List of American artists before 1900
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This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine art
ists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual
in nature, including traditional media such as painting
, sculpture
, photography
, and printmaking
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Fine art
Fine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....
ists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
in nature, including traditional media such as painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
, photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
, and printmaking
Printmaking
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...
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Born before 1800
- John WhiteJohn White (surveyor)John White was an English artist, and an early pioneer of English efforts to settle the New World. He was among those who sailed with Richard Grenville to North Carolina in 1585, acting as artist and mapmaker to the expedition. During his time at Roanoke Island he made a number of watercolor...
(c. 1540 – c. 1606), artist-illustrator, surveyor - Patience WrightPatience WrightPatience Lovell Wright was the first recognized American-born sculptor. She chiefly created wax figures of people. She loved to write poetry and was also a painter....
(1725–1786), sculptor - John Singleton CopleyJohn Singleton CopleyJohn Singleton Copley was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts, and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects...
(c. 1738 – 1815), painter - Benjamin WestBenjamin WestBenjamin West, RA was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War of Independence...
(1738–1820), painter - Charles Willson PealeCharles Willson PealeCharles Willson Peale was an American painter, soldier and naturalist. He is best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolution, as well as establishing one of the first museums....
(1741–1827), painter - James PealeJames PealeJames Peale was an American painter, best known for his miniature and still life paintings, and a younger brother of noted painter Charles Willson Peale....
(1749–1831), painter - Ralph Earl (1751–1801), painter
- Gilbert Charles Stuart (1755–1828), painter
- William RushWilliam RushWilliam Rush was a U.S. neoclassical sculptor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is considered the first major American sculptor....
(1756–1833), sculptor - John TrumbullJohn TrumbullJohn Trumbull was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War and was notable for his historical paintings...
(1756–1843), painter - Mather BrownMather BrownMather Brown was a portrait and historical painter, born in Boston, Massachusetts, but active in England....
(1761–1831), painter - John Brewster Jr. (1766–1854), painter
- William JennysWilliam JennysWilliam Jennys , also known as J. William Jennys, was an American primitive portrait painter who was active from about 1790 to 1810. He traveled throughout New England seeking commissions in rural areas and small towns....
(1774-1859), American primitive portrait painter - Raphaelle PealeRaphaelle PealeRaphaelle Peale is considered the first professional American painter of still-life.-Biography:...
(1774–1825), painter - John VanderlynJohn VanderlynJohn Vanderlyn was an American neoclassicist painter.-Biography:Vanderlyn was born at Kingston, New York. He was employed by a print-seller in New York, and was first instructed in art by Archibald Robinson , a Scotsman who was afterwards one of the directors of the American Academy of the Fine Arts...
(1776–1852), painter - Rembrandt PealeRembrandt PealeRembrandt Peale was an American artist and museum keeper. A prolific portrait painter, he was especially acclaimed for his likenesses of presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson...
(1778–1860), painter - Washington AllstonWashington AllstonWashington Allston was an American painter and poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina. Allston pioneered America's Romantic movement of landscape painting...
(1779–1843), painter - John Wesley JarvisJohn Wesley JarvisJohn Wesley Jarvis , American painter-Biography:Jarvis was nephew of Methodist leader John Wesley, was born at South Shields, England, and was taken to the United States at the age of five....
(c. 1781 – 1839), painter - Thomas SullyThomas SullyThomas Sully was an American painter, mostly of portraits.-Early life:Sully was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, to the actors Matthew and Sarah Sully. In March 1792 the Sullys and their nine children immigrated to Richmond, Virginia, where Thomas’s uncle managed a theater...
(1783–1872), painter - Solomon WillardSolomon WillardSolomon Willard , was a carver and builder in Massachusetts who is remembered primarily for designing and overseeing the Bunker Hill Monument, the first monumental obelisk erected in the United States.-Background:...
(1783–1861) stone carver - John James AudubonJohn James AudubonJohn James Audubon was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats...
(1785–1851) painter of birds and nature - James FrothinghamJames FrothinghamJames Frothingham was an American portrait painter in Massachusetts and New York.-Life and work:James Frothingham was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He began as a chaise painter in his father's chaise manufactory. In the Boston area, he was a student of Gilbert Stuart...
(1786–1864), painter - John Lewis KrimmelJohn Lewis KrimmelJohn Lewis Krimmel , sometimes called "the American Hogarth" was America's first painter of genre scenes. Born in Germany, he emigrated to Philadelphia in 1809 and soon became a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts...
(1786-1821) America's first genre painter - Hezekiah AugurHezekiah AugurHezekiah Augur was an early American sculptor and inventor. He was a self-taught sculptor and, unlike many other 19th Century sculptors did not travel to Europe, but spent his entire career in New Haven....
(1791–1858), sculptor and inventor - Samuel F. B. MorseSamuel F. B. MorseSamuel Finley Breese Morse was an American contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, co-inventor of the Morse code, and an accomplished painter.-Birth and education:...
(1791–1872), painter, inventor - Alvan FisherAlvan FisherAlvan Fisher was one of the United States's pioneers in landscape painting and genre works.-Early years:...
(1792–1863), painter - Thomas DoughtyThomas DoughtyThomas Doughty may refer to:*Thomas Doughty , English explorer, d.1578*Thomas Doughty , American artist...
(1793–1856), painter - George CatlinGeorge CatlinGeorge Catlin was an American painter, author and traveler who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West.-Early years:...
(1796–1872), painter - Asher Durand (1796–1886), painter
- John NeagleJohn NeagleJohn Neagle was a fashionable American painter, primarily of portraits, during the first half of the 19th century in Philadelphia.-Biography:Neagle was born in Boston, Massachusetts...
(1796–1865), painter - Titian PealeTitian PealeTitian Ramsay Peale was a noted American artist, naturalist, entomologist and photographer. He was the sixteenth child and youngest son of noted American naturalist Charles Willson Peale.-Biography:...
(1799–1885), painter
Born 1800-1809
1800- Francis AlexanderFrancis AlexanderFrancis Alexander was an American portrait-painter.He was born in Killingly, Connecticut. Brought up on a farm, he taught himself the use of colors, and in 1820 went to New York City and studied painting with Alexander Robertson. He spent the winters of 1831 and 1832 in Rome...
(1800–1881), painter
1801
- Thomas ColeThomas ColeThomas Cole was an English-born American artist. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School, an American art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century...
(1801–1848), painter - Henry Inman (1801–1846), painter
- John QuidorJohn QuidorJohn Quidor was an American painter of historical and literary subjects.-Biography:Quidor was born in Gloucester County, New Jersey...
(1801–1881), painter
1803
- Robert Walter WeirRobert Walter WeirRobert Walter Weir was an American artist, best known as an educator, and as an historical painter. He was considered an artist of the Hudson River school, was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1829, and an instructor at the United States Military Academy...
(1803–1889), painter
1804
- Fitz Hugh LaneFitz Hugh LaneFitz Henry Lane was an American painter and printmaker of a style that would later be called Luminism, for its use of pervasive light....
(1804–1865), painter
1805
- Horatio GreenoughHoratio GreenoughHoratio Greenough was an American sculptor best known for his United States government commissions The Rescue and George Washington .-Biography:...
(1805–1852), sculptor - Hiram PowersHiram PowersHiram Powers was an American neoclassical sculptor.-Biography:The son of a farmer, Powers was born in Woodstock, Vermont, on the July 29, 1805. In 1818 his father moved to Ohio, about six miles from Cincinnati, where the son attended school for about a year, staying meanwhile with his brother, a...
(1805-1873), sculptor
1806
- Peter Rindisbacher (1806–1834), watercolorist, illustrator
1808
- Seth Eastman (1808–1875), painter, illustrator
1809
- George WinterGeorge Winter (artist)George Winter was an English-born American artist who was noted for his portraits of Native Americans and other figures of the American frontier.-Biography:...
, English-born portrait painter noted for his pictures of PotawatomiPotawatomiThe Potawatomi are a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian family. In the Potawatomi language, they generally call themselves Bodéwadmi, a name that means "keepers of the fire" and that was applied...
and MiamiMiami tribeThe Miami are a Native American nation originally found in what is now Indiana, southwest Michigan, and western Ohio. The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma is the only federally recognized tribe of Miami Indians in the United States...
figures.
Born 1810-1819
1811- George Caleb BinghamGeorge Caleb BinghamGeorge Caleb Bingham was an American artist whose paintings of American life in the frontier lands along the Missouri River exemplify the Luminist style. Left to languish in obscurity, Bingham's work was rediscovered in the 1930s...
(1811–1879), painter - John William CasilearJohn William CasilearJohn William Casilear was an American landscape artist belonging to the Hudson River School.Casilear was born in New York City. His first professional training was under prominent New York engraver Peter Maverick in the 1820s, then with Asher Durand, himself an engraver at the time...
(1811–1893), painter - William PageWilliam PageWilliam Page was an American painter and portrait artist.-Life and work:...
(1811–1885), painter
1813
- Nathaniel CurrierNathaniel CurrierNathaniel Currier was an American lithographer, who headed the company Currier & Ives with James Ives.-Early years:...
(1813–1888), lithographer - George Peter Alexander HealyGeorge Peter Alexander HealyGeorge Peter Alexander Healy was an American painter born in Boston, Massachusetts.Going to Europe in 1835 Healy studied under Baron Gros in Paris and in Rome...
(1813-1894), portrait painter
1814
- Edward BaileyEdward BaileyEdward Bailey was the most accomplished of the missionary artists in Hawaii. Along with his wife, Bailey arrived in Hawaii as a missionary-teacher in 1837 on the ship Mary Frazier. He worked at the Wailuku Female Seminary in Maui from 1840 until its closure in 1849...
(1814-1903), American/Hawaiian painter
1815
- Joseph Horace EatonJoseph Horace EatonJoseph Horace Eaton was an American artist and Army officer.-Early life:Eaton was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He graduated from West Point in 1835. During the Mexican-American War he was an aide to Gen. Zachary Taylor and was twice promoted and cited for gallantry, first at the Battle of...
(1815–1896), New Mexico landscapes
1816
- George Whiting FlaggGeorge Whiting FlaggGeorge Whiting Flagg from New Haven, Connecticut, was an American painter of historical scenes and genre pictures...
(1816–1898), painter - John Frederick KensettJohn Frederick KensettJohn Frederick Kensett was an American artist and engraver. He attended school at Cheshire Academy, and studied engraving with his immigrant father, Thomas Kensett, and later with his uncle, Alfred Dagget...
(1816–1872), painter - Emanuel Gottlieb LeutzeEmanuel LeutzeEmanuel Gottlieb Leutze was a German American history painter best known for his painting Washington Crossing the Delaware.-Philadelphia:...
(1816–1868), painter
1817
- Benjamin ChampneyBenjamin ChampneyBenjamin Champney was a painter whose name has become synonymous with White Mountain art of the 19th century. He began his training as a lithographer under celebrated marine artist Fitz Henry Lane at Pendleton's Lithography shop in Boston...
(1817–1907), painter - Peter F. RothermelPeter F. RothermelPeter Frederick Rothermel was an American painter.-Biography:Rothermel was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania in 1817, although some date his birth earlier, in 1813 or 1814. He had a common-school education, and studied land surveying. At age 20, he moved to Philadelphia and became a sign painter....
(1817–1895), painter
1819
- Richard Saltonstall GreenoughRichard Saltonstall GreenoughRichard Saltonstall Greenough was an American sculptor and younger brother to Neoclassical sculptor Horatio Greenough....
(1819–1904), sculptor - Martin Johnson HeadeMartin Johnson HeadeMartin Johnson Heade was a prolific American painter known for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, portraits of tropical birds, and still lifes...
(1819–1904), painter - James Augustus SuydamJames Augustus SuydamJames Augustus Suydam architect, lawyer, and artist; as an artist was considered one of the premier Luminism painters. He is widely known as an American landscape painter and one of the leading members of the Hudson River School....
(1819–1865), painter
Born 1820-1829
1820- Worthington WhittredgeWorthington WhittredgeThomas Worthington Whittredge was an American artist of the Hudson River School. Whittredge was a highly regarded artist of his time, and was friends with several leading Hudson River School artists including Albert Bierstadt and Sanford Robinson Gifford...
(1820–1910), painter
1821
- Robert DuncansonRobert Scott DuncansonRobert Scott Duncanson was born in Seneca County, New York in 1821. Duncanson’s father was a Canadian of Scottish descent and his mother was an African American, thus making him “a freeborn person of color.” Duncanson, an artist who is relatively unknown today, painted America, both physically...
(c. 1821 – 1872), painter, muralist - Persis Goodale Thurston TaylorPersis Goodale Thurston TaylorPersis Goodale Thurston Taylor was a painter and sketch artist who was born in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii on September 28, 1821. Her parents, Reverend Asa Thurston and Lucy Goodale Thurston , were in the first company of American Christian missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands...
(1821-1906), Hawaiian-born painter and sketch artist
1822
- Mathew BradyMathew BradyMathew B. Brady was one of the most celebrated 19th century American photographers, best known for his portraits of celebrities and his documentation of the American Civil War...
(1822–1896), photographer
1823
- Jasper Francis CropseyJasper Francis CropseyJasper Francis Cropsey was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School.-Biography:Cropsey was born on his father Jacob Rezeau Cropsey's farm in Rossville on Staten Island, New York, the oldest of eight children. As a young boy, Cropsey had recurring periods of poor health....
(1823–1900), painter - Sanford Robinson GiffordSanford Robinson GiffordSanford Robinson Gifford was an American landscape painter and one of the leading members of the Hudson River School...
(1823–1880), painter - William HartWilliam Hart (painter)William Hart , was a Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter, and Hudson River School artist. His younger brother, James McDougal Hart, was also a Hudson River School artist, and the two painted similar subjects...
