washington. From the description of Louis McClellan Potter papers, 1893-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370489 ...

Bridgman, Frederick Arthur, 1847-1928

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The American painter, composer, and author Frederick Arthur Bridgman was born in Tuskegee Alabama. He attended classes at the National Academy of Design in New York, and in 1866 went to study in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Paris Exposition Universelles in 1879 and 1889. From the description of Letter to Mr. Hossack, 1899 Jan. 6. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78890054 Frederick A. Bridgman and his wife Martha we...

Bartlett, Frederick Eugene, 1852-1911.

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Maynard, Richard Field, 1875-1964

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Richard Field Maynard (1875-1964) earned his Harvard AB 1898. While an undergraduate at Harvard he was a member of the Cercle Français and the Harvard Sketch Club, he was on the Board of Editors for the Lampoon and he contributed several stories to the Harvard Advocate. He became an artist and writer. From the description of Correspondence of Richard Field Maynard, 1895-1898. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064979 From the description of Diaries of Richard Field...

Zolnay, George Julian, 1862 or 1863-1949

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Sculptor and teacher; New York, N.Y., St. Louis, Mo. and Washington, D.C. Born in Hungary, he came to the United States in 1892. Taught at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. From the description of George Julian Zolnay papers, 1899-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77723492 ...

Story, Julian, 1856-1919,

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Portrait painter; son of William Wetmore Story. From the description of Letter to Mrs. Wister [manuscript], n.y. New Years Day. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811967 ...

Penfield, Edward, 1866-1925

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American illustrator. From the description of Letter, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78052418 ...

Hitchcock, Lucius Wolcott, 1868-1942

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Redfield, Edward Willis, 1869-1965

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Landscape painter; Center Bridge, Penn. From the description of Edward Willis Redfield papers, 1836-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370473 Redfield was a landscape painter; New Hope, Pa. From the description of Edward Redfield letters to Irene Weygandt, 1940-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370564 ...

Birney, William Verplanck (American painter, 1858-1909)

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Wiles, Irving Ramsay, 1861-1948

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Irving Ramsey (1861- 1948) was a portrait painter, illustrator and teacher in Utica, N.Y. From the description of Irving Ramsay Wiles papers, 1887-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 669913101 Portrait painter, illustrator, teacher; Utica, N.Y.; b. 1861; d. 1948. From the description of Irving Wiles journals and address books, 1910-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220229069 From the description of Irving Ramsay Wiles journals and address books, 1910...

McCord, George Herbert (American painter, 1848-1909)

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Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925

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American landscape painter Dwight William Tryon was born in Hartford, CT on August 13, 1849. When Tryon was about 2 years old, his father Anson Tryon was killed in a hunting accident and he was raised at his maternal grandparents' home. At the age of fourteen, Tryon began work as a machinist at Colt's Firearms Factory in Hartford to support his mother and himself. He enrolled in evening classes at Hannum's Business School and developed calligraphic skills which supplemented his inco...

Bush-Brown, Henry Kirke, 1857-1935

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Sculptor. From the description of Henry Kirke Bush-Brown papers, circa 1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131914 Craven, Wayne. Sculpture in America. New and revised edition . Newark: University of Delaware; New York and London: Cornwall Books, 1984, pp.144-158. “Brown, Henry Kirke.” American National Biography Online. http://www.anb.org/articles/17/17-00108.html. (accessed May 9, 2007). “Bush-Brown, Henry Kirke.” American National Biography Online. http://w...

Zogbaum, Rufus Fairchild, 1849-1925

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Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum (1849-1925) was an artist and illustrator known for his western and military subjects. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina on August 28, 1849, and studied at the Art Students League in New York City from 1878-1879 before traveling in the Western U.S. to paint Indians and life in the U.S. Army. His works appeared in "Harper's Weekly" from 1885-1890, and he illustrated Western fiction. He was one of the first artists to gain inspiration from the figure of the cowboy. ...

Smillie, George Henry

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Guérin, Jules Vallée, 1866-1946

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Turner, Ross, 1847-1915

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Watercolorist, painter, illustrator; Salem, Mass. From the description of Ross Turner letters, 1884-1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122595031 ...

Kendall, William Sergeant, 1869-1938

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Artist, active in New York City and elsewhere in the eastern United States, primarily known for his paintings of children. From the description of William Sergeant Kendall papers, 1881-1938. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58779214 Painter. Kendall studied at the Art Students League, with Thomas Eakins in Philadelphia, and in Paris with Oliver Merson at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and became a National Academician in his earl...

Smillie, James David, 1833-1909

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Manley, Thomas R., 1853-1938.

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Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953

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Sculptors; Westport, Connecticut. From the description of James Earle and Laura Gardin Fraser papers, 1913-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355085 James Earle Fraser was born on November 4, 1876, in Winona, Minnesota, the son of Thomas A. and Cora West Fraser. His father was a railroad engineer and contractor, and when James was less than a year old the family moved to the Dakota territory, where a railroad was pushing westward. During his childhood on th...

Turner, Charles Yardley, 1850-1918.

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Painter, etcher; New York, N.Y. Turner and painter, Frederick Stuart Church were close friends and according to Ruel Pardee Tolman, and "were called 'the long and short of it.' Every Christmas morning they planned to have breakfast together." From the description of Charles Yardley Turner scrapbook of letters from Frederick S. Church and John LaFarge, 1894-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093817 ...

Sartain, William, 1843-1924

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Painter; Philadelphia, Pa. Came from a noted family of engravers and painters. From the description of William Sartain autobiographical sketch, 1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82921674 ...

Pape, Eric, 1870-

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Woodbury, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1864-1940

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Marine painter, instructor, writer, etcher, illustrator; Ogunquit, Me. Born in Lynn, Mass. Studied engineering at MIT (1882-1886) while continuing to paint and exhibit. Upon graduation he began teaching art. Woodbury married a pupil, Marcia Oakes, in 1890 and travelled often to Europe to paint, frequently to Holland. In 1897, he built a studio in Ogunquit, Maine, and began offering summer classes in 1898. His successful school turned Ogunquit into a major art...

Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919

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Mural painter, illustrator, teacher, and writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Kenyon Cox letters, 1893-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122456081 American artist, author. From the description of Kenyon Cox papers, circa 1860-1922. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505719883 Kenyon Cox was an American artist, born in Ohio, who studied in Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Paris, 1877-1882. He moved to New York in 1...

Harrison, Birge, 1854-1929

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Painter, writer; Woodstock, N.Y. Full name Lovell or Lowell Birge Harrison. From the description of Birge Harrison writings on landscape painting, [ca. 1900-1909]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454983 ...

Hitchcock, George, 1850-1913

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Wolf, Henry, 1852-1916

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Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937

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Frederick Burr Opper (1857-1937) was an American cartoonist and creator of the newspaper comic strips Happy Hooligan, And Her Name Was Maud!, Alphonse and Gaston and many others. From the guide to the Frederick Burr Opper Cartoons, 1931, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Cartoonist and illustrator; b. in Madison, Ohio. From the description of Three cartoon sketches, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971290 Ame...

Shinn, Florence Scovel, -1940

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