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Henriette Ronner-Knip (Dutch 1821-1909)
The daughter and pupil of Neo-Classicist painter Josephus August Knip, Henriette Ronner-Knip gained notoriety early on as a landscape and still life painter. Her long and prolific career began with her first exhibition in Germany at the age of fifteen. By 1852, her work appeared regularly at the Paris salons and throughout England.
Knip moved from her native Amsterdam, Holland, to Brussels, Belgium, with her husband in 1859. There [...] Click here to continue reading.
Frederick Rondel (1826-1892)
Born in Paris in 1826, Frederick Rondel came to America where he became the only art teacher the great American artist Winslow Homer ever had. Rondel’s New England landscapes and paintings of New York City were ultimately influenced by the romanticism of his teachers in Paris, Theodore Gudin and Auguste Jugelet (Jugelet himself being a pupil of Gudin).
It is known that from 1855 to 1857 Rondel was in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Severin Roesen (circa 1815-1872)
Severin Roesen was born in Germany circa 1815 and came to New York City around 1847. Roesen was a devoted still life painter throughout his career. His prominence in American Art history was underscored by historian William H. Gerdts, who wrote “Roesen appears to have introduced a form of still life painting into American art which was…almost unknown here, at a propitious time for such an introduction…his still lifes [...] Click here to continue reading.
Willem Roelofs (1822-1897)
Willem Roelofs was a Dutch landscape painter and studied at the Hague School. While residing in Brussels, Roelofs helped to form a link between the French Barbizon School and the progressive Dutch landscape painters at the Hague.
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Noel Rockmore (American, 1928 to 1995)
Born into a family of New York City artist/intellectuals, Noel Rockmore’s creative talents first emerged musically when he began playing the violin as a young child. His musical studies were cut short due to his lengthy convalescence from polio. Following in the direction of his talented parents, Gladys Rockmore Davis and Floyd Davis, Rockmore started to paint. Restless by nature, Rockmore studied only briefly at the Art Students [...] Click here to continue reading.
Luigi Rist -born Louis G. Rist (1888-1959)
Luigi Rist was born in 1888 in Newark, New Jersey where he lived most of his life. He moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from Vermont five years prior to his death in 1959. He changed his name to Luigi after returning from France in the 1930′s. Rist studied at the Newark Technical School, Newark, N.J. and at the Grand Central Art School in New York. He was [...] Click here to continue reading.
Aiden Lassell Ripley (American, 1896-1969)
Born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, the son of a musician with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ripley was an accomplished musician, however, he chose to establish his career in art. After serving in the Army during World War I, he attended the Boston Museum School where he studied with artists such as Philip Hale and Frank W. Benson. While there, he was awarded a Paige Traveling Fellowship to study in Europe [...] Click here to continue reading.
Adolph D. Rinck (French/American 1810-?)
The artist Adolph D. Rinck was born in France and trained at the Royal Academy of Berlin. Following Jean Joseph Vaudechamp’s success as a portrait artist in New Orleans, Rinck arrived in the city during the winter of 1840 and advertised as a portrait painter. Soon Rinck’s talent as an artist became well known and he earned numerous portrait commissions from the wealthy planters and merchants of New Orleans [...] Click here to continue reading.
Rex Rieke
Rex Rieke grew up on the Oxbow cattle ranch near Wolf Creek, Montana. After studying art at the University of Montana he traveled to New York on two separate occasions to study at the Arts Students League. For several years he earned his living playing the piano on the nightclub circuit in Montana. In 1966 he joined the staff of the Montana Historical Society Museum in Helena as assistant curator. During these [...] Click here to continue reading.
John Frederick Richardson (1906-1998)
John Frederick Richardson of Tennessee was known for his town and his landscape paintings, which he painted in many styles and mediums.. Mr. Richardson taught at the Watkins Institute in Nashville (1938-1942) and University of Illinois (1946-1969). His work can be found at the Georgia Museum of Art.
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