(1823–1894), painter - Thomas Waterman WoodThomas Waterman WoodThomas Waterman Wood was an American painter born in Montpelier, Vermont.- Origins :Thomas Waterman Wood's father, John Wood, came to Montpelier from Lebanon, New Hampshire in 1814. The Wood family was of Puritan stock, and it was from Lebanon that John Wood, the father of the artist, married his...
(1823–1903), painter
1824
- William Morris HuntWilliam Morris HuntWilliam Morris Hunt , American painter, was born at Brattleboro, Vermont to Jane Maria Hunt and Hon. Jonathan Hunt, who raised one of the preeminent families in American art...
(1824–1879), painter - James Merritt Ives (1824–1895), lithographer
- Eastman JohnsonEastman JohnsonEastman Johnson was an American painter, and Co-Founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, with his name inscribed at its entrance...
(1824 - 1906), painter
1825
- Benjamin Paul AkersBenjamin Paul AkersBenjamin Paul Akers was an American sculptor, from Maine.-Early life:Born in Saccarappa, Maine in 1825, Akers moved to Boston in 1849 where he was an apprentice...
(1825–1861), sculptor - Vincent ColyerVincent ColyerVincent Colyer was an American artist noted for his images of the American West. He was a humanitarian who worked with philanthropic and Christian groups; he founded the United States Christian Commission during the American Civil War. He also worked with the U.S...
(1825–1888), painter - George InnessGeorge InnessGeorge Inness was an American landscape painter; born in Newburgh, New York; died at Bridge of Allan in Scotland. His work was influenced, in turn, by that of the old masters, the Hudson River school, the Barbizon school, and, finally, by the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg, whose spiritualism...
(1825–1894), painter - William Henry RinehartWilliam Henry RinehartWilliam Henry Rinehart was a noted American sculptor. He is considered "the last important American sculptor to work in the classical style."-Biography:...
(1825–1874), sculptor
1826
- Frederic Edwin ChurchFrederic Edwin ChurchFrederic Edwin Church was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters...
(1826–1900), painter
1827
- David JohnsonDavid Johnson (American artist)David Johnson was a member of the second generation of Hudson River School painters.He was born in New York City, New York. He studied for two years at the antique school of the National Academy of Design. He also studied briefly with the Hudson River artist Jasper Francis Cropsey...
(1827–1908), painter - Candace WheelerCandace WheelerCandace Wheeler , often credited as the "mother" of interior design, was one of America's first woman interior and textile designers. She is famous for helping to open the field of interior design to women, making decorative art affordable, and for encouraging a new style of American design...
(1827–1923), Interior and Textile design
1828
- Edward Mitchell BannisterEdward Mitchell Bannister-Notes:...
(1828–1901), painter - James McDougal HartJames McDougal HartJames McDougal Hart , was a Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter of the Hudson River School. His older brother, William Hart, was also a Hudson River School artist, and the two painted similar subjects....
(1828–1901), painter - Jervis McEnteeJervis McEnteeJervis McEntee was an American painter of the Hudson River School. He is a somewhat lesser-known figure of the 19th century American art world, but was the close friend and traveling companion of several of the important Hudson River School artists...
(1828–1891), painter
1829
- Albert Fitch BellowsAlbert Fitch BellowsAlbert Fitch Bellows , American landscape painter of the Hudson River School, was born at Milford, Massachusetts.-Early years:...
(1829–1883), painter - Thomas HillThomas Hill (painter)Thomas Hill was an American artist of the 19th century. He produced many fine paintings of the California landscape, in particular of the Yosemite Valley, as well as the White Mountains of New Hampshire.-Biography:...
(1829–1908) - Edward MoranEdward MoranEdward Moran was an American artist.He emigrated with his family to America at the age of 15, and subsequently settled in Philadelphia, where after having followed his fathers trade of weaver, he became a pupil of James Hamilton and Paul Weber...
(1829–1901), painter
Born 1830-1839
1830- Albert BierstadtAlbert BierstadtAlbert Bierstadt was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. In obtaining the subject matter for these works, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion...
(1830–1902), painter - Sylvester Phelps HodgdonSylvester Phelps HodgdonSylvester Phelps Hodgdon was a prolific American painter.Hodgdon lived and studied in the Boston area. He began as a portrait painter but by 1864 he was painting and exhibiting landscapes at The National Academy of Design....
(1830–1906), painter - Eadweard MuybridgeEadweard MuybridgeEadweard J. Muybridge was an English photographer who spent much of his life in the United States. He is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion which used multiple cameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the flexible...
(1830–1904), photographer - Granville PerkinsGranville PerkinsGranville Perkins . Born October 16, 1830 in Baltimore, Maryland, was an American artist and illustrator.- External links :* http://www.vallejogallery.com/artist.php?name=Granville_Perkins&id=134* http://granvilleperkins.com...
(1830-1895), painter, engraver - John Quincy Adams WardJohn Quincy Adams WardJohn Quincy Adams Ward was an American sculptor, who is most familiar for his over-lifesize standing statue of George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall on Wall Street.-Early years:...
(1830–1910), sculptor
1831
- Hermann Ottomar HerzogHermann Ottomar HerzogHermann Ottomar Herzog was a prominent nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European and American artist, primarily known for his landscapes. He was born in Bremen, Germany and entered the Düsseldorf Academy at age seventeen. Herzog achieved early commercial success, allowing him to travel...
(1831–1932), painter
1832
- Samuel ColmanSamuel ColmanSamuel Colman was an American painter, interior designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson River....
(1832–1920), painter, interior designer
1833
- Hugo Wilhelm Arthur NahlHugo Wilhelm Arthur NahlArthur Nahl was a German-born artist, daguerreotyper, engraver, portraitist, and landscape painter. Nahl was a painter known for his American Old West paintings of California...
(1833–1889), painter, daguerreotyper, engraver, portraitist
1834
- Caspar BuberlCaspar BuberlCaspar Buberl was an American sculptor. He is best known for his Civil War monuments, for the terra cotta relief panels on the Garfield Memorial in Cleveland, Ohio , and for the -long frieze on the Pension Building in Washington, D.C..-Biography:Born in Königsberg, Bohemia, Caspar Buberl (1834 –...
(1834–1899), sculptor - James McNeill WhistlerJames McNeill WhistlerJames Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger...
(1834–1903), painter, printmaker
1835
- William Stanley HaseltineWilliam Stanley HaseltineWilliam Stanley Haseltine was an American painter and draftsman who was associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting, the Hudson River School and Luminism.-Early life and education:...
(1835–1900), painter - John LaFargeJohn LaFargeJohn La Farge was an American painter, muralist, stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer.-Biography:...
(1835–1910), painter, stained glass window maker - Edmund Darch LewisEdmund Darch LewisEdmund Darch Lewis was an American landscape painter known for his prolific style and marine oils and watercolors. Lewis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a well-to-do family. He started training at age 15 with German-born Paul Weber of the Hudson River School...
(1835-1910), painter - Adah Isaacs MenkenAdah Isaacs MenkenAdah Isaacs Menken was an American actress, painter and poet.-Life and career:There are significant inconsistencies in the various accounts of Menken's early life. In her autobiographical "Some Notes of her life in her own Hand,", Menken claimed she was born Marie Rachel Adelaide de Vere Spenser...
(1835-1868), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress, painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
1836
- Winslow HomerWinslow HomerWinslow Homer was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th century America and a preeminent figure in American art....
(1836–1910), painter, illustrator, printmaker - Alexander Helwig WyantAlexander Helwig WyantAlexander Helwig Wyant, was born January 11, 1836, in Ohio - and he died November 29, 1892 in New York, New York. He was an American landscape painter. Also known as Alexander Wyant, A. H. Wyant, he was active as an artist in Arkville, New York, and Keene Valley, New York among other...
(1836–1892), painter
1837
- Robert Wilson AndrewsRobert Wilson AndrewsRobert Wilson Andrews was a Hawaii-born artist and engineer. His father Lorrin Andrews was an early American missionary to Hawaii and a judge. Prior to leaving Hawaii in 1859, Robert made a number of finely crafter landscape drawings including renderings of the sacrificial stone at Kolekole...
(1837-1922) - Thomas MoranThomas MoranThomas Moran from Bolton, England was an American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School in New York whose work often featured the Rocky Mountains. Moran and his family took residence in New York where he obtained work as an artist...
(1837–1926), painter
1839
- Henry BaconHenry Bacon (painter)Henry Bacon was an American painter and author.Henry A. Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1839. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army on 16 July 1861 and acted as a field artist for Frank Leslie's Weekly while he served as a soldier within the 13th Massachusetts...
(1839-1912), painter - Arthur QuartleyArthur QuartleyArthur Quartley , was an American painter known for his marine seascapes.Quartley was born in Paris and lived there to the age of twelve, when his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland. He studied drawing with his father Frederick William Quartley, who was an English engraver. His father was reputed...
(1839–1886), painter - Robert WylieRobert WylieRobert Wylie , American artist, was born in the Isle of Man and relocated with his parents to the United States as a child....
(1839-1877), painter
Born 1840-1849
1840- Abigail May Alcott NierikerAbigail May Alcott NierikerMay Alcott Nieriker was an American artist and the youngest sister of Louisa May Alcott. She was the basis for the character Amy in her sister's semi-autobiographical novel Little Women...
(1840–1879), artist - Robert Swain GiffordRobert Swain GiffordRobert Swain Gifford was an American landscape painter. He was influenced by the Barbizon school.Much of his work focuses on the landscapes of New England, where he was born. He, along with Victorian contemporaries from the White Mountain and Hudson River Schools, helped immortalize the majestic...
(1840–1905), painter - Thomas HovendenThomas HovendenThomas Hovenden , was an Irish-American artist and teacher. He painted realistic quiet family scenes, narrative subjects and often depicted African Americans....
(1840–1895), painter - Thomas NastThomas NastThomas Nast was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist who is considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". He was the scourge of Boss Tweed and the Tammany Hall machine...
(1840–1902), caricaturist, cartoonist, illustrator
1841
- John Joseph EnnekingJohn Joseph EnnekingJohn Joseph Enneking was an American Impressionist born of German ancestry in Minster, Ohio on 4 October 1841.He was educated at Mount St...
(1841–1916), painter - Edward Lamson HenryEdward Lamson HenryEdward Lamson Henry , commonly known as E.L. Henry, was an American genre painter, born in Charleston, South Carolina.-Early life :...
(1841–1919), painter - John Ferguson WeirJohn Ferguson WeirJohn F. Weir was an American painter and sculptor. He was the son of painter Robert Walter Weir, a professor of drawing at the Military Academy at West Point. His younger brother, J...
(1841–1926), painter, sculptor
1842
- Willis Seaver AdamsWillis Seaver AdamsWillis Seaver Adams was a landscape painter who studied under James Abbott McNeill Whistler. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium and was part of the Tonalism movement, which took place in the late 19th century....
(1842–1921), painter - Preston PowersPreston PowersPreston Powers American sculptor, painter and teacher, born in Florence, Italy.Powers studied with his father, Hiram Powers, a well known Neo-classical sculptor and expatriate who lived in Italy. After returning to the United States, the younger Powers worked as an artist in Boston...
(1842 - 1904), sculptor
1843
- Alexander Wilson DrakeAlexander Wilson DrakeAlexander Wilson Drake was an American artist, collector and critic, born near Westfield, NJ. He studied wood engraving under John W. Orr of New York city, as well as oil and water-color painting. He was in the wood engraving business on his own account in New York city from 1865 to 1870...
(1843–1916), painter, wood engraver - George Albert FrostGeorge Albert FrostGeorge Albert Frost was an American artist of the 19th century. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and had a studio in North Cambridge, Massachusetts for several years. He studied under Nicolas de Keyser at the Academy Royale de Belgique in Antwerp...
(1843–1907), painter - William Henry Jackson (1843–1942), painter, photographer
1844
- Mary CassattMary CassattMary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists...
(1844–1926), painter, printmaker - Thomas EakinsThomas EakinsThomas Cowperthwait Eakins was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator...
(1844–1916), painter, photographer, sculptor - Moses Jacob EzekielMoses Jacob EzekielMoses Jacob Ezekiel was an American sculptor who lived and worked in Rome for the majority of his career. In the American Civil War, he was a highly-decorated soldier in the Confederate States Army.-Biography:...
(1844–1917), sculptor - Henry FarrerHenry FarrerHenry Farrer was an English-born American artist known for his tonalist watercolor landscapes and etchings.-Life:...
(1844–1903), painter, printmaker - Olin Levi WarnerOlin Levi WarnerOlin Levi Warner was an American sculptor and artist noted for the striking bas relief portrait medallions and busts he created in the late 19th century....
(1844-1896), sculptor
1845
- Edmonia LewisEdmonia LewisMary Edmonia Lewis was the first African American and Native American woman to gain fame and recognition as a sculptor in the international fine arts world...
(1845–1911), sculptor
1846
- Alexander Milne CalderAlexander Milne CalderAlexander Milne Calder was an American sculptor best known for the architectural sculpture of Philadelphia City Hall. Both his son, Alexander Stirling Calder, and grandson, Alexander "Sandy" Calder, were to become significant sculptors in the 20th century.-Biography:Alexander Milne Calder was...
(1846–1923), sculptor - Francis Davis MilletFrancis Davis MilletFrancis Davis Millet was an American painter, sculptor, and writer who died in the sinking of the on April 15, 1912.-Early life:Francis Davis Millet was born in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts...
(1846-1912), painter - Julian ScottJulian ScottJulian A. Scott , he was born in Johnson, Vermont, and served as a Union Army drummer during the American Civil War where he received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Lee's Mills; he was also an American painter and Civil War...
