Internet Antique Gazette

Martha Walter (American, 1875 to 1976)

Born in Philadelphia in 1875, Martha Walter studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under the direction of William Merritt Chase, who became her primary mentor. As an acclaimed American Impressionist, she was only one of a select few female artists to consummate international recognition. Chase who had a major impact on her career, insisted she enter several competitions while under his study. She went on to [...] Click here to continue reading.

Reynolds Beal (American, 1867 to 1951)

A student of naval architecture at Cornell University from 1885 to 1889, Reynolds Beal took his formal art training under William Merritt Chase in Shinnecock, New York.

Beal’s first solo exhibition was at the Clauson Gallery in New York City in 1905. In 1919 he was one of only a handful of Americans invited to exhibit at the Luxembourg Museum in Paris. His further distinctions included membership in [...] Click here to continue reading.

Robert Seldon Duncanson (American, 1821 to 1872)

Contemporary research has established that the painter’s name was Robert Selden Duncanson, his middle name was not Scott as previously thought, according to Professor Joseph D. Ketner II of Emerson College in Boston, who has studied Duncanson for over 36 years. The definitive source for the name was discovered by Julie Aronson, a curator at the Cincinnati Museum of Art. Aronson discovered the correct name in an [...] Click here to continue reading.

Mauritz Frederick Hendrick De Haas (Dutch, American, 1832 to 1895)

One of the most famous 19th century marine and landscape painters, especially of Long Island, Mauritz Frederik Hendrik De Haas was born in Rotterdam, Holland December 12, 1832, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. He also studied at The Hague as a pupil of Louis Meyer, and then specialized in watercolor in London. In 1859, at the age of twenty-seven he [...] Click here to continue reading.

William Woodward (American, 1859 to 1939)

William Woodward was born in Seekonk, Massachusetts and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. He taught art at Tulane University and Newcomb College in New Orleans, Louisiana and developed a life-long love of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region. His passion for documenting the historic architecture of New Orleans helped fuel a preservation movement that thrives in the city to this day. Aside from New [...] Click here to continue reading.