Early Buffalo artists : typescript, 1964.

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Early Buffalo artists : typescript, 1964.

Focuses on Thomas LeClear, William J. Wilgus, William H. Beard and Lars G. Sellstedt. Includes photograph, "Two Children in the Studio," by Thomas LeClear.

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Viele, Chase.

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Gen. Egbert L. Viele was a descendant of the Knickerbocker and Viele families. He was Engineer-in-Chief of Central Park and Prospect Park, and an officer in the Civil War. From the description of Gen. Viele's pyramid tomb at West Point : typescript, 1971. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 38289402 Art historian; Buffalo, New York. Le Clear was a painter, Buffalo, New York. From the description of Chase Viele papers, 1957-1961....

LeClear, Thomas, 1818-1882.

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Beard, William Holbrook, 1824-1900

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William Holbrook Beard (b. April 13, 1824, Painesville, Ohio-d. February 20, 1900, Brooklyn, New York), American painter, began his career as a portrait artist. He became famous for his animal paintings and the display of his keen sense of humor, especially his stories of human foibles told with rabbits, foxes, monkeys and especially bears....

Wilgus, William John (American painter, 1819-1853)

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Sellstedt, Lars Gustaf, 1819-1911

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Lars Gustaf Sellstedt was a portrait, landscape, and marine painter. He was born in Sundsvall, Sweden on April 30, 1819. At the age of 11, Sellstedt became a cabin-boy on a Swedish trading vessel and worked as a merchant seaman until 1845, when he settled in Buffalo, N.Y. Sellstedt took a studio and began his career as a portrait painter. In 1850, he married Louise Lovejoy and they lived in New York City for a brief period of time; she died a few years later in Buffalo. In 1853, Sel...