(1846–1901), painter and Civil War artist
1847
- Ralph Albert BlakelockRalph Albert BlakelockRalph Albert Blakelock was a romanticist painter from the United States.-Biography:Ralph Blakelock was born in New York City on October 15, 1847. His father was a successful physician. Blakelock initially set out to follow in his footsteps, and in 1864 began studies at the Free Academy of the...
(1847–1919), painter - Frederick Arthur BridgmanFrederick Arthur BridgmanFrederick Arthur Bridgman was an American artist known for his paintings of "Orientalist" subjects.Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, he was the son of a physician...
(1847–1928), painter - Frederick DielmanFrederick DielmanFrederick Dielman was an American portrait and figure painter.-Biography:He was born in Hanover, Germany. He was taken to the United States in early childhood. He graduated from Calvert College in New Windsor, Maryland, in 1864, and from 1866 to 1872 served as a topographer and draughtsman for the...
(1847–1935), painter - Vinnie ReamVinnie ReamLavinia Ellen Ream Hoxie was an American sculptor. Her most famous work was the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rotunda.-Early life:...
(1847-1914), sculptor - Albert Pinkham RyderAlbert Pinkham RyderAlbert Pinkham Ryder was an American painter best known for his poetic and moody allegorical works and seascapes, as well as his eccentric personality...
(1847–1917), painter - T C Steele (1847–1926), painter
1848
- Frank DuveneckFrank DuveneckFrank Duveneck was an American figure and portrait painter.-Youth:Duveneck was born in Covington, Kentucky, the son of German immigrant Bernard Decker. Decker died when Frank was only a year old and his widow remarried Joseph Duveneck...
(1848–1919), painter - William HarnettWilliam HarnettWilliam Michael Harnett was an Irish-American painter known for his trompe l'oeil still lifes of ordinary objects.-Early life:...
(1848–1892), painter - Lilla Cabot PerryLilla Cabot PerryLilla Cabot Perry was an American artist who worked in the Impressionist style, rendering portraits and landscapes in the free form manner of her mentor, Claude Monet. Perry was an early advocate of the French Impressionist style and contributed to its reception in the United States...
(1848–1933), painter - Augustus Saint-GaudensAugustus Saint-GaudensAugustus Saint-Gaudens was the Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the "American Renaissance"...
(1848–1907), sculptor - Louis Comfort TiffanyLouis Comfort TiffanyLouis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements...
(1848–1933), artist and designer - Charles Henry Francis TurnerCharles Henry Turner (painter)Charles Henry Francis Turner was an American watercolourist and oil painter of landscapes, portraits, illustrations, and genre scenes, who from 1877 studied with Otto Grundmann , founder of the "Boston School", at Boston Museum of Fine Arts School...
(1848-1908), painter
1849
- William Merritt ChaseWilliam Merritt ChaseWilliam Merritt Chase was an American painter known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later would become Parsons The New School for Design.- Early life and training :He was born in Williamsburg , Indiana, to the family...
(1849–1916), painter - Jacob RiisJacob RiisJacob August Riis was a Danish American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; those impoverished New Yorkers were the subject of most of his prolific...
(1849–1914), photographer - Abbott Handerson ThayerAbbott Handerson ThayerAbbott Handerson Thayer was an American artist, naturalist and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, as indicated by the fact that his paintings are part of the most important U.S. art collections...
(1849–1921), painter - Dwight William TryonDwight William TryonDwight William Tryon was an American landscape painter in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work was influenced by James McNeill Whistler, and he is best-known for his landscapes and seascapes painted in a tonalist style.-Biography:Tryon was born in Hartford, Connecticut...
(1849–1925), painter - Rufus Fairchild ZogbaumRufus Fairchild ZogbaumRufus Fairchild Zogbaum is primarily known as an illustrator for late 19th century news magazines, but he was also a journalist and author. His works were regularly featured in Harper’s Weekly magazine.-Early life:...
(1849–1925), illustrator, painter
Born 1850-1859
1850- Daniel Chester FrenchDaniel Chester FrenchDaniel Chester French was an American sculptor. His best-known work is the sculpture of a seated Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.-Life and career:...
(1850-1931), sculptor - George HitchcockGeorge HitchcockGeorge Hitchcock was an American artist, born in Providence, Rhode Island.Hitchcock graduated from the University of Manitoba, and from Harvard Law School in 1874...
(1850–1913), painter - Robert KoehlerRobert KoehlerRobert Koehler was a German-born painter and art teacher who spent most of his career in the United States of America.-Biography:...
(1850–1917), painter - Alfred LambourneAlfred LambourneAlfred Lambourne was born Feb. 2, 1850 in Berkshire, England and he died June 6, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah. In the 1860s he and his family moved to the American West with the Mormon pioneers. He is best remembered for his paintings, but he also wrote short fiction for Mormon periodicals.-Early...
(1850-1926), painter
1851
- J. Ottis AdamsJ. Ottis AdamsJ. Ottis Adams was an American impressionist painter and member of the Hoosier Group of Indiana painters.He spent his youth in Franklin, Shelbyville, and Martinsville, Indiana and attended Wabash College for two years....
(1851–1927), painter - Thomas Pollock AnshutzThomas Pollock AnshutzThomas Pollock Anshutz was an American painter and teacher. Co-founder of The Darby School and leader at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Anshutz was known for his award winning portraiture work and working friendship with Thomas Eakins.-Personal life and education:Thomas Anshutz was born in...
(1851–1912), painter - Thomas DewingThomas DewingThomas Wilmer Dewing was an American painter working at the turn of the 20th century. He was born in Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts. He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, and later settled into a studio in New York City...
(1851–1938), painter - Arthur Burdett Frost (1851–1928), illustrator, graphic artist, comics writer, painter
1852
- Edwin Austin AbbeyEdwin Austin AbbeyEdwin Austin Abbey was an American artist, illustrator, and painter. He flourished at the beginning of what is now referred to as the "golden age" of illustration, and is best known for his drawings and paintings of Shakespearean and Victorian subjects, as well as for his painting of Edward VII's...
(1852–1911), illustrator, painter - James Carroll BeckwithJames Carroll BeckwithJames Carroll Beckwith was an American landscape, portrait and genre painter whose Impressionist style led to his recognition in the late nineteenth century as a prominent figure in American art.-Biography:...
(1852-1917), painter - Alfred Richard Gurrey, Sr.Alfred Richard Gurrey, Sr.Alfred Richard Gurrey, Sr. was an English-born landscape painter who moved to the United States at age 20. In 1900, his employer, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, transferred him from San Francisco to Hawaii. In Hawaii, he worked as an insurance adjuster and was secretary of the Board of Fire...
(1852-1944), landscape painter - Gertrude KäsebierGertrude KäsebierGertrude Käsebier was one of the most influential American photographers of the early 20th century. She was known for her evocative images of motherhood, her powerful portraits of Native Americans and her promotion of photography as a career for women.-Early life :Käsebier was born Gertrude...
(1852–1934), photographer - Theodore RobinsonTheodore RobinsonTheodore Robinson was an American painter best known for his impressionist landscapes. He was one of the first American artists to take up impressionism in the late 1880s, visiting Giverny and developing a close friendship with Claude Monet...
(1852–1896), painter - J. Alden WeirJ. Alden WeirJulian Alden Weir was an American impressionist painter and member of the Cos Cob Art Colony near Greenwich, Connecticut...
(1852–1919), painter
1853
- William Turner DannatWilliam Turner Dannat-Biography:William T. Dannat was born in 1853 at Hempstead, New York the younger of two boys raised by William H. and Susan Dannat. His father was a successful lumber dealer who, with Charles E. Pell, founded the firm Dannat and Pell. Later William’s older brother David would succeed their...
(1853-1929) painter - T. Alexander Harrison (1853-1930), painter
- John Francis MurphyJohn Francis MurphyJohn Francis Murphy , American landscape painter.-Biography:He was born at Oswego, New York and first exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1876, and was made an associate in 1885 and a full academician two years later. He became a member of the Society of American Artists and of the...
(1853-1921), painter - Howard PyleHoward PyleHoward Pyle was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.__FORCETOC__...
(1853–1911), Illustrator - Henry Fitch TaylorHenry Fitch TaylorHenry Fitch Taylor was an American artist.-Biography:He was born in Cincinnati in 1853. He studied at the Académie Julian, in Paris. He returned to America in either 1888 or in 1889, and established his studio in New York City. He was part of the Cos Cob Art Colony.He married Clara Sidney Potter...
(1853-1925), painter - John Henry TwachtmanJohn Henry TwachtmanJohn Henry Twachtman was an American painter best known for his impressionist landscapes, though his painting style varied widely through his career. Art historians consider Twachtman's style of American Impressionism to be among the more personal and experimental of his generation...
(1853–1902), painter
1854
- William Henry ChandlerWilliam Henry ChandlerWilliam Henry Chandler was a prolific American pastel artist. His works include landscapes, winter landscapes, marine and seascapes, still life fruit and fowl....
(1854–1928), painter in pastels - Hugo Anton FisherHugo Anton FisherHugo Anton Fisher was an artist primarily known for painting landscapes in watercolor. He was born into a family of artists in Kladno, Czechoslovakia. In 1874, he immigrated to New York, and in 1886, he moved to Alameda, California with his wife and children...
(1854-1916), painter - William Forsyth (artist)William Forsyth (artist)William J. Forsyth was an American Impressionist painter who was part of the "Hoosier Group" of Indiana artists.Forsyth was the first student of the Indiana School of Art in Indianapolis and entered the Munich Academy along with T. C. Steele and J. Ottis Adams in 1882...
(1854–1935), painter - Herbjørn GaustaHerbjørn GaustaHerbjørn Gausta also Herbjorn Gausta was an American artist who is best known for his landscapes, portraits and scenes from rural settings...
(1854–1924), landscape artist - L. Birge Harrison (1854–1929), painter
- George Inness, Jr.George Inness, Jr.George Inness, Jr. January 5, 1854 - July 27, 1926 was one of America’s foremost figure and landscape artists and the son of George Inness, an important American landscape painter....
(1854–1926), painter - Leonard OchtmanLeonard OchtmanLeonard Ochtman was an American Impressionist painter who specialized in landscapes. He was born in Zonnemaire, Netherlands as the son of a decorative painter. His family moved to Albany, New York in 1866. Starting at a young age, Ochtman worked as a draftsman at a wood-working firm in Albany...
, (1854–1935), painter - John Frederick Peto (1854–1907), painter
1855
- Cecilia BeauxCecilia BeauxCecilia Beaux was an American society portraitist, in the manner of John Singer Sargent. She was a near contemporary of better-known American artist Mary Cassatt and also received her training in Philadelphia and France...
(1855–1942), painter - Jacob FjeldeJacob FjeldeJacob H. Fjelde was a Norwegian born, American sculptor.-Background:Jakob Henrik Gerhard Fjelde was born in Ålesund Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. His father, a carpenter and wood carver had moved to the United States in 1872, though Fjelde did not arrive there until about 1887. After arriving in...
(1855 -1896 ) Norwegian born, American sculptor - James Edward KellyJames E. Kelly (artist)James Edward Kelly was an American sculptor and illustrator who specialized in depicting people and events of American wars, particularly the American Civil War....
(1855–1933), sculptor, illustrator - Charles Henry NiehausCharles Henry NiehausCharles Henry Niehaus , was an American sculptor, born in Cincinnati, Ohio.-Education:Niehaus began working as a marble and wood carver and then gained entrance to the McMicken School of Design in Cincinnati and later studied at the Royal Academy in Munich, Germany...
(1855–1935), sculptor - Julius LeBlanc StewartJulius LeBlanc StewartJulius LeBlanc Stewart , was an American artist who spent his career in Paris...
(1855–1919), painter
1856
- Robert C. BarnfieldRobert C. BarnfieldRobert C. Barnfield was a painter who was born in Gloucester, England. He trained in London as an architect, but relocated to New Zealand in 1883 because of his asthma. In 1885, he arrived in Honolulu aboard the Explorer...
(1856-1893), painter - Colin Campbell CooperColin Campbell CooperColin Campbell Cooper, Jr. was an American Impressionist painter, perhaps most renowned for his architectural paintings, especially of skyscrapers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. An avid traveler, he was also known for his paintings of European and Asian landmarks, as well as natural...
(1856–1937), painter - Kenyon CoxKenyon CoxKenyon Cox was an American painter, illustrator, muralist, writer, and teacher. Cox was an influential and important early instructor at the Art Students League of New York...
(1856–1919), painter - Charles Harold DavisCharles Harold DavisCharles Harold Davis was an American landscape painter.-Biography:He was born at Amesbury, Massachusetts. A pupil of the schools of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, he was sent to Paris in 1880...
(1856–1933), painter - Anna Elizabeth KlumpkeAnna Elizabeth KlumpkeAnna Elizabeth Klumpke , was American portrait and genre painter born in San Francisco, California, United States....
(1856–1942), painter - John Singer SargentJohn Singer SargentJohn Singer Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings...
(1856-1925), portrait artist
1857
- Lucy Angeline BaconLucy BaconLucy Angeline Bacon was a Californian artist who studied in Paris under the famous Impressionist, Camille Pissarro...
(1857–1932), painter - Alice Pike BarneyAlice Pike BarneyAlice Pike Barney was an American painter. She was active in Washington, D.C. and worked to make Washington into a center of the arts....
(1857–1931), painter - Bruce CraneBruce CraneRobert Bruce Crane was an American painter. He joined the Lyme Art Colony in the early 1900s. His most active period, though, came after 1920, when for more than a decade he did oil sketches of woods, meadows, and hills. He developed into a Tonalist painter under the influence of Jean Charles...
(1857–1937), painter - Arthur Wesley DowArthur Wesley DowArthur Wesley Dow was an American painter, printmaker, photographer, and influential arts educator....
