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Thomas Waterman Wood (1823 to 1903) Born in 1823, Thomas Waterman Wood grew up in Montpelier, Vermont. He began his career as a portrait painter, and like many other artists of his day he took extended trips to Europe to see and study the great works of art there. He studied portrait painting with Chester Harding in Boston during 1846-47, and later worked in Quebec, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore until 1858. He then decided [...] Click here to continue reading. John Wollaston Jr.(active 1735 to 1775) John Wollaston was born the son of English portrait painter John Wollaston (the senior)(circa 1672 to 1749). His first firmly documented portrait was of evangelist George Whitefield (1742, engraved by John Faber). John Wollaston Jr. came to New York from England in 1749, one of several artists introducing the American colonies to English rococo portraiture. He lived and worked in several mid-Atlantic cities, Southern cities, on plantations [...] Click here to continue reading. Louis Wolchonok (1898-1973) Louis Wolchonok was born in 1898 in New York City. He trained at the NAD, Cooper Union, Academie Julian in Paris, and the Brooklyn Academy of Fine Art. He worked in a variety of media including pastels, gouache, oil, watercolor and woodblock. His subjects were many and varied. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc. Julius Woeltz Born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1911 Julius Woeltz first studied art under Wilson K. Nixon, Jose Arpa, and Xavier Gonzalez. He then traveled to Paris for study at the Academy Julian, and later the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was awarded two scholarships. Woeltz taught in San Antonio, and in 1932, he was appointed head of the art department at Sul Ross State Teachers College in Alpine, Texas. Woeltz won [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles Allan Winter (1869-1942) Charles Winter was born in Cincinnati and studied at Cincinnati Art Academy and in Paris at the Academie Julian. He lived and painted in Gloucester, Massachusetts and exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Art Institute of Chicago. Along with impressionistic works, he also painted murals and did some illustrating. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc. Lemuel Everett Wilmarth (1835-1918) Lemuel Wilmarth’s paintings reflect his classical training with Jean Leon Gerome in Paris. His carefully rendered works reflect the academic style of the nineteenth century Ecole des Beaux Arts. Known principally for genre and history scenes, he also painted still life. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design from 1866 to 1893 with other well-known still life artists including George Henry Hall, William Mason Brown and Paul Lacroix, and [...] Click here to continue reading. Thomas H. Willis (1850-1925) Born in Connecticut in 1850, the marine artist Thomas Willis worked for a silk embroidery threadmaker in 1870 in Brooklyn. He became one of the finest American marine embroiderers and advertised as the “Inventor and sole maker of silk ware pictures”. He had numerous commissions from yachtsmen, sailors, sea captains, tug and ship companies, and others related to the maritime world. He used silk or satin in the sails [...] Click here to continue reading. John Insco Williams (1813-1873) John Insco Williams (1813-1873), was born in Greene County, Ohio, and raised on a farm in Wayne County, Indiana. He apprenticed to a house and carriage painter in Richmond, but quit and spent several years as a laborer in Montgomery County, Ohio. He then worked as an itinerant painter in Ohio and Indiana before heading to Philadelphia to study under Thomas Sully and Russell Smith. In 1841, he opened a [...] Click here to continue reading. John Whorf (1903-1959) John Whorf was born in Massachusetts in 1903. His initial art training came from his father who was a commercial artist and graphic designer. When he was 14 he was enrolled to study painting at the Boston Museum School and with Sherman Kidd at the St. Botolph Studio. From there he went to Provincetown and studied with Charles Hawthorne at the Cape School. Later he went to France and took training [...] Click here to continue reading. Frederick Ballard Williams (1871 – 1956) A painter of romantic and decorative canvases, Frederick Ballard Williams began his career by painting with rich, thick pigment, landscapes with women, usually in gorgeous 18th-century gowns of brilliant color. These works reflected his exposure to the French rococo painting of Antoine Watteau. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was educated in the public schools of Bloomfield and Montclair, New Jersey, and took night art classes [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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