Albert Duveen art reference files

Charlot, Jean, 1898-1979

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Jean Charlot was an artist, teacher, scholar, critic, poet, and playwright. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and served in the French Army from 1918 to 1920. After the war he moved to Mexico, where he had relatives, and joined a group of other young artists in the Mexican Mural Renaissance of the 1920s. Charlot's fresco mural in the Preparatoria Nacional was the first of many he completed. While in Mexico, he wrote numerous articles on art, among them the first on the Mexican printmaker J...

Catlin, George, 1796-1872

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George Catlin, artist and author, was known especially for his paintings of Indians. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he practiced law until his talent for painting led him to join a group of artists in Philadelphia in 1823. Catlin concentrated on portrait painting in Washington, D.C., until 1829, when he saw a delegation of visiting American Indians in Philadelphia. He then resolved to devote his life to preserving the appearance and character of the vanishing Indians and for forty-two yea...

Duveen, Albert

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Art dealer; New York, N.Y. From the description of An art dealer is intrigued by American folk art : lecture, 1961 Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122397083 Art dealer, collector; New York, N.Y. From the description of Albert Duveen art reference files, [ca. 1831-1950]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78162733 From the description of Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera, 1808-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220149462 ...

Walkowitz, Abraham, 1878-1965

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Abraham Walkowitz (1878-1965) was a painter and etcher from Brooklyn, N.Y. From the description of Abraham Walkowitz papers, 1904-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 767864477 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Abraham Walkowitz, 1958 Dec. 8 & 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133333 From the description of Oral history interview with Abraham Walkowitz, 1958 Dec. 8 & 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2763...

Blauvelt, Charles F., 1824-1900

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Malbone, Edward Greene, 1777-1807

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Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926

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Mary Cassatt (b. Mary Stevenson Cassatt, May 22, 1844, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania-d. June 14, 1926, Paris, France) was an American Impressionist painter and printmaker....

Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852

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John Vanderlyn was born in Kingston, New York, where he worked for a print shop; he displayed an early aptitude for art, and was able to study with Archibald Robinson and Gilbert Stuart. Under the patronage of Aaron Burr, Vanderlyn became the first American artist to study in France. He exhibited paintings to popular and critical acclaim in America, France, England, and Italy, returning to America in 1815. He painted portraits of several presidents, and created and exhibited panoramas, including...

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Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928

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Artist; painter and printmaker; b. Utica, New York. From the description of Arthur B. Davies collection, 1890-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972386 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Arthur B. Davies letters to Sally Lewis, 1919-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122647988 ...

Soudeikine, Serge 1882-1946

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Serge Soudekine was a Russian-born set and costume designer for ballets and other theatrical productions. From the description of Drawings for theater productions, 1926-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612794412 ...

Leigh, William Robinson, 1866-1955

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American artist. From the description of Autobiography, ca. 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630944 From the guide to the William Robinson Leigh autobiography, circa 1950, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Painter, writer, illustrator, lecturer, sculptor, teacher; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Robinson Leigh, 1883-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77821205 ...

Roesen, Severin, approximately 1815-approximately 1872

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Von Schlegell, William, 1877-1950.

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Painter and instructor; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Von Schlegell papers, 1951-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455213 ...

Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906

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American painter and printmaker Jonathan Eastman Johnson was born in Lovell, Maine in 1824. After apprenticing with a Boston lithographer, he moved to Washington D.C. in 1845 and became a portraitist of prominent Americans, including Daniel Webster and Dolly Madison. Beginning in 1849, Johnson spent two years at the Royal Academy in Dusseldorf, Germany, studying with Emanuel Leutze, and three years at The Hague. After returning to America in 1855, he settled in New York and focused on painting A...

Prior, William Matthew, 1806-1873

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Carter, Dennis Malone, 1827-1881.

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Alexander, Francis, 1800-1880

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Vanderlyn, Pieter, ca. 1687-1778.