(1857–1922), painter, printmaker - Charles Warren EatonCharles Warren EatonCharles Warren Eaton was an American artist best known for his tonalist landscapes. He earned the nickname "the pine tree painter" for his numerous depictions of Eastern White Pine trees....
(1857–1937), painter - Edward Clark PotterEdward Clark PotterEdward Clark Potter was an American sculptor best known for his equestrian and animal statues. His works include the "Fortitude" lion in front of the New York Public Library.-Early years:...
(1857-1923), sculptor - John VanderpoelJohn VanderpoelJohn Henry Vanderpoel was a Dutch-American artist and teacher, best known as an instructor of figure drawing. His book The Human Figure, a standard art school resource featuring numerous of his drawings based on his teaching at the Art Institute of Chicago, was published in 1907.Born in the...
(1857–1911), painter, graphics
1858
- Herbert Adams (1858–1945), sculptor
- Joseph DeCampJoseph DeCampJoseph Rodefer DeCamp was an American painter.-Biography:Born in Cincinnati, Ohio where he studied with Frank Duveneck. In the second half of the 1870s he went with Duveneck and fellow students to the Royal Academy of Munich...
(1858–1923), painter - Francis Edwin ElwellFrancis Edwin ElwellFrancis Edwin Elwell was an American sculptor.-Life:Born in Concord, Massachusetts, Elwell was orphaned at age four and, according to various sources, was adopted by author Louisa May Alcott or grew up under the care of his grandfather, a Mr...
(1858-1922), sculptor - Frederick GottwaldFrederick GottwaldFrederick Carl Gottwald was a traditionalist American painter who was influential in the development of the Cleveland School of art, sometimes called the "dean of Cleveland painters"...
(1858–1941), painter - Charles S. KaelinCharles S. KaelinCharles Salis Kaelin was an American impressionist painter. He studied under John Henry Twachtman between 1876 and 1879, after which time he moved to New York City and joined the Art Students League of New York. In 1893 he returned to Cincinnati and worked as a designer for several lithography...
(1858-1929, painter - Willard MetcalfWillard MetcalfWillard Leroy Metcalf was an American artist born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later attended Académie Julian, Paris. After early figure-painting and illustration, he became prominent as a landscape painter...
(1858–1925), painter - Henry Siddons MowbrayHenry Siddons MowbrayHenry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist.-Biography:He was born of English parents at Alexandria, Egypt. His father, George M. Mowbray, was an expert in explosives. Left an orphan, the son was taken to America by an uncle, who settled at North Adams, Massachusetts...
(1858 – 1928), painter - Edward Otho Cresap Ord, IIEdward Otho Cresap Ord, IIEdward Otho Cresap Ord, II was a United States Army Major who served with the 22nd Infantry Regiment during the Indian Wars, the Spanish–American War and the Philippine-American War....
(1858-1923), painter & poet - Maurice PrendergastMaurice PrendergastMaurice Brazil Prendergast was an American Post-Impressionist artist who worked in oil, watercolor, and monotype...
(1858–1924), painter - Henry Ward RangerHenry Ward RangerHenry Ward Ranger , American artist, was born in western New York State. He became a prominent landscape and marine painter, much of his work being done in the Netherlands, and showing the influence of the modern Dutch school. He became a National Academician , and a member of the American Water...
(1858–1916), painter - William B. T. TregoWilliam B. T. TregoWilliam Brooke Thomas Trego was an American painter best known for his historical military subjects, in particular scenes of the American Revolution and Civil War.- Biography :...
(1858–1909), painter
1859
- George Elbert BurrGeorge Elbert BurrGeorge Elbert Burr was an American printmaker and painter best known for his etchings and drypoints of the desert and mountain regions of the American West....
(1859–1939), painter, printmaker - Walter Leighton ClarkWalter Leighton ClarkWalter Leighton Clark was an American businessman, inventor, and artist based in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and New York City. Among other achievements, in 1923 he founded with John Singer Sargent the Grand Central Art Galleries, located within New York City's Grand Central Terminal, to offer...
(1859-1935), painter, sculptor - Childe HassamChilde HassamFrederick Childe Hassam was a prolific American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. Along with Mary Cassatt and John Henry Twachtman, Hassam was instrumental in promulgating Impressionism to American collectors, dealers, and museums...
(1859–1935), painter, printmaker - Joseph Henry SharpJoseph Henry SharpJoseph Henry Sharp was an American painter and a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists, of which he is considered the "Spiritual Father". Sharp was one of the earliest European-American artists to visit Taos, New Mexico, which he saw in 1893 with John Hauser when he visited in 1893...
(1859–1953), painter - Henry Ossawa TannerHenry Ossawa TannerHenry Ossawa Tanner was an African American artist best known for his style of painting. He was the first African American painter to gain international acclaim.-Education:...
(1859–1937), painter
Born 1860-1869
1860- William Jacob BaerWilliam Jacob BaerWilliam Jacob Baer considered the foremost American miniature painter was born in Cincinnati, Ohio January 29, 1860 and died in East Orange, New Jersey in 1941....
(1860–1941), painter - Carl EytelCarl EytelCarl A. Eytel was a German-American artist living in Palm Springs, California, known for his paintings and drawings of desert landscapes.-Life:...
(1862-1925), landscape painter, illustrator - John KaneJohn KaneJohn Kane was an American painter celebrated for his skill in Naïve art.He was the first self-taught American painter in the 20th century to be recognized by a museum...
(1860–1934), painter - Arthur Frank MathewsArthur Frank MathewsArthur F. Mathews was an American Tonalist painter who was one of the founders of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Trained as an architect and artist, he and his wife Lucia Kleinhans Mathews had a significant effect on the evolution of Californian art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
(1860–1945), painter - Dodge MacKnightDodge MacKnightDodge Macknight was an American painter. He was a friend of Vincent van Gogh, and introduced Van Gogh to the Belgian painter Eugène Boch. Macknight lived in Fontvieille at the time that Van Gogh was living in Arles.-Footnotes:...
(1860-1950), painter - Grandma MosesGrandma MosesAnna Mary Robertson Moses , better known as "Grandma Moses", was a renowned American folk artist. She is often cited as an example of an individual successfully beginning a career in the arts at an advanced age. Although her family and friends called her either "Mother Moses" or "Grandma Moses,"...
(1860–1961), painter - Iris Nampeyo (c. 1860 – 1942), potter, ceramic artist
- Lorado TaftLorado TaftLorado Zadoc Taft was an American sculptor, writer and educator. Taft was born in Elmwood, Illinois in 1860 and died in his home studio in Chicago in 1936.-Early years and education:...
(186 –1936), sculptor
1861
- Dennis Miller BunkerDennis Miller BunkerDennis Miller Bunker was an American painter and innovator of American Impressionism. His mature works include both brightly colored landscape paintings and dark, finely drawn portraits and figures...
(1861–1890), painter - Theodore Earl ButlerTheodore Earl ButlerTheodore Earl Butler, an American impressionist painter, he was born in Columbus, Ohio and died in Giverny, France, May 2, 1936.-Biography:...
(1861-1936), painter - Charles Courtney CurranCharles Courtney CurranCharles Courtney Curran was an American painter. He is best known for his canvases depicting beautiful women in pleasant settings.-Career:Curran was born in Hartford, Kentucky in 1861 and moved to Sandusky, Ohio in 1881...
(1861–1942), painter - D. Howard Hitchcock (1861–1943), painter
- Frederic RemingtonFrederic RemingtonFrederic Sackrider Remington was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically concentrating on the last quarter of the 19th century American West and images of cowboys, American Indians, and the U. S...
(1861–1909), painter, sculptor, illustrator - Frank RinehartFrank RinehartFrank Albert Rinehart was an American artist famous for his drawings, paintings, and photographs depicting Native American personalities and scenes, especially the leaders and members of the delegations who attended the 1898 Indian Congress in Omaha.-Biography:Rinehart was born in Lodi, Illinois...
(1861–1928), photographer, illustrator - Douglas TildenDouglas TildenDouglas Tilden was a world-famous sculptor. Tilden was deaf and attended the California School for the Deaf in Berkeley, California . Tilden became deaf at the age of four after a severe bout of scarlet fever...
(1861–1935), sculptor
1862
- Adam Emory AlbrightAdam Emory AlbrightAdam Emory Albright was a painter of figures in landscapes. He was born in Monroe, Wisconsin and spent his working life in Warrenville and the Chicago area....
(1862-1957), painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
of figures in landscapesLandscape artLandscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still... - Frank Weston BensonFrank Weston BensonFrank Weston Benson, frequently referred to as Frank W. Benson, was an American artist from Salem, Massachusetts known for his Realistic portraits, American Impressionist paintings, watercolors and etchings. He began his career painting portraits of distinguished families and murals for the...
(1862–1951), painter, printmaker - Charles GraflyCharles GraflyCharles Allan Grafly, Jr. was an American sculptor and educator. He taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for 37 years.-Life and career:...
(1862–1929), sculptor - Mina Fonda OchtmanMina Fonda OchtmanMina Fonda Ochtman was the wife of the American painter Leonard Ochtman and a notable American Impressionist in her own right. She was a part of the Cos Cob Art Colony and lived in Greenwich, Connecticut. Their daughter, Dorothy Ochtman Del Mar, was also a painter of note.-References:*...
(1862-1924), painter - Robert ReidRobert Reid (painter)Robert Lewis Reid was an American Impressionist painter and muralist.-Life and work:Robert Reid was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston under Otto Grundmann, where he was also later an instructor...
(1862–1929), painter and muralist - Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862–1938), painter
1863
- George Gray Barnard (1863-1938), sculptor
- Arthur B. DaviesArthur B. DaviesArthur Bowen Davies was an avant-garde American artist and patron.-Biography:He was born in Utica, New York and studied at the Chicago Academy of Design from 1879 to 1882...
(1863–1928), painter, printmaker - Frederick William MacMonniesFrederick William MacMonniesFrederick William MacMonnies was the best known expatriate American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school, as successful and lauded in France as he was in the United States...
(1863–1937), sculptor - Verner Moore WhiteVerner Moore WhiteVerner Moore White , born Thomas Verner Moore White but informally known as Verner White, was an American landscape and portrait painter...
(1863-1923), painter - Jessie Willcox SmithJessie Willcox SmithJessie Willcox Smith was a United States illustrator famous for her work in magazines such as Ladies Home Journal and for her illustrations for children's books....
(1863–1935), Illustrator
1864
- George Henry BogertGeorge Henry BogertGeorge Henry Bogert was an American landscape painter.-Life and work:George Henry Bogert was born in New York City, the son of Henry Bogert and Helen Anderson Evans. His father was a paper manufacturer, and a noted collector of coins, medals, and writings on numismatics...
(1864–1944), painter - Henry Golden DearthHenry Golden DearthHenry Golden Dearth was a distinguished American painter who studied in Paris and continued to spend his summers in France painting in the Normandy region. He would return to New York in winter, and became known for his moody paintings of the Long Island area...
(1864–1918), painter - Louis EilshemiusLouis EilshemiusLouis Michel Eilshemius was an American painter, primarily of landscapes and nudes. Although he was academically trained, much of his work has the unself-aware character of naive art...
(1864–1941), painter - William Frederic RitschelWilliam Frederic RitschelWilliam Frederic Ritschel was a California impressionist painter who was born in Nuremberg, Germany on July 11, 1864. As a youth, he worked as a sailor and began sketching seascapes. He studied art under Karl Raupp and Wilhelm von Kaulbach at the Royal Academy of Munich before immigrating to...
(1864–1949), German AmericanGerman AmericanGerman Americans are citizens of the United States of German ancestry and comprise about 51 million people, or 17% of the U.S. population, the country's largest self-reported ancestral group...
painter - Charles Marion RussellCharles Marion RussellCharles Marion Russell , also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an artist of the Old American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the Western United States, in addition to bronze sculptures...
(1864–1926), painter, sculptor - Alfred StieglitzAlfred StieglitzAlfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an accepted art form...
(1864–1946), photographer - Svend Rasmussen SvendsenSvend Rasmussen SvendsenSvend Rasmussen Svendsen was a Norwegian American impressionist artist. Svendsen is most known for his rural scenes, marine views, and snowy landscapes of Norway.-Background:...
(1864 - 1945), Norwegian AmericanNorwegian AmericanNorwegian Americans are Americans of Norwegian descent. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and...
impressionist artist - Charles Herbert WoodburyCharles Herbert WoodburyCharles Herbert Woodbury , United States marine painter, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts.- Biography :Charles H. Woodbury was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, where his earliest work was part of the oeuvre of the group later known as the Lynn Beach Painters...
(1864—1940), painter
1865
- George BridgmanGeorge BridgmanGeorge Brant Bridgman was a Canadian-American painter, writer, and teacher in the fields of anatomy and figure drawing. Bridgman taught anatomy for artists at the Art Students League of New York for some 45 years....
(1865–1943), painter - Herbert A. CollinsHerbert A. CollinsHerbert Alexander Collins, Sr., was a Canadian-born American artist. He was known nationally in the United States as a landscape and portrait painter.-Early years:...
(1865–1937), landscape and portrait painter - Leon DaboLeon DaboLeon Dabo was an American tonalist landscape artist best known for his paintings of New York, particularly the Hudson Valley. His paintings were known for their feeling of spaciousness, with large areas of the canvas that had little but land, sea, or clouds...
(1865–1960), painter - Frank Vincent DuMond (1865–1951), painter
- Robert HenriRobert HenriRobert Henri was an American painter and teacher. He was a leading figure of the Ashcan School in art.- Early life :...
