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Harry R. Townsend (1885-1968) Harry R. Townsend, whose closest affiliation was Indiana, was best known for his snow scenes. Townsend had a studio in Centerville, Indiana, six miles from Richmond. He painted around the Whitewater River Valley with George H. Baker for about 40 years and was well known in local circles. He was born in Muncie and lived in Richmond most of his life. He studied with John Elwood Bundy at the Cincinnati [...] Click here to continue reading. Frederick Tordoff (born 1939) A New Jersey-based artist, Fred Tordoff specializes in marine and sailing subjects. Born and raised in a coastal town in England, Tordoff sketched local scenes and landmarks. While studying marine radio and electronics in Yorkshire, he began making paintings of ships in oils as an avocation. He would continue to pursue this dual career, traveling the world as a radio and electronics officer aboard ships and producing paintings of ships, [...] Click here to continue reading. Frank William Warwick Topham (1838-1934) A painter of genre and historical subjects, Frank William Warwick Topham began studying art under the tutelage of his father, Frank Topham (1808 to 1877). He continued his training at the Royal Academy Schools and at the Atelier Gleyre in Paris. Topham continued to work with his father, with whom he voyaged to Ireland in 1860. In 1863, father and son traveled to Italy, a country that strongly influenced [...] Click here to continue reading. Joseph Tomanek (1889-1974) A Chicago area artist and well-known for his nudes, Tomanek was a member of the Bohemian Artist Club, the Association of Chicago Painters and Sculptors, and the Chicago Gallery Association. He exhibited from the 1910s to the 1940s. Eugene Bonfanti Thurston (1896 to 1993) Born into an art family, Eugene Thurston’s first lessons were from his mother, Fern, a fixture of the El Paso artist community. He first started in art as a cartoonist and commercial artist producing advertisements for local businesses. In the 1920s, he was encouraged by Audley Dean Nichols, Harry Wagoner, and his mother. He was a charter member of the El Paso Artists Association and one of its [...] Click here to continue reading. Karl Emil Termohlen (1863-1938) Karl Emil Termohlen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark into a family of distinguished artists and later moved to America and established himself in the Chicago, Illinois, area. Soon after his arrival in America he gained acceptance as a recognized artist of tonal landscapes and had works accepted and displayed both in the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art and the Art Institute in Chicago. One of his pictures took a prize [...] Click here to continue reading. Rolla Sims Taylor A well-known Texas landscape painter, Taylor (American, 1872 to 1970) studied with Robert Jenkins Onderdonk and Jose Arpa. He was a member of the Southern States Art League, Texas Fine Artist Association, and the American Federation of Artists. He exhibited at the Cotton Carnival (1910), San Antonio Art Guild, San Antonio Competitive Exhibitions, and the Texas Federation of Womens Clubs. His work is included in the collections of the Panhandle-Plains [...] Click here to continue reading. Anna Heyward Taylor A descendant of a wealthy cotton planting family from Columbia, South Carolina, Anna Heyward Taylor had a grandfather who owned one of the largest cotton plantations in the State. In 1929, she moved to Charleston permanently and became known for her woodblock prints of women flower vendors, usually posed against an historical structure of the city. Taylor was one of the Charleston Renaissance group of artists, active between 1915 and [...] Click here to continue reading. Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862-1938) Edmund Charles Tarbell was born in 1862 and raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts. At age 15, he began a three year apprenticeship at Forbes Lithographic Company. He then attended the Boston Museum School and the Academie Julian in Paris. In 1886, he moved to New York and became a member of the Society of American Artists. He broke from that society in the 1890′s when he joined The Ten, a group [...] Click here to continue reading. Reuben Tam (1916-1991) Landscape painter, educator, and graphic artist, Reuben Tam has been described as a man of two islands because he was born and spent much of his adult life in Kapaa, Hawaii and spent most of his summers on Monhegan Island, Maine. He was also known as an artist who interpreted the moods of nature. He earned a BA degree from the University of Hawaii in 1937, and also studied at the [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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