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Pach, Walter, 1883-1958

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Pach: Artist, critic, historian, writer, art consultant, curator; New York, N.Y. Instrumental in organizing the Armory Show, 1913. Winthrop: patron; New York, N.Y. His collection, left to Harvard University, included early American portraits, drawings by English and French artists, and Chinese sculpture. From the description of Walter Pach letter to Grenville Winthrop, 1933 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84852249 American artist and author. From the desc...

Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879

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Drew-Bear, Jessie Henderson (American painter, 1877-1962)

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Polk, Charles Peale, 1767-1822

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Blackburn, Joseph, active 1753-1763

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Stewart, Albert, 1900-1965

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Biographical note: Rev. A.C. Stewart was born near Allen, Nebraska in 1880. He was ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples) in Nebraska, but spent his later years as a member of the First Baptist Church in Tucson. Stewart moved to Arizona in 1917 as a missionary for the American Sunday Union. Initially headquartered in Prescott, he soon relocated to Tucson in 1919. Stewart traveled extensively through Arizona especially to small, rural towns. His services as a missionary ranged from presidin...

Tirrell, George

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Trumbull, John, 1756-1843

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American painter of historical subjects. From the description of ALS : New York, to James Madison, 1823 Oct. 20. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580911 Painter; New York City. From the description of John Trumbull papers, 1787-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557315 John Trumbull (1756-1843) was an American painter and diplomat. From the guide to the John Trumbull papers, 1780-1840, (The New York Public Library...

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827

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Philadelphia painter and naturalist. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to David Porter, 1823 Nov. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86165786 Charles Willson Peale was an artist and naturalist. From the description of Sketchbook, 1801. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173465905 From the description of Portrait list, [ca. 1772]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122439811 From the descrip...

Spencer, Frederick R., 1806-1875

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Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848

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Epithet: of Stowe MS 295 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x000182 Epithet: of Stowe MS 1060 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x000180 Thomas Cole was an English-born landscape, portrait, and religious painter, a pioneer of the Hudson River School. In 1827, he settled in Catskill, New York, where he died in 1848. ...

Johnston, Henrietta

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Brown, John George, 1831-1913

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000704.0x000250 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of John George Brown letters to Mr. Wheeler, 1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093857 John George Brown (1831-1913) was born in England and came to the U.S. to achieve success in New York, painting street urchins. He exhibited frequently in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, b...

Gillman, Paula

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Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906

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French artist. From the description of Autograph letter (incomplete at end and lacking signature) : [Paris], to his parents, [1876 Sept. 10]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870505 ...

Harding, Chester, 1792-1866

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American artist. From the description of Mortgage deed to T.H. Perkins, S.G. Perkins, and W.H. Gardiner, 1832 Jan. 7. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 123162968 ...

Winner, William E., ca. 1815-1883.

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Doriani, William.

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Smibert, John, 1688-1751

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Artist. From the description of Journal of John Smibert, 1719-1733. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068467 ...

Bartlett, W.H. (William Henry), 1809-1854

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Lawson, Ernest, 1873-1939

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Inness, George, 1825-1894

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Painter; Montclair, N.J. From the description of George Inness letter to Horace H. Moses, 1866 Jan. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577231 ...

Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933

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Painter and illustrator; b. in Williamsport, Penn. From the description of George Benjamin Luks papers, 1920-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972390 Illustrator, painter, cartoonist, lecturer, teacher; born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Recent scholarship shows 1866 as his birth date rather than 1867, as has been previously accepted. Studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, in Dusseldorf, Berlin, Munich, London, and Paris. Worked on the staff of the Philadelphia ...

Buttersworth, James Edward, 1817-1894

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Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932

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Louis Maurer was a German born lithographer and painter who spent much of his life in New York City. Born in 1832, he studied art as a boy in Mayence (Mentz), Germany. He emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1851 and found work with the publishing firm of T.W. Strong. He also worked for Currier & Ives for eight years before moving to Major and Knapp sometime around 1860-1861. From 1872-1884, Maurer headed the firm of Maurer and Heppenheimer. After his retirement, he continued t...