(1865–1929), painter - Adelaide Alsop RobineauAdelaide Alsop RobineauAdelaïde Alsop Robineau was an American painter, potter and ceramist.As a young woman Adelaïde became interested in the popular pursuit of china painting. She married Samuel E. Robineau of France in 1899, and in that year the couple launched Keramic Studio, a pioneering periodical for ceramic...
(1865-1929), American painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and potterPotteryPottery is the material from which the potteryware is made, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery . Pottery also refers to the art or craft of the potter or the manufacture of pottery...
1866
- Reynolds BealReynolds BealReynolds Beal was an American artist, first an Impressionist, then a Modernist, a marine environmentalist, and brother of the New York Alpha Chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity at Cornell University. The elder brother of co-painter Gifford Beal was born in New York City or the Bronx...
(1867-1951), painter - Karl Albert BuehrKarl Albert BuehrKarl Albert Buehr was a painter born in Germany.Buehr was born in Feuerbach - near Stuttgart. He was the son of Frederick Buehr and Henrietta Doh . He moved to Chicago with his parents and siblings in the 1880s. In Chicago, young Karl worked at various jobs until he was employed by a...
(1866-1952), painter - E. Irving CouseE. Irving CouseEanger Irving Couse was an American artist and a founding member and first president of the Taos Society of Artists. He is noted for paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico, and the American Southwest...
(1866-1935), painter, illustrator - Helen Thomas DrangaHelen Thomas DrangaHelen Thomas Dranga , who is also known as Carrie Helen Dranga, was a painter who was born Carrie Helen Tufts in Oxford, England. She lived in Oakland, California from 1894 until 1900, when she moved to Hilo, Hawaii. Her paintings regularly appeared on the cover of Paradise of the Pacific...
(1866-1940), painter - Arvid NyholmArvid NyholmArvid Frederick Nyholm was a Swedish-American artist, known primarily as a portrait and landscape painter.-Background:...
(1866-1927), Swedish-American portrait and landscape artist - Theodore Scott-DaboTheodore Scott-DaboTheodore Scott-Dabo casually known as Scott Dabo, was a French/American tonalist landscape artist thought to be from Detroit, Michigan but is now known to have been born in Saverne, France. Active both in New York and Paris, he was the younger brother of Leon Dabo...
(1866-1928), painter - Henry Otto WixHenry Otto WixHenry Otto Wix , also known as Otto Wix, was a German-born landscape and portrait painter who emigrated to the United States in the late 1890s. He studied in New York, but visited Hawaii in 1907 and 1908-9. About 1910, he moved to San Francisco, but visited Hawaii again in 1912. He also made...
(1866-1922), German-born American painter - Art YoungArt YoungArthur "Art" Young was an American cartoonist and writer. He is most famous for his socialist cartoons, especially those drawn for the left wing political magazine The Masses between 1911 and 1917.-Early Years:...
(1866–1943), cartoonist
1867
- Oscar Florianus BluemnerOscar Florianus BluemnerOscar Bluemner , born as Friedrich Julius Oskar Blümner and since 1933, known as Oscar Florianus Bluemner, was a German-born American Modernist painter.-Early life:...
, (1867-1938), painter - Gutzon BorglumGutzon BorglumGutzon de la Mothe Borglum was an American artist and sculptor famous for creating the monumental presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, the famous carving on Stone Mountain near Atlanta, as well as other public works of art.- Background :The son of Mormon Danish immigrants, Gutzon...
(1867–1941), sculptor - Charles Dana GibsonCharles Dana GibsonCharles Dana Gibson was an American graphic artist, best known for his creation of the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century....
(1867–1944), graphic artist - George LuksGeorge LuksGeorge Benjamin Luks, was an American realist artist and illustrator. His vigorously painted genre paintings of urban subjects are examples of the Ashcan school in American art.-Early life:...
(1867–1933), painter - Jerome MyersJerome MyersJerome Myers was a U.S. artist and writer. Born in Petersburg, Virginia and raised in Philadelphia, Trenton and Baltimore, he spent his adult life in New York City. Jerome worked briefly as an actor and scene painter, then studied art at Cooper Union and the Art Students League where his main...
(1867-1940), painter - Bela Lyon Pratt (1867–1917), sculptor
- William SommerWilliam SommerWilliam Sommer was an American Modernist painter.William Sommer was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1867. He was largely self-taught, but received instruction early on from artist and commercial lithographer Julius Melchers...
(1867–1949) - Frank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...
(1867–1959), architect, innovator
1868
- Solon BorglumSolon BorglumSolon Hannibal de la Mothe Borglum was an American sculptor. He is most noted for his depiction of frontier life, and especially his experience with cowboys and native Americans....
(1868–1922), sculptor - Edward S. CurtisEdward S. CurtisEdward Sheriff Curtis was a photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples.-Early life:...
(1868–1952), photographer - Alfred Henry MaurerAlfred Henry MaurerAlfred Henry Maurer was an American modernist painter. He exhibited his work in avant-garde circles internationally and in New York City during the early 20th century.-Biography:...
(1868–1932), painter - Bert Geer Phillips (1868–1956), painter
1869
- Kate CarewKate CarewMary Williams , who wrote pseudonymously as Kate Carew, was a caricaturist self-styled as "The Only Woman Caricaturist". She worked at the New York World from 1890 to 1901, providing illustrated celebrity interviews....
(1869–1961), caricaturist - Percy GrayPercy GrayHenry Percy Gray was an American painter. Gray was born into a San Francisco family endowed with a broad literary and artistic background. He studied under Arthur Frank Mathews at the San Francisco School of Design and later under William Merritt Chase...
(1869–1952), painter - Charles HopkinsonCharles HopkinsonCharles Sydney Hopkinson was an American portrait painter and landscape watercolorist. He maintained a studio in the Fenway Studios building in Boston from 1906 to 1962. He painted over 800 portraits in a direct style with a palette gradually lightening through his career. Many of his paintings...
(1869-1962), painter - Wilson IrvineWilson IrvineWilson Henry Irvine was a master American Impressionist landscape painter.Although most closely associated with the Old Lyme, Connecticut art colony headed by Florence Griswold, Irvine spent his early career near Chicago, a product of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago...
(1869-1936), painter - Xavier Timoteo MartinezXavier MartinezXavier Timoteo Martínez was a California artist active in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was born in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, and, after becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States, died in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California...
(1869–1943), painter - William McGregor PaxtonWilliam McGregor PaxtonWilliam McGregor Paxton was an American Impressionist painter.Born in Baltimore, the Paxton family came to Newton Corner in the mid-1870s, where William's father James established himself as a caterer. At 18, William won a scholarship to attend the Cowles Art School, where he began his art studies...
(1869–1941), painter - Edward Willis RedfieldEdward Willis RedfieldEdward Willis Redfield was an American Impressionist landscape painter and member of the art colony at New Hope, Pennsylvania. He is best known today for his impressionist scenes of the New Hope area, often depicting the snow-covered countryside.Redfield was born in 1869 in Bridgeville, Delaware...
(1869–1965), painter
Born 1870-1879
1870- Thomas P. BarnettThomas P. BarnettThomas P. Barnett , also known professionally as Tom Barnett and Tom P. Barnett, was an American architect and painter from St. Louis, Missouri. Barnett was nationally recognized for both his work in architecture and in painting.-Architectural work:Barnett trained under his father, St. Louis...
, (1870-1929), painter - Alexander Stirling CalderAlexander Stirling CalderAlexander Stirling Calder was an American sculptor and teacher; son of the sculptor Alexander Milne Calder, and father of the sculptor Alexander Calder...
(1870–1945), sculptor - William GlackensWilliam GlackensWilliam James Glackens was an American realist painter.Glackens studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later moved to New York City, where he co-founded what came to be called the Ashcan School art movement...
(1870–1938), painter - John MarinJohn MarinJohn Marin was an early American modernist artist. He is known for his abstract landscapes and watercolors.-Biography:...
(1870–1953), painter, printmaker - John T. McCutcheonJohn T. McCutcheonJohn Tinney McCutcheon was an American newspaper political cartoonist who was known as the "Dean of American Cartoonists"....
(1870–1949), political cartoonist - Maxfield ParrishMaxfield ParrishMaxfield Parrish was an American painter and illustrator active in the first half of the twentieth century. He is known for his distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery.-Life:...
(1870–1966), painter, illustrator - Augustus Vincent TackAugustus Vincent TackAugustus Vincent Tack was an American painter of portraits, landscapes and abstractions.-Early years:Tack was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved with his family to New York in 1883. After graduating from St. Francis Xavier College in New York City in 1890, Tack studied at the Art Students...
(1870–1949), painter - Adolph Alexander WeinmanAdolph Alexander WeinmanAdolph Alexander Weinman was an American sculptor, born in Karlsruhe, Germany.- Biography :Weinman arrived in the United States at the age of 10. At the age of 15, he attended evening classes at Cooper Union and later studied at the Art Students League of New York with sculptors Augustus St....
(1870-1952), sculptor - Samuel Washington WeisSamuel Washington WeisSamuel Washington Weis was an American cotton broker, painter and sketch artist.-Early life and education:Samuel Weis was born in Natchez, Mississippi to Caroline and Julius Weis . His father was a German Jewish immigrant who came to the United States in 1845...
(1870-1956), painter - Enid YandellEnid YandellEnid Yandell was an American sculptor who studied with Auguste Rodin and Frederick William MacMonnies. She was the daughter of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Jr. and Louise Elliston Yandell of Louisville, Kentucky. Yandell was a prolific sculptor creating numerous portraits, garden pieces and small...
(1870-1934), sculptor
1871
- Edith Woodman BurroughsEdith Woodman BurroughsEdith Woodman Burroughs . American sculptor. Woodman began studying with master artists art at the early age of 15, working with Kenyon Cox and Augustus Saint Gaudens at the Art Students League...
(1871-1916), sculptor - Angel De CoraAngel De CoraAngel De Cora Dietz was a Winnebago painter, illustrator, Native American rights advocate, and teacher at Carlisle Indian School. She was the best known Native American artist before World War I.-Background:...
(1871–1919), painter, illustrator - Lyonel FeiningerLyonel FeiningerLyonel Charles Feininger was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism. He also worked as a caricaturist and comic strip artist.-Life and work:...
(1871–1956), printmaker - Elizabeth Shippen GreenElizabeth Shippen GreenElizabeth Shippen Green was an American illustrator. She illustrated children's books and worked for many years for Harper's Magazine....
(1871-1954), Illustrator - Albert HerterAlbert HerterAlbert Herter was an artist and painter. He was born in New York, New York, and studied in Paris and then in New York's Art Students League...
(1871–1950), artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is... - Granville RedmondGranville RedmondGranville Redmond was an American landscape painter and exponent of Tonalism and California Impressionism.- Early years :...
(1871–1935), painter - John French SloanJohn French SloanJohn French Sloan was an American artist. As a member of The Eight, he became a leading figure in the Ashcan School of realist artists. He was known for his urban genre painting and ability to capture the essence of neighborhood life in New York City, often through his window...
(1871–1951), painter - Edward Charles VolkertEdward Charles VolkertEdward Charles Volkert , was an American Impressionist artist best known for his colorful and richly painted impressionist landscapes. His trademark subject was that of cattle and plowmen. He has been referred to as America's cattle painter extraordinaire".The son of a hat merchant from Alsace,...
, (1871–1935), painter - Clark VoorheesClark VoorheesClark Greenwood Voorhees was an American Impressionist and Tonalist landscape painter and one of the founders of the Old Lyme Art Colony....
, (1871–1933), painter
1872
- Robert Winthrop ChanlerRobert Winthrop Chanler-Biography:He was born in New York City to John Winthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor Ward, in a sea of wealthy and interconnected Hudson River families that included the Astors, Delanos, Winthrops and Stuyvesants. Chanler had nine brothers and sisters, including politician Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler...
(1872–1930), muralist - Charles Webster HawthorneCharles Webster HawthorneCharles Webster Hawthorne was an American portrait and genre painter and a noted teacher who founded the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899....
(1872-1930), painter - Frederick Dana MarshFrederick Dana MarshFrederick Dana Marsh was an American illustrator.Born in 1872 to a prosperous Chicago stockyard merchant, Marsh attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he worked with artists preparing murals for the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, learning the big brush techniques of mural...
(1872-1961), illustrator - Bessie Potter VonnohBessie Potter VonnohBessie Potter Vonnoh was an American sculptor best known for her small bronzes, mostly of domestic scenes, and for her garden fountains.- Early years :...
(1872–1955), sculptor
1873
- Jane Emmet de GlehnJane Emmet de Glehn-Early life:Born in New Rochelle, New York, she was the youngest daughter of ten siblings. Her great-great-uncle Robert Emmet was a notable Irish nationalist who was hanged in 1803 for high treason by the British court for his attempt to implement an abortive Irish rebellion...
(1873–1961) - Albert Henry KrehbielAlbert Henry KrehbielAlbert Henry Krehbiel , was an American artist who was born in Denmark, Iowa and who taught, lived and worked for many years in Chicago. Although educated as a realist in Paris, which is reflected in his neoclassical mural works, soon developed a strong appreciation for impressionism and is mainly...
(1873–1945), painter, muralist - Ernest LawsonErnest LawsonErnest Lawson was a Canadian-American painter and a member of The Eight, a group of artists which included the group's leaders Robert Henri, Everett Shinn, John Sloan, Arthur B. Davies, Maurice Prendergast, George Luks, and William J. Glackens...
(1873–1939), painter - Arthur PutnamArthur PutnamArthur Putnam was an American sculptor from the turn of the 20th century who is recognized for his bronzes of wild animals and public monuments. He was a well-known Californian during his days in California and enjoyed a national reputation as well...
(1873–1930), sculptor - Juliet ThompsonJuliet ThompsonJuliet Thompson was an American Bahá'í, painter, and disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá. She is perhaps best remembered for her book The Diary of Juliet Thompson though she also painted a life-sized portrait of `Abdu'l-Bahá.-Early life and education:...
(1873–1956), painter
1874
- John Wolcott AdamsJohn Wolcott AdamsJohn Wolcott Adams was an American artist.-Biography:He was born on 7 November 1874 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He married Frances Pendleton Sheldon . He died on 3 June 1925 in New York City of appendicitis.-References:...
(1874–1925), drawing - Ernest L. BlumenscheinErnest L. BlumenscheinErnest Leonard Blumenschein was an American artist andfounding member of the Taos Society of Artists. He is noted for paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico and the American Southwest.-Early life and education:...
(1874–1960), painter - Franklin BoothFranklin BoothFranklin Booth, was an influential American artist notable for his highly detailed pen-and-ink illustrations.-Biography:...
(1874-1948), illustrator - Romaine BrooksRomaine BrooksRomaine Brooks, born Beatrice Romaine Goddard , was an American painter who worked mostly in Paris and Capri. She specialized in portraiture and used a subdued palette dominated by the color gray...
(1874-1970), painter - Arnold FriedmanArnold FriedmanArnold Friedman was an American Modernist painter.He was born in Corona, Queens, worked for the Federal Art Project and studied at the Art Students League of New York under the tutelage of Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller. In 1909, he took a six-month leave of absence from his job to study...
(1874–1946), painter - Frederick Carl FriesekeFrederick Carl FriesekeFrederick Carl Frieseke was an American Impressionist painter who spent most of his life as an expatriate in France. An influential member of the Giverny art colony, his paintings often concentrated on various effects of dappled sunlight...
(1874–1939), painter - Charles R. KnightCharles R. KnightCharles Robert Knight was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals...
(1874–1953), dinosaur artist - Violet OakleyViolet OakleyViolet Oakley was an American artist known for her murals and her work in stained glass. She was a student and later a faculty member at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.-Life:...
(1874–1961), muralist - Hans K. Schuler (1874-1951), sculptor
1875
- Alice CooperAlice Cooper (sculptor)Alice Cooper was an American sculptor.Born in Glenwood, Iowa, and based in Denver, Colorado, Cooper studied under Preston Powers then at the Art Institute of Chicago with Lorado Taft and the Art Students League of New York through about 1901.Cooper is best known for her bronze figure of Sacajawea...
(1875-1937), sculptor - Maynard DixonMaynard DixonMaynard Dixon was a 20th-century American artist whose body of work focused on the American West. He was married for a time to American photographer Dorothea Lange.-Biography:...
(1875–1946), painter - Dulah Marie EvansDulah Marie EvansDulah Marie Evans, later Dulah Marie Evans Krehbiel was an American painter, photographer, printmaker, illustrator, and etcher.-Education:...
(1875–1951), painter, illustrator, printmaker, photographer, etcher - Charles KeckCharles KeckCharles Keck was an American sculptor, born in New York City. He studied in the National Academy of Design and Art Students League with Philip Martiny and was an assistant to Augustus Saint-Gaudens from 1893 to 1898. He also attended the American Academy in Rome. He is best known for his...
(1875–1951), sculptor - Marion WachtelMarion WachtelMarion Kavanaugh Wachtel was a plein air painter in watercolors and oils that lived and worked with her artist husband Elmer Wachtel in the Arroyo Seco near Pasadena, California, in the early 20th century...
(1875–1951), painter - Gertrude Vanderbilt WhitneyGertrude Vanderbilt WhitneyGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City...
(1875-1942), sculptor
1876
- Alson S. ClarkAlson S. ClarkAlson S. Clark was an American Impressionist painter best remembered for his impressionist landscapes. Born in Chicago, Illinois, his art education included training at the Art Institute of Chicago , the Art Students League of New York, and in the atelier of William Merritt Chase...
(1876–1949), painter - Edith DimockEdith DimockEdith Dimock was an American painter, born in Hartford, Connecticut. She studied with William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League. In 1904 she married painter William Glackens after which "she devoted her time and energies to her family." She exhibited at the New York Armory Show of 1913...
(1876-1955), painter - James Earle Fraser (1876–1953), sculptor
- Anna Hyatt HuntingtonAnna Hyatt HuntingtonAnna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington was an American sculptor.-Life and career:Huntington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her father, Alpheus Hyatt, was a professor of paleontology and zoology at Harvard University and MIT, and served as a contributing factor to her early interest in animals and...
(1876–1973), sculptor - Kenneth Hayes MillerKenneth Hayes MillerKenneth Hayes Miller was an American painter and teacher.Born in Oneida, New York, he studied at the Art Students League of New York with Kenyon Cox, Henry Siddons Mowbray and with William Merritt Chase at the New York School of Art. He died in New York City.-Students:Miller taught at the Art...
(1876–1952), painter - Boardman RobinsonBoardman RobinsonBoardman Robinson was a Canadian-American artist, illustrator and cartoonist.-Early years:Boardman Robinson was born September 6, 1876 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He spent his childhood in England and Canada, before coming to Boston in the first half of the 1890s...
(1876–1952), Canadian American painter - Everett ShinnEverett ShinnEverett Shinn was an American realist painter and member of the Ashcan School, also known as 'the Eight.' He was the youngest member of the group of modernist painters who explored the depiction of real life...
(1876–1953), painter and illustrator - Walter UferWalter UferWalter Ufer was an American artist based in Taos, New Mexico. His most notable work focuses on scenes of Native American life, particularly of the Pueblo Indians....
(1876-1936), printer, illustrator - Bessie WheelerBessie WheelerBessie Wheeler was a painter about whom little is known, other than that she was born in 1876. She painted portraits of people encountered on the streets of Honolulu around 1900. She contributed illustrations to Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and was a member of the Kilohana Art League.-References:*...
(1876- ), painter
1877
- Eda Nemoede CastertonEda Nemoede CastertonEda Nemoede Casterton was an American painter known specifically for her portrait miniatures in watercolor, pastels and oil. She exhibited works at the Paris Salon and the San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition of 1915, among others. Her works are held by the Smithsonian Institution, The Brooklyn...
(1877–1969), painter - Rinaldo CuneoRinaldo CuneoRinaldo Cuneo , dubbed the Painter of San Francisco, was an American artist known for his landscape paintings and murals.-Early life and education:...
(1877–1939), painter - Rudolph DirksRudolph DirksRudolph Dirks was one of the earliest and most noted comic strip artists....
(1877–1968), cartoonist - Paul Dougherty (artist)Paul Dougherty (artist)Paul Hampden Dougherty was one of America's most important marine painters. He was elected to membership of the prestigious National Academy of Design and was one of the most honored painters of his era...
(1877–1947), painter - Katherine S. Dreier (1877–1952), painter
- James Montgomery FlaggJames Montgomery FlaggJames Montgomery Flagg was an American artist and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political posters....
(1877–1960), illustrator, painter - Edmund GreacenEdmund GreacenEdmund Greacen was an American Impressionist painter.He was born in New York City, New York. He graduated from New York University. After traveling around the world he entered the Art Students League of New York. He also took classes at the New York School of Art, where he studied with William...
(1877–1949), painter - Marsden HartleyMarsden HartleyMarsden Hartley was an American Modernist painter, poet, and essayist.-Early life and education:Hartley was born in Lewiston, Maine, where his English parents had settled. He was the youngest of nine children. His mother died when he was eight, and his father remarried four years later to Martha...
(1877–1943), painter - William Penhallow HendersonWilliam Penhallow HendersonWilliam Penhallow Henderson was an American painter, architect, and furniture designer....
(1877–1943), painter and architect - Walt KuhnWalt KuhnWalt Kuhn was an American painter and was an organizer of the modern art Armory Show of 1913, which was the first of its genre in America.-Biography:Kuhn was born in Brooklyn, New York City...
(1877–1949), painter - Joseph StellaJoseph StellaJoseph Stella was an Italian-born, American Futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America. He is associated with the American Precisionism movement of the 1910s-1940s....
(1877–1946), painter - Maurice SterneMaurice SterneMaurice Sterne was an American sculptor and painter remembered today for his association with philanthropist Mabel Dodge Luhan, to whom he was married from 1916 to 1923. He began his career as a draftsman and painter, and critics noted the similarity of his work, in its volume and weight, to...
(1877/78-1957), sculptor - Mahonri YoungMahonri YoungMahonri Macintosh Young was an American sculptor and artist. Although he lived most of his life in New York City, Young is most remembered in Utah as being the grandson of Brigham Young, and who sculpted the This Is The Place Monument and the Seagull Monument in Salt Lake City...
(1877–1957), sculptor
1878
- Robert Ingersoll AitkenRobert Ingersoll AitkenRobert Ingersoll Aitken was an American sculptor.Born in San Francisco, California, Aitken studied there at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art with Douglas Tilden. From 1901 until 1904 he was an instructor at the Institute. In 1904 he moved to Paris where he continued his studies...
(1878–1949), sculptor - Abastenia St. Leger EberleAbastenia St. Leger EberleAbastenia St. Leger Eberle , was an American sculptor. Her most famous piece The White Slave caused controversy representing child prostitution.-Early life:...
(1878–1942), sculptor - Gus MagerGus MagerCharles Augustus Mager , better known as Gus Mager, was an American painter, illustrator and cartoonist during the first half of the 20th century...
(1878-1956), cartoonist, illustrator, painter - Anna Coleman LaddAnna Coleman LaddAnna Coleman Watts Ladd was an American sculptress in Manchester, Massachusetts, who devoted her time throughout World War I to soldiers who were disfigured....
(1878–1939), sculptor - Abraham WalkowitzAbraham WalkowitzAbraham Walkowitz was an American painter grouped in with early American Modernists working in the Modernist style.-Birth and education:...
(1878–1965), painter
1879
- Gifford BealGifford BealGifford Beal was an American artist noted for his work as a painter, watercolorist, printmaker and muralist.-Early life:Born in New York City, Gifford Beal was the youngest son in a family of six surviving children...
(1879–1956), painter, - Julian MartinezJulian MartinezJulian Martinez, also known as Pacano, was a Native American potter and the patriarch of the most important family of Native American artisans in the United States. Born on the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, Martinez was instrumental in reviving the black San Ildefonso pottery and Santa Clara...
(1879–1943), potter, ceramist - Charles Cary RumseyCharles Cary RumseyCharles Cary Rumsey was an American sculptor and an eight goal polo player.Born in Buffalo, New York, Charles Rumsey was the son of Laurence Dana Rumsey, a successful local businessman. His mother, Jennie Cary Rumsey, was the sister of sculptor, Seward Cary...
1879–1922), sculptor - Edward SteichenEdward SteichenEdward J. Steichen was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator. He was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz' groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its run from 1903 to 1917. Steichen also contributed the logo design and a custom typeface...
(1879–1973), photographer, painter - Gunnar WidforssGunnar WidforssGunnar Mauritz Widforss was a Swedish American artist who specialized in painting subjects from the wilderness in watercolor. Widforss is most frequently associated with landscapes from American National Parks.-Early life:...
(1879-1934), painter specializing in National Park landscapes
Born 1880-1889
1880- Arthur DoveArthur DoveArthur Garfield Dove was an American artist. An early American modernist, he is often considered the first American abstract painter.-Youth and education:...
(1880–1946), painter - Sir Jacob Epstein (1880–1959), sculptor
- George HerrimanGeorge HerrimanGeorge Joseph Herriman was an American cartoonist, best known for his classic comic strip Krazy Kat.-Early life:...
(1880–1944), cartoonist - Hans HofmannHans HofmannHans Hofmann was a German-born American abstract expressionist painter.-Biography:Hofmann was born in Weißenburg, Bavaria on March 21, 1880, the son of Theodor and Franziska Hofmann. When he was six he moved with his family to Munich...
(1880–1966), painter - Jonas LieJonas Lie (painter)Jonas Lie was a Norwegian-born American painter. He is best known for colorful paintings of coastlines of New England and city scenes New York City. -Background:...
(1880–1940), painter
1881
- Gustave BaumannGustave BaumannGustave Baumann was a printmaker and painter, and one of the leading figures of the color woodcut revival in America. His works have been shown at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the New Mexico Museum of Art...
(1881–1971), printmaker, painter - Chester BeachChester BeachChester A. Beach was an American sculptor who was known for his busts and medallic art.-Early life:Beach was born in San Francisco, California. He studied initially at the California School of Mechanical Arts and worked as a jewelry designer immediately afterward, while continuing his art studies...
(1881-1956), sculptor - Patrick Henry BrucePatrick Henry BrucePatrick Henry Bruce was an American cubist painter.-Biography:A descendant of Patrick Henry, Bruce was born in Campbell County, Virginia, the second of four children. His family had once owned a huge plantation, Berry Hill, worked by over 3,000 slaves...
(1881–1936), painter - Agnes Lawrence PeltonAgnes Lawrence PeltonAgnes Lawrence Pelton was a modernist painter who was born in Stuttgart, Germany to American parents, William Halsey Pelton and Florence Pelton. She lived in Rotterdam, Holland from 1882 to 1884 and in Basel, Switzerland from 1884 to 1888. She relocated to Brooklyn after her father’s death in 1890...
(1881-1961), modernist painter - Max WeberMax Weber (artist)For the social theorist and philosopher, see Max WeberMax Weber was a Jewish-American painter who worked in the style of cubism before migrating to Jewish themes towards the end of his life.-Biography:...
(1881–1961), painter
1882
- George BellowsGeorge BellowsGeorge Wesley Bellows was an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City, becoming, according to the Columbus Museum of Art, "the most acclaimed American artist of his generation".-Youth:Bellows was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio...
(1882–1925), painter, illustrator, printmaker - Albert BlochAlbert BlochAlbert Bloch was an American Modernist artist and the only American artist associated with Der Blaue Reiter , a group of early 20th-century European modernists....