Quirt, Walter, 1902-1968

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Painter, teacher; Minneapolis, Minn. Died 1968. Taught at the University of Minnesota, 1945-1968. From the description of Walter Quirt papers, 1928-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122545693 ...

Harvey, George W., 1855-

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West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

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American-born artist who was a charter member of the Royal Academy. From the description of ADS, 1819 November 12 : Kings Warehouse Customs, London. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16853753 American historical painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to "Sir", a gentleman with whose family his "friend and Relation Joshua Gilpin" is forming a connection in marriage, 1800 Jun. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705...

Ganso, Emil, 1895-1941

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Painter, printmaker; Woodstock, N.Y. From the description of Emil Ganso papers, 1930-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515010 From the description of Emil Ganso papers, 1930-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744426273 ...

Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926

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American cowboy and artist of the American West. From the description of Photographs, {ca. 1910}. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435693 American painter and sculptor of western scenes and subjects. From the description of Ephemera, 1900-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497326 From the guide to the Charles M. Russell ephemera, 1900-1964, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Russell, Charles Marion, artist, cowboy (Mar. 19, 1864-Oct. 24, 1...

Elliott, Charles Loring, 1812-1868

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Hall, George Henry, 1825-1913

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Chambers, Thomas, 1808-1869

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Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916

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Realist painter Thomas Eakins was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1844. He was encouraged by his parents to develop his talent in art, and in 1862 he entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Also during this period Eakins developed an interest in anatomy, revealed later in the realistically detailed Gross Clinic, painted in 1875. In 1866 he moved to Paris, where he studied painting with Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts for three years, and briefly with sculptor Augustin-...

Wiltz, Arnold (American painter, 1889-1937)

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Durand, A. B. (Asher Brown), 1796-1886

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Painter; Albany, N.Y. From the description of Asher Brown Durand papers, 1812-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291554 Springfield Township, NJ 1796-1886 Maplewood, NJ. From the description of Portrait of Edward Sturges (1837-1901) and Amelia Sturges (1835-1862) as Children [painting]. [18--] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906567 Painter; Albany, N.Y. Trustee of the National Academy of Design. From the description of Letters to Asher...

Soutine, Chaïm, 1893-1943

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Lithuanian-born French painter. From the description of Letter : Caques, to Fernand Zamaron, 1918 June 1. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81380202 ...

Despiau, Charles, 1874-1946

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Gullager, Christian, 1759-1826

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Sawitzky, William, 1880-1947.

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Moeller, Louis, 1855-1930.

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Ranney, William Tylee, 1813-1857

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Sullivan, Charles, 1794-1867.

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Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871

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Thomas Prichard Rossiter (1818-1871) was a painter. Rossiter studied in Connecticut and in Europe, eventually settling in New York. His father was Henry C. Rossiter (fl. 1833-1834), a merchant who resided in New York and South Carolina. From the guide to the Thomas Prichard Rossiter Papers, 1833-1834, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Rossiter was a portrait painter. From the description of Thomas Prichard Ros...

Organ, Donald.

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Jarvis, John Wesley, 1780-1840

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Albert Gallatin Worthington (1804-1834) was the fourth child of Ohio Governor Thomas Worthington and his wife Eleanor Swearingen Worthington. Portrait painter John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840) was born in England and moved to the United States as a child. He was the nephew of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. John Wesley Jarvis was trained as an artist by engraver Edward Savage and set up a portrait painting business with his contemporary Joseph Wood. From ...

Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894

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George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894) was an American portrait painter. He studied in Paris and painted in the U.S. and Europe. His best known works were portraits of Daniel Webster, Longfellow, and a series of U.S. presidents. From the guide to the G.P.A. Healy papers, 1843-1953, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Portrait and historical painter. Healy painted in the U.S. and Europe. From the description of George Peter Alexande...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Lefferts, M. F.