(1882–1961), painter - Arthur B. Carles (1882–1952), painter
- John CovertJohn CovertJohn Covert was an American painter born in Pittsburgh, USA. He was one of the founders of the Society of Independent Artists and was at the forefront of American Modernism. He died in New York.-External links:*...
(1882–1960), painter - Edward HopperEdward HopperEdward Hopper was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching...
(1882–1967), painter, printmaker - Rockwell KentRockwell KentRockwell Kent was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer.- Biography :Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York, the same year as fellow American artists George Bellows and Edward Hopper...
(1882–1971), painter, illustrator - Gaston LachaiseGaston LachaiseGaston Lachaise was an American sculptor of French birth, active in the early 20th century. A native of Paris, he was most noted for his female nudes such as Standing Woman.-Early life and education:...
(1882–1935), sculptor - Harry MathesHarry MathesHarry Mathes was an American painter in the New York art scene from the early 20th century until his death in 1969. He was a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute. He had additional training in Paris, London, Munich and Italy between the wars...
(1882–1969), painter - Elie NadelmanElie NadelmanElie Nadelman was an American sculptor, draughtsman and collector of Polish birth.-Early years:...
(1882–1946), sculptor - Julian OnderdonkJulian OnderdonkJulian Onderdonk was a Texan Impressionist painter, often called "the father of Texas painting."-Biography:...
(1882–1922), painter - Walter PachWalter PachWalter Pach was an artist, critic, lecturer, art adviser, and art historian who wrote extensively about modern art and championed the cause of modern art...
(1883-1958), painter - N.C. Wyeth (1882–1945), illustrator
1883
- Johann BerthelsenJohann BerthelsenJohann Henrik Carl Berthelsen was a prominent and prolific American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban scenes. He is most commonly known for his poetic renditions of New York City.-Background:...
(1883–1972), painter - Henry B. ChristianHenry B. ChristianHenry B. Christian was a painter who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and first visited Hawaii in 1908. He made frequent trips between Minnesota and Hawaii before setteling in Honolulu. Christian was art director of Paradise of the Pacific...
(1883-1953), painter - Imogen CunninghamImogen CunninghamImogen Cunningham was an American photographer known for her photography of botanicals, nudes and industry.-Life and career:...
(1883–1976), photographer - Jo DavidsonJo DavidsonJo Davidson was an American sculptor of Russian-Jewish descent. Although he specialized in realistic, intense portrait busts, Davidson did not require his subjects to formally pose for him; rather, he observed and spoke with them...
(1883–1952), sculptor - Charles DemuthCharles DemuthCharles Demuth was an American watercolorist who turned to oils late in his career, developing a style of painting known as Precisionism....
(1883–1935), painter - Rube GoldbergRube GoldbergReuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer and inventor.He is best known for a series of popular cartoons depicting complex gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. These devices, now known as Rube Goldberg machines, are similar to...
(1883–1970), cartoonist, inventor - Charles SheelerCharles SheelerCharles Rettew Sheeler, Jr. was an American artist. He is recognized as one of the founders of American modernism and one of the master photographers of the 20th century.-Early life and career:...
(1883–1965), painter - Eugene SpeicherEugene SpeicherSpeicher, Eugene was an American portrait, landscape, and figurative painter.One of the foremost realists of his generation who closely upheld the mantle of his mentor, Robert Henri, Speicher was born in Buffalo, New York. He began his studies in art at the Albright Art School...
(1883–1962), painter
1884
- Bessie Marsh BrewerBessie Marsh BrewerBessie Marsh Brewer American printmaker, painter, sculptor and teacher. She studied at the New York School of Design for Women and at the Art Students League with Robert Henri and John Sloan...
(1884-1952), painter, printmaker - Jose de CreeftJose de CreeftJosé De Creeft was a Spanish-born American sculptor and teacher.-Life and work:...
(1884-1982), sculptor - Guy Pène du BoisGuy Pène du BoisGuy Pène du Bois was an early 20th century American painter. Born in the US to a French family, his work specialised in the culture and society around him: cafes, theatres, and in the twenties, flappers....
(1884-1958), painter - Harvey DunnHarvey DunnHarvey Thomas Dunn was an American painter. He is best known for his prairie-intimate masterpiece, The Prairie is My Garden. In this painting, a mother and her son and daughter are out gathering flowers from the quintessential prairie of the Great Plains.-Early life:Dunn was born on a homestead...
(1884-1952), painter - Samuel HalpertSamuel HalpertSamuel Halpert was born in 1884 in Białystok, Russia and he died in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. He was an American painter.-Early days:Samuel Halpert was born on December 25, 1884 in Białystok, Russia, where his friend Max Weber had been born three years earlier. His family immigrated to New York...
(1884-1930), painter - Leon KrollLeon Kroll-External links:* *...
(1884-1974), painter - Robert MinorRobert MinorRobert Berkeley "Bob" Minor was political cartoonist, a radical journalist, and a leading member of the American Communist Party.-Early life:...
(1884–1952), political cartoonist - Horatio Nelson PooleHoratio Nelson PooleHoratio Nelson Poole was an American painter, printmaker, muralist and teacher. He was born in Haddonfield, New Jersey on January 16, 1884, but his family moved to Philadelphia when Horatio was ten years old...
(1884-1949), painter and printmaker
1885
- Milton AveryMilton AveryMilton Avery was an American modern painter. Born in Altmar, New York, he moved to Connecticut in 1898 and later to New York City.-Biography:...
(1885–1965), painter, printmaker - Oscar CesareOscar CesareOscar Cesare was a Swedish-born American caricaturist, painter, draftsman and editorial cartoonist.-Early life:Cesare was born in Linköping, Sweden. At eighteen he moved to Paris to study art, then traveled to Buffalo, New York, to continue his studies...
(1885–1948), illustrator, cartoonist, painter - Fred EllisFred EllisFred C. Ellis was an American editorial cartoonist. He is best remembered as one of the leading radical artists of the 1920s and 1930s as an artist for various publications of the Communist Party, USA , including stints on the staff of the CPUSA's daily newspaper.-Early years:Fred Ellis was born...
(1885–1965), political cartoonist - Paul ManshipPaul ManshipPaul Howard Manship was an American sculptor.-Life:Manship began his art studies at the St. Paul School of Art in Minnesota. From there he moved to Philadelphia and continued his education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts...
(1885–1966), sculptor - Ralph Ward Stackpole (1885–1973), sculptor
- John StorrsJohn StorrsJohn Storrs , also known as John Henry Bradley Storrs, John Bradley Storrs and John H. Storrs, was an American modernist sculptor....
(1885–1956), sculptor
1886
- Paul BurlinPaul BurlinPaul Burlin was born in New York of an English father and a German mother. Burlin was a modern and abstract expressionist painter.-Childhood:...
(1886–1969), painter - Elias Goldberg (1886-1978), painter
- John D. GrahamJohn D. GrahamJohn D. Graham was a Ukrainian-born American Modernist / figurative painter.He was born Ivan Gratianovitch Dombrowsky in Kiev, Ukraine...
(1886–1961), painter - Aldro HibbardAldro HibbardAldro Thompson Hibbard was a prominent American plein air painter. He was born in Falmouth, MA, but lived most of his life in Rockport, MA. His depictions of snowy landscapes, particularly in Vermont are highly regarded...
(1886-1972), painter - Charles James MartinCharles James Martin (artist)'Charles James Martin was an American modernist artist andarts instructor. He worked in a variety of media including etching, lithography, water...
(1886–1955), painter - Morgan RussellMorgan RussellMorgan Russell was a U.S. abstract painter. He was born and raised in New York City in 1886. He was, along with artist Stanton Macdonald-Wright, the founder of Synchromism an important modernist movement in early 20th century art.-Biography:Initially he studied architecture and after 1903 he...
(1886–1953), painter - Edward WestonEdward WestonEdward Henry Weston was a 20th century American photographer. He has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers…" and "one of the masters of 20th century photography." Over the course of his forty-year career Weston photographed an increasingly expansive set of...
(1886–1958), photographer - Mary Agnes YerkesMary Agnes YerkesMary Agnes Yerkes, , , was an American Impressionist painter, photographer and artisan. She was skilled in the mediums of oil, pastel and watercolor. Her professional career was cut short by the Great Depression, but she still continued to paint well into her nineties with a passion for her craft...
(1886-1989), painter
1887
- Andrew DasburgAndrew DasburgAndrew Michael Dasburg was an American modernist painter and "one of America's leading early exponents of cubism".-Biography:...
(1887–1979), painter - Manierre DawsonManierre DawsonManierre Dawson was a painter and sculptor born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, but lived most of his life in Michigan...
(1887–1969), painter - Marcel DuchampMarcel DuchampMarcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Considered by some to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Duchamp's output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art...
(1887–1968), painter, sculptor - Maria MartinezMaria MartinezMaria Montoya Martinez was a Native American artist who created internationally known pottery...
(1887–1980), potter, ceramist - Georgia O'KeeffeGeorgia O'KeeffeGeorgia Totto O'Keeffe was an American artist.Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916, several decades before women had gained access to art training in America’s colleges and universities, and before any of its women artists...
(1887–1986), painter - Claggett WilsonClaggett WilsonClaggett Wilson was one of America's first "Modernist" painters. Early in his career he taught painting and drawing at Columbia University. After serving as a lieutenant in The First World War, Wilson returned from France to document his experiences in a series of war paintings.-Youth:Born in 1887...
(1887–1952), painter - Marguerite ThompsonMarguerite ZorachMarguerite Zorach was an American fauvist painter, textile artist, and graphic designer and was an early exponent of modernism in America. She won the 1920 Logan Medal of the Arts.-Life:...
(Zorach), (1887-1968) - William ZorachWilliam ZorachWilliam Zorach was a Lithuanian-born American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and writer. He won the Logan Medal of the arts.-Life and career:...
(1887-1966), sculptor
1888
- Josef AlbersJosef AlbersJosef Albers was a German-born American artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of the 20th century....
(1888–1976), painter - Arnold Franz BraszArnold Franz BraszArnold Franz Brasz was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker who was born in Polk County, Wisconsin on July 19, 1888. He studied at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts and also with Robert Henri in New York. By the early 1920s, he was dividing his time between southern California and...
(1888-1966), painter, sculptor, and printmaker - Augustus DunbierAugustus DunbierAugustus William Dunbier , was a Nebraskan Impressionist painter, best known for his landscapes.Dunbier was educated in Germany and the Art Institute of Chicago...
(1888–1977), painter - Gerald Murphy (1888–1967), painter
- Horace PippinHorace PippinHorace Pippin was a self-taught African-American painter. The injustice of slavery and American segregation figure prominently in many of his works.-Biography:...
(1888–1946), painter
1889
- Maurice BeckerMaurice BeckerMaurice Becker was a radical political artist best known for his work in the 1910s and 1920s for such publications as The Masses and The Liberator.-Early years:...
(1889–1975), political cartoonist, illustrator - Thomas Hart Benton (painter)Thomas Hart Benton (painter)Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, almost sculpted paintings showed everyday scenes of life in the United States...
(1889–1975), painter, muralist, printmaker - James DaughertyJames DaughertyJames Henry Daugherty was an American modernist painter, muralist, children's book author, and illustrator. -Life:...
(1889–1974), painter, illustrator - Robert William WoodRobert William WoodRobert William Wood was an American landscape painter. He was born in England, emigrated to the United States and rose to prominence in the 1950s with the sales of millions of his color reproductions...
(1889–1979), painter
Born 1890-1899
1890- Grace AlbeeGrace AlbeeGrace Thurston Arnold Albee was an American printmaker and wood engraver. During her sixty-year working life, she created more than two hundred and fifty prints from linocuts, woodcuts, and wood engravings....
(1890–1985), printmaker - Gerald Curtis DelanoGerald Curtis DelanoGerard Curtis Delano was a painter of the American west.Delano was born in Marion, Massachusetts. He served in the US Navy in the First World War, then worked on a ranch in Colorado, before moving to New York to study art...
(1890–1972), painter - Leo FriedlanderLeo FriedlanderLeo Friedlander was an American sculptor who has made several prominent works. Friedlander studied at the Art Students League in New York City, the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Brussels and Paris and the American Academy in Rome...
(1890–1966), sculptor - Frederick Kiesler (1890–1965), sculptor, designer
- Robert LaurentRobert LaurentRobert Laurent was an American sculptor, known for his sensitive interpretations of the human form.Laurent was born in Concarneau, Brittany France. There, at the age of 12 his artistic talents were recognized by art connoisseur Hamilton Easter Field who then brought him to the United States...
(1890–1970), sculptor - Stanton MacDonald-Wright (1890–1973), painter
- Jan MatulkaJan MatulkaJan Matulka was a Czech-American modern artist originally from Bohemia. Matulka's style would range from Abstract expressionism to landscapes, sometimes in the same day.-Early life:...
(1890-1972), painter - Man RayMan RayMan Ray , born Emmanuel Radnitzky, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal...
(1890–1976), photographer, dadaist - Paul StrandPaul StrandPaul Strand was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century...
(1890–1976), photographer - Mark TobeyMark TobeyMark George Tobey was an American abstract expressionist painter, born in Centerville, Wisconsin. Widely recognized throughout the United States and Europe, Tobey is the most noted among the "mystical painters of the Northwest." Senior in age and experience, Tobey had a strong influence on the...
(1890–1976), painter
1891
- Mabel AlvarezMabel AlvarezMabel Alvarez was an American painter. Her works, often introspective and spiritual in nature, and her style is considered a contributing factor to the Southern California Modernism and California Impressionism movement..-Life:She was born to a prominent Spanish family who lived on the island of...
(1891–1985), painter - McClelland BarclayMcClelland BarclayMcClelland Barclay was an American painter of pin-up art. Born in St. Louis in 1891, Barclay studied first at the Art Institute of Chicago, then later at the Art Students League in New York City, where he studied under George Bridgman and Thomas Fogarty...
(1891–1942), illustrator, pin-up artist - George AultGeorge AultGeorge Copeland Ault was an American painter. He was loosely grouped with the Precisionist movement and, though influenced by Cubism and Surrealism, his most lasting work is of a realist nature....
(1891–1948), painter - Francis Focer BrownFrancis Focer BrownFrancis Focer Brown was a well-known American Impressionist painter, as well as professor and head of the Fine Arts Department at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana from 1925-1957, and Director of the Muncie Art Museum...
(1891–1971), painter - Edwin DickinsonEdwin DickinsonEdwin Walter Dickinson was an American painter and draftsman best known for psychologically charged self-portraits, quickly painted landscapes, which he called premier coups, and large, hauntingly enigmatic paintings involving figures and objects painted from observation, in which he invested his...
(1891–1978), painter - Robert Lee EskridgeRobert Lee EskridgeRobert Lee Eskridge was an American genre painter, muralist and illustrator. He was born in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. Eskridge moved with his family to Pasadena as a child...
(1891-1975), American painter - Genevieve Springston LynchGenevieve Springston LynchGenevieve Springston Lynch was an American painter. She was born in Forest Grove, Oregon on September 20, 1891. She studied art at the Pratt Institute in New York and at an art school in Chicago. She taught art at Punahou School, a private school in Honolulu both before and following her...
(1891-1960) - Alma Woodsey ThomasAlma Woodsey ThomasAlma Woodsey Thomas was an African American Expressionist painter and art educator. She lived and worked primarily in Washington, D.C...
(1891–1978), painter - Grant WoodGrant WoodGrant DeVolson Wood was an American painter, born four miles east of Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly the painting American Gothic, an iconic image of the 20th century.- Life and career :His family moved to Cedar Rapids after his...
(1891–1942), painter
1892
- Hugo GellertHugo GellertHugo Gellert was a Hungarian-American illustrator and muralist. A committed radical, much of Gellert's work is agitational in nature and distinctive in style, considered by some art critics as among the best political work of the first half of the 20th Century.-Early years:Hugo Gellert was born...
(1892 – 1985), illustrator and muralist - Augusta SavageAugusta SavageAugusta Savage, born Augusta Christine Fells was an African-American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. She was also a teacher and her studio was important to the careers of a rising generation of artists who would become nationally known...
(1892–1962), sculptor, teacher - John Ellsworth WeisJohn Ellsworth WeisJohn Ellsworth Weis was an American painter. He was born in Powell County, Kentucky, moved to Higginsport, Ohio at an early age, and then moved again to Norwood, Ohio at nine years of age...
(1892-1962), painter
1893
- Charles E. BurchfieldCharles E. BurchfieldCharles Ephraim Burchfield was an American painter and visionary artist, known for his passionate watercolors of nature scenes and townscapes...
(1893–1967), painter - Rene Paul ChambellanRene Paul ChambellanRene Paul Chambellan was an American sculptor, born in West Hoboken, New Jersey.Chambellan studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian in Paris and with Solon Borglum in New York City. Chambellan specialized in architectural sculpture...
(1893–1955), sculptor - Wanda GágWanda GágWanda Hazel Gág was an American author and illustrator. She was born on March 11, 1893, in New Ulm, Minnesota. Her mother and father were of Bohemian descent. Both parents were artists who had met in Germany. They had seven children, who all acquired some level of artistic talent...
(1893–1946), printmaker, illustrator - R. H. Ives GammellR. H. Ives GammellRobert Hale Ives Gammell , American muralist, portrait painter, art teacher, and writer on art, was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1893. In 1911, he enrolled in the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts...
(1893–1981), painter - Yasuo KuniyoshiYasuo Kuniyoshiwas an American painter, photographer and printmaker born in Okayama, Japan.He migrated to America in 1906, a year later began studying at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design. In 1935 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship. He taught at the Art Students League of New York in New York City...
(1893–1953), painter - Abraham RattnerAbraham RattnerAbraham Rattner was an American artist, best known for his richly colored paintings, often with religious subject matter. During World War I, he served in France with the U.S. Army as a camouflage artist.-Early life:...
(1893–1978), painter
1894
- Marjorie AckerMarjorie AckerMarjorie Acker was a Washington, D.C. based artist and the niece of artists Gifford and Reynolds Beal.She grew up in Ossining, New York....
(1894–1985), painter - Stuart DavisStuart Davis (painter)Stuart Davis , was an early American modernist painter. He was well known for his jazz influenced, proto pop art paintings of the 1940s and 1950s, bold, brash, and colorful as well as his ashcan pictures in the early years of the 20th century.-Biography:He was born in Philadelphia to Edward Wyatt...
(1894–1964), painter - Ernest FieneErnest FieneErnest Fiene was a 20th-century American graphic artist who primarily worked in New York City and Woodstock, New York. Fiene was known primarily for his varied printed works, including lithographs and etchings...
(1894-1965), lithographer, printmaker - Lucile LloydLucile LloydLucile Lloyd was an American muralist.Lloyd was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She worked in her father's studio and apprenticed in his stained-glass and textile design shop. She attended school at the Woman's Art School at Cooper Union in New York City and won two scholarships to the Art Students...
(1894-1941), muralist - Bashka PaeffBashka PaeffBashka Paeff was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts.-Biography:Paeff was born in Minsk, Russia, and emigrated to the United States as an infant. In 1914 she attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she studied with Bela Pratt, and was sometimes called the...
(1894-1979), sculptor - Norman RockwellNorman RockwellNorman Percevel Rockwell was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening...
(1894–1978), painter, illustrator - James ThurberJames ThurberJames Grover Thurber was an American author, cartoonist and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories published in The New Yorker magazine.-Life:...
(1894–1961), cartoonist
1895
- Talbert AbramsTalbert AbramsTalbert "Ted" Abrams was an American photographer and aviator known as the "father of aerial photography".-Early years:...
(1895–1990), photographer - Peggy BaconPeggy BaconMargaret Frances "Peggy" Bacon was an American printmaker, illustrator, painter and writer.-Biography:Bacon was born May 2, 1895 in Ridgefield, Connecticut to artists Charles Roswell Bacon and Elizabeth . The eldest of three children, Bacon's two younger brothers died in infancy leaving her an...
(1895–1987), printmaker, painter, illustrator - Lucile BlanchLucile BlanchLucile Blanch was an American artist and Guggenheim Fellow.-Biography:Lucile Blanch was born in 1895 in Hawley, Minnesota to the painter and lithographer Lucille Linguist. During World War I, she studied at the Minneapolis School of Art with her future husband Arnold Blanch, and other notable...
(1895-1981), painter - Adolf DehnAdolf DehnAdolf Dehn was born in Waterville, Minnesota, November 22, 1895 and he died in New York City, May 19 1968. Two-time recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, Dehn was one of the most notable lithographers of the 20th century...
(1895–1968), lithographer, illustrator - Buckminster FullerBuckminster FullerRichard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an American systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, futurist and second president of Mensa International, the high IQ society....
(1895–1983), architect, visionary - Harry GottliebHarry GottliebHarry Gottlieb was a painter, screen printer, lithographer, and educator based in New York City.-Biography:Harry Gottlieb was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1895. He immigrated to America in 1907, and his family settled in Minneapolis....
(1895-1993), painter, illustrator - Dorothea LangeDorothea LangeDorothea Lange was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration...
(1895–1965), photographer
1896
- Arnold BlanchArnold BlanchArnold Blanch , was born and raised in Mantorville, Minnesota. He was an American modernist painter, etcher, illustrator, lithographer, muralist, printmaker and art teacher. His modernist paintings are associated with the Social Realist movement. Blanch met his first wife the painter Lucile Blanch,...
(1896–1968), painter, printmaker - Allyn CoxAllyn CoxAllyn Cox was an American artist known for his murals, including those he painted in the United States Capitol and the U. S. Department of State....
(1896–1982), painter, muralist - Morris KantorMorris KantorMorris Kantor was a Russian-born American painter based in the New York City area. Born in Minsk in 1896, Kantor was brought to the United States as a child in 1906. He made his home in West Nyack, New York for much of his life, and died there in 1974...
(1896–1974), painter - Charmion von WiegandCharmion Von WiegandCharmion von Wiegand was an American journalist, abstract painter, and art critic. She was the daughter of Inez Royce and Karl Henry von Wiegand, the German-born journalist....
(1896–1983), painter
1897
- Charles Ragland BunnellCharles Ragland BunnellCharles Ragland Bunnell , was an American painter, printmaker, and muralist. He moved to Colorado Springs in 1915 and was thereafter associated with that city. As a WPA artist from 1934 to 1941 he executed many commissioned murals in a sturdy, somewhat abstracted figurative style...
(1897–1968), painter - John Steuart CurryJohn Steuart CurryJohn Steuart Curry was an American painter whose career spanned from 1924 until his death. He was noted for his paintings depicting life in his home state, Kansas...
(1897–1946), painter, muralist, printmaker - William GropperWilliam GropperWilliam Victor "Bill" Gropper , was a U.S. cartoonist, painter, lithographer, and muralist. A committed radical, Gropper is best known for the political work which he contributed to such left wing publications as The Revolutionary Age, The Liberator, The New Masses, The Worker, and The Morning...
(1897–1977), cartoonist, painter, muralist, printmaker - Theodore LukitsTheodore LukitsTheodore Nikolai Lukits was a California portrait and landscape painter. His initial fame came from his portraits of some of the most glamorous actresses of the Silent Film era, but since his death, his Asian-inspired works, figures drawn from Hispanic California and his pastel landscapes have all...
(1897-1992), painter, muralist, illustrator, teacher - Caroline MytingerCaroline MytingerCaroline Mytinger , was an American portrait painter born in Sacramento, California, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She is best known for her paintings of indigenous people in the South Seas during the late 1920s...
, painter (1897–1980), painter - Reuben NakianReuben NakianReuben Nakian was an American sculptor and teacher of Armenian extraction. His recurring themes are from Greek and Roman mythology. Noted works include Leda and the Swan, The Rape of Lucrece, Hecuba, and The Birth of Venus...
(1897–1986), sculptor - Dudley PrattDudley PrattDudley Pratt was an American sculptor. He was born in Paris to Boston sculptors Bela and Helen Pratt. His sculptural education included study under Charles Grafly, Émile Antoine Bourdelle, and Alexander Archipenko....
(1897–1975), sculptor
1898
- Berenice AbbottBerenice AbbottBerenice Abbott , born Bernice Abbott, was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s.-Youth:...
(1898–1991), photographer - Robert BrackmanRobert BrackmanRobert Brackman was an artist and teacher of Russian origin, best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes.-Biography:Born in Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine, he emigrated from the Russian Empire in 1908....
(1898–1980), painter - Alexander CalderAlexander CalderAlexander Calder was an American sculptor and artist most famous for inventing mobile sculptures. In addition to mobile and stable sculpture, Alexander Calder also created paintings, lithographs, toys, tapestry, jewelry and household objects.-Childhood:Alexander "Sandy" Calder was born in Lawnton,...
(1898–1976), sculptor - Aaron DouglasAaron DouglasAaron Douglas was an African American painter and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.-Early life:...
(1898–1979), painter - Elsie DriggsElsie DriggsElsie Driggs was an American painter mostly known for her contributions to the Precisionism movement of the 1920s, as well as her floral and figurative paintings in watercolor, pastels, and oils later on in her career...
(1898–1992), painter - Lorser FeitelsonLorser FeitelsonLorser Feitelson was born and raised in New York city but rose to prominence on the West Coast as one of the founding fathers of Southern California-based Hard Edge painting...
(1898–1978), painter - Reginald MarshReginald Marsh (artist)Reginald Marsh was an American painter, born in Paris, most notable for his depictions of life in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. Crowded Coney Island beach scenes, popular entertainments such as vaudeville and burlesque, women, and jobless men on the Bowery are subjects that reappear...
(1898–1954), painter, printmaker - John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlin (artist)John Dwyer McLaughlin was an American abstract painter. Based primarily in California, he was a pioneer in minimalist and hard-edge painting.-Life:...
(1898–1976), painter - Kay SageKay SageKatherine Linn Sage , usually known as Kay Sage, was an American Surrealist artist and poet.-Biography:...
(1898–1963), painter - Ben ShahnBen ShahnBen Shahn was a Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content.-Biography:...
(1898–1969), painter, printmaker, graphic artist
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- Eugène BermanEugène BermanEugène Berman and his brother Leonid Berman were Russian Neo-romantic painters and theater and opera designers.-Early years:Born in Russia, they fled the Russian revolution in 1918...
(1899-1972), painter - Francis ChapinFrancis ChapinFrancis W. Chapin was an American artist. His works included both watercolors and oil paintings of landscapes and portraits....
(1899-1965), painter - Werner Drewes (1899-1985), printmaker, painter
- Louise Nevelson (1899–1988), assemblage artist, sculptor
- Moses SoyerMoses Soyer-Biography:Soyer was born in Borisoglebsk, Russia in 1899. His father was a Hebrew scholar, writer and teacher. His family emigrated to the USA in 1912. Soyer's brothers, Raphael and Isaac were also painters...
(1899–1974), painter - Raphael SoyerRaphael SoyerRaphael Soyer was a Russian-born American painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Soyer was referred to as an American scene painter...
(1899–1987), painter - Bradley Walker TomlinBradley Walker TomlinBradley Walker Tomlin belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists. He participated in the famous ‘’Ninth Street Show.’’ According to John I. H...
(1899–1955), painter