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Buddington, Jonathan.

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Otis, Bass, 1784-1861

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Portrait painter and lithographer. From the description of Bass Otis receipt, 1831. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370511 Bass Otis, a Philadelphia artist, lithographer, and portrait-painter, was born in Bridgewater, Mass. He was apprenticed first to a scythemaker, then to a coach painter in New York about 1808. He later opened a studio in Philadelphia, copied portraits for "Delaplaine's Repository," and sent his work to exhibitions. Otis is credited with making the first...

Weinberg, Elbert, 1928-1991

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Welch, Thomas B., 1814-1874

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Hays, William-Jacob 1830-1875

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Pope, T. B. (Thomas Benjamin), d. 1891.

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Dibble, Thomas R. (Thomas Reilly), 1898-

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Cropsey, Jasper Francis, 1823-1900

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Artist commissioned by the Board of Regents to paint campus and the observatory of University of Michigan. From the description of Sketch book, 1855. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 83658068 From the description of Jasper Francis Cropsey sketch book, 1855. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778263 From the description of Sketch book, 1855. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419312 Painter; New York (N.Y.). ...

Henry, Edward Lamson, 1841-1919

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Painter; Ellenville, New York. E.L. Henry was an American genre artist, specializing in transportation subjects. His career is documented in the book, THE LIFE AND WORK OF EDWARD LAMSON HENRY by Elizabeth McCausland, 1945. From the description of Edward Lamson Henry letter to G.H. Buck, 1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122920 From the description of Edward Lamson Henry letters and envelope, 1869-1872 and [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355078 From...

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815

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This is a preparatory drawing for the painting "Julia, Third Viscountess Dudley and Ward" that was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1800. From the description of [Study for Julia, third Viscountess Dudley and Ward] [graphic]. [1800] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 246658012 Painter, noted for portraits and historical subjects. Born in Boston, moved to England in 1775 because of Loyalist sympathies. From the description of ALS : London, to John Boydell, 1...

Allston, Washington, 1779-1843

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Allston was an American artist and author. From the description of Papers, 1815-1842. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122297604 From the guide to the Papers, 1815-1842., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American artist and poet. From the description of An indenture tripartite..., 1827 May 9. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 550545503 American writer and artist. From the description of L...

Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895

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Painter, art instructor. Born Pennsylvania; active in many Philadelphia art organizations. Best known work "Battle of Gettysburg." From the description of Peter Frederick Rothermel receipt, 1862-1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552815 Painter, art instructor. Born Pennsylvania; active in many Philadelphia art organizations. Best known work "Battle of Gettysburg." From the description of Peter Frederick Rothermel papers, 1844-1895. ...

Neagle, John, 1796-1865

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John B. Neagle was a portrait painter. From the description of Notebooks, 1825-1850. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616046 John Neagle was a portrait painter who lived and worked in Philadelphia in the mid nineteenth century. While serving as an apprentice to Thomas Wilson, a "coach and ornamental painter," he began to consider painting as a career for himself. He studied under Thomas Sully, and in 1818 ventured to Lexington, Kentucky, with ...

Hudson, Samuel Adams, 1813-1894.

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Schattenstein, Nikol, 1877-1954

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Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985

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Russian-French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed (1) and greeting cards signed (2) : Marseilles and St. Paul, to John Rewald, 1941 Jan. 3, 1967 July 18 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870508 Marc Chagall was a Russian-born painter working chiefly in France whose works frequently featured themes from Russian-Jewish folklore and from the Bible. From the description of Marc Chagall letter to D. Vaughan, 1967 February 21. (Pennsyl...

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828

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Centurion (Firm)

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Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919

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American painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Branchville [Conn.], to August Jaccaci, [no year] Jul. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586836 J. Alden Weir (1852-1919) was an Impressionist painter. From the description of J. Alden Weir letter to Augustus Thomas, 1903 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477650 From the description of J. Alden Weir letter to Augustus Thomas, 1903 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 6133...

Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884

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Captain R.K. Porter, according to records at the Society of California Pioneers, was born on May 1, 1792 in West Boxford, Mass., and died on Aug. 12th, 1884. We have no further information on him other than this reminiscence which does not refer to his personal life. A Rufus K. Porter, which the same birth and death dates, is also known for his book Aerial Navigation: the practibility of traveling pleasantly and safely from New York to California in three days (New York: H. Smith, 1849). This ma...

Browere, Albertus D. O., 1814-1887

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Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878

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Evert A. Duyckinck was born on Manhattan Island, and graduated from Columbia University. Although accepted to the bar, he did not practice law, but lived a life devoted to literature. At the center of New York's literary culture, he had important friendships with Poe, Irving, and Melville, acting as editor, associate, and friend. He and his younger brother, George, served as editors for several noteworthy literary enterprises, including the influential Literary World and the groundbreaking Cyclo...

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910

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Winslow Homer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1836. He was raised in Cambridge, where he developed a love of art and the outdoors. At the age of 19 he began his career as an illustrator, apprenticing at the J.H. Bufford lithographic firm in Boston. He then decided to become a freelance illustrator. In 1859 Homer moved to New York to work for Harper's Weekly, serving as artist-correspondent for the magazine during the Civil War. After taking some art classes at the National Academy of Desig...

Durrie, George Henry, 1820-1863

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American winter landscapist, renowned through Currier and Ives; of New Haven, Conn. From the description of George Henry Durrie papers, 1838-1866 and ca. 1930. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 435646190 Painter; Connecticut. Durrie is best known for his rural winter scenes. From the description of George Henry Durrie papers, 1845-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502448 ...

Kayn, Hilde B.

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Harnett, William Michael, 1848-1892

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Painter. From the description of William Harnett sketches, 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502450 ...

Branchard, Emile Pierre, 1881-1938

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Strong, William J.

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Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872

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Artist Thomas Sully was born in London, although his actor parents soon emigrated to the United States. A trip back to England to study painting expanded his horizons, and upon his return to the United States he developed a reputation as a first rate painter. He specialized in portraits, especially portraits of women, and painted full-length portraits of many public and private figures. He is perhaps most closely associated with his portrait of Queen Victoria and for his painting, Washington cro...

Kelekian, Dikran G., 1868-1951

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Perry, E. W. (Enoch Wood), 1831-1915.

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Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909

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Frederic Remington was born October 4, 1861 in Canton, New York. He was educated at the Vermont Episcopal Institute and attended Yale University. He worked as a cowboy, scout, and ran a sheep and mule ranch in the west. He married Eva Caten on October 1, 1884. Remington was a painter, sculptor and illustrator of Indians, cowbnoys and the American soldier at war. His travels took him to Germany, Russia, North Africa, Cuba and all over North America. Frederic Remington died December 26, 1909 in Ne...

Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903

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Painter and portrait painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Thomas Waterman Wood letters, 1880-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81488082 Genre and portrait painter, etcher; Montpelier, Vt. and New York, N.Y. Founded gallery 1891. 2006 oils and watercolors by Wood in permanent collection of gallery. In addition the gallery includes a large collection of WPA art on permanent loan from the U.S. government. From the description o...

Blakelock, Ralph Albert, 1847-1919

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Artist. Blakelock was a alumnus of City College, Class of 1869. From the description of Memorabilia, 1916-1947, 1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155500972 ...

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778?-1860

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Rembrandt and Harriet Peale (née Cany) were painters; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Rembrandt and Harriet Peale papers, 1824-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81263030 From the description of Printed material relating to Rembrandt Peale, 1830-1862 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80271418 Peale, from a family of artists, was a portrait, miniature and historical painter. From the description of Notes of the Painting Room. (Winte...

Cope, George, 1855-1929

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Painter; West Chester, Pennsylvania. From the description of George Cope papers, 1878-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370534 ...

Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915

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Street, Robert, 1796-1865

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Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906

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Daniel Huntington was a portrait, historical, and landscape painter. Born Oct. 14, 1816 in New York City, Huntington was a student at Hamilton College from 1832 to 1836. He studied under S.F.B. Morse and Henry Inman and then went to Europe in 1839 and again from 1842 to 1845, spending most of his time in Rome. Elected a National Academician in 1840, Huntington served twice as President of the National Academy, from 1862 to 1870 and from 1877 to 1890. He died in New York City on April 18, 1906. ...

Robins, Louisa Winslow, 1898-1962

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Painter; Buffalo and Long Island, New York. From the description of Louisa Robins papers, [ca. 1930-1960]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404310 ...

Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874

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Painter; Baltimore, Md. and Scotland. From the description of Alfred Jacob Miller manuscript and sketches, [undated] and 1837. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571456 ...

Gelb, Jan, 1906-1978

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Jan Gelb (1906-1978) was a painter and printmaker from New York, N.Y. Married to Boris Margo (1902-1995) who was a printmaker. From the description of Jan Gelb and Boris Margo papers, 1922-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78819250 ...

Blume, Peter, 1906-1992

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Painter; Sherman, Conn. Died 1992. From the description of Peter Blume interviews, 1983 Aug. 16-1984 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220184735 From the description of Peter Blume papers, [ca. 1926]-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123014 Peter Blume (1906-1992) was a painter from Sherman, Conn. From the description of Oral history interview with Peter Blume, 1983 Aug. 16-1984 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397191 ...

Savage, Edward, 1761-1817

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Wertmüller, Adolph Ulric, 1751-1811

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Artist. From the description of Papers of Adolph Ulric Wertmüller, 1780-1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82275239 Swedish painter. From the description of Letter, 1797 Feb. 25, Paris. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84279296 ...

Hicks, Thomas, 1823-1890

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Portrait and landscape painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Thomas Hicks letter, 1864 Jan. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515775 American portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "My Dear Wally", 1862 Mar. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871007 From the description of Thomas Hicks letter to "Sergio" [manuscript], 1858 May 23. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420487374 ...

Duncanson, Robert S., 1821-1872

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Robert S. Duncanson (b. 1817, New York; d. 1872), black American professional painter. From the description of Duncanson, Robert S., 1821-1872 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10568039 The first African American artist to achieve international acclaim, painter Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872) settled in 1840 in Cincinnati. Sponsored by anti-slavery groups, Duncanson traveled widely in Canada and Europe during the 1860s, exhibiting and selling his pai...

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

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Painter, inventor; New York, N.Y. and London, England. From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599940 From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007074 Author of account concerning deportation of 1100 workers and I.W.W. sympathizers from Bisbee to Columbus, N.M., July 12, 1917. From the description of The truth about Bisbee...

Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905

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Arthur F. Tait was an American painter of sporting scenes and animals. He was born in England in 1819 and studied art as a boy in Manchester. He came to the United States in 1850, settling in New York City. Tait spent many of his summers at his camp in the Adirondack mountains. A number of his paintings were made into lithographs by Louis Prang and Currier & Ives. Tait died at his home in Yonkers, NY in 1905. From the description of Letters, 1853-1898. (Winterthur Library). World...

Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008

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Donati is a painter and object maker, New York, N.Y. and Temkin, a curator of modern and comtemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. From the description of Oral history interview with Enrico Donati, 1997 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220217277 Italian-born painter and sculptor, became an American citizen in 1945. During the 1930s and 1940s associated with Surrealists in Paris and New York, contributing to the Surrealist retrospective in Paris in 1947. ...

Penn, William, 1644-1718

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The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn (1644-1718) in 1681 by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn (1621-1670). Under Penn's directive, Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers escaping religious torment in England and other European nations. Three generations of Penn descendents held proprietorship of the colony until the American Revolution, when the family was stripped of all but its privately held shares of land...

Field, Robert, 1769?-1819

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Gargallo, Pablo, 1881-1934

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Maurer, Alfred Henry, 1868-1932

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Shulman, Morris.

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Morris Shulman papers, 1943-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122576822 ...

Lane, Fitz Henry, 1804-1865

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Peale, James, 1749-1831

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James Peale was an artist, and a brother of Charles Willson Peale. From the description of Sketchbook, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466157 From the guide to the James Peale sketchbook, [n.d.], n.d., (American Philosophical Society) ...

Johnston, John Bernard, 1847-1886.

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Crawford, Ralston, 1906-1978

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Constable, John, 1776-1837

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Painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1833 Mar. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270514181 From the description of Autograph card of admission to the Royal Academy, 1825 Apr. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270511937 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to Dominic Colnaghi, Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270520132 From the description of Autograph card of admission to the Royal Academy, 1820 Jan. 10. ...

Ben-Zion.

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Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842

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Portrait painter; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From the description of Jacob Eichholtz daybook, 1804-1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118422 Jacob Eichholtz was a Lancaster County portrait landscape and historical painter. From the description of Daybook, 1809-1817. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122689837 ...

Chabor, Moura.

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Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849

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Edward Hicks (April 4, 1780 – August 23, 1849) was an American folk painter and distinguished religious minister of the Society of Friends (aka "Quakers"). He became a Quaker icon because of his paintings. Edward Hicks was born in his grandfather's mansion at Attleboro (now Langhorne), in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Anglican. Isaac Hicks, his father, was a Loyalist who was left without any money after the British defeat in the Revolutionary War. After young Edward's mothe...

Wood, S.

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Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919

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Frank Duveneck (1848-1919) was a painter and teacher in Munich, Germany and Cincinnati, Ohio. Born in Covington, Ky., he used the surname Decker until 1886. He began his career painting in midwestern Catholic churches. In 1870, Duveneck went to Munich, where he shared a studio with William Merritt Chase, studied with Wilhelm von Diez, and was influenced by the style of the Munich School. After travel to Venice and America, Duveneck opened his own school in Munich and in ...

Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851

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Thomas Birch was a marine, landscape, portrait, and miniature painter. The son of artist William Russell Birch, he was born in England in 1799 and emigrated to Philadelphia with his father in 1794. The two worked together as William Birch & Son until 1800, designing, engraving, and publishing views of Philadelphia. Thomas Birch continued to work in Philadelphia until his death in 1851. He exhibited his work in many locations and was an honorary member of the National Academy. Birch is especi...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941

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Painter, poet and composer. From the description of Louis Eilshemuis letter and business card [manuscript], 1925 Aug 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174964755 Painter, mathematician, composer, writer. New York, New York. From the description of Louis M. Eilshemius letter to Mr. W.J.F., 1935 Mar. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80438534 Painter, draftsman, writer, composer; New York, New York. Born 1864. Died 1941. From th...

Philippoteaux, Fʹelix Emmanuel Henri, 1815-1884.

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Hesselius, John, 1728-1778.

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Sharples, James, 1752-1811

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Inman, Henry, 1801-1846

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Painter, portrait painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Henry Inman letter to James McMurtrie, 1841 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355152 From the description of Henry Inman letter to James McMurtrie, 1838 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220209493 Henry Inman (1801-1846), son of William and Sarah Inman, was born in Utica, N.Y. After an apprenticeship with the portrait painter, John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840), he became a painter of portra...

Waldo, Samuel Lovett, 1783-1861

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Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de, 1770-1852

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Artist and engraver. From the description of Papers relating to Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin, 1853-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981017 French engraver. From the description of Engraving of Hugh Nelson [manuscript], ca. 1807. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647824655 ...

Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856

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Detre, Roland, 1903-

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Serres, D.

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