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Leonard Ochtman (1854-1934)
Born in Zonnemain, Holland, Leonard Ochtman became a noted Tonalist and Impressionist landscape painter of sunsets, twilight and dawn scenes that conveyed silence and serenity. His work was highly sought-after in the early part of the 20th century when he did many award-winning oils and watercolors, but his reputation was eclipsed by the advent of modernism.
Ochtman came to America in 1866 with his parents, settling in Albany, New York. [...] Click here to continue reading.
Laszlo Neogrady (1896-1962)
Laszlo Neogrady was born in Budapest and spent his artistic career in Hungary. The son of artist Anatal (Laszlo) Neogrady (1861-1942), Laszlo studied at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts and exhibited in Hungary starting in 1922. He preferred to work with evening light and specialized in monumental winter landscapes.
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Henri Nardeux (? -1850)
Henri Nardeux, a French painter, exhibited his still-lifes at the Paris Salon from 1833 to 1850.
Tom Murray (American, born 1953)
Born in Spokane, Washington in 1953 Tom Murray’s family moved to Arizona in 1957, where he has lived ever since. Murray began drawing and painting as a youngster. While studying art at the University of Arizona he pursued a career as a professional musician. In 1978 he devoted himself to his art full time. After working at an architectural firm as a commercial artist, Murray shifted his focus to [...] Click here to continue reading.
Hermann Dudley Murphy (American, 1867 to 1945)
Boston School artist, Hermann Dudley Murphy began his studies at the Museum School in Boston with Edmund Tarbell and Frank Benson. In 1891 he went to Paris where he attended the Academie Julian and studied with Jean-Paul Laurens. While in Paris, Murphy met James Abbott McNeil Whistler and was inspired by the palette, tonality, and compositions of the artist. Murphy, like Whistler, began to create his own [...] Click here to continue reading.
John Mulvany (1844-1906)
John Mulvany was an Irish-born artist who is best known for his monumental portrayal of Custer at Little Big Horn, entitled Custer’s Last Rally. He studied in Dusseldorf and Munich, and arrived in the U.S. in 1856. After serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, Mulvany returned to Europe, and then came back to America and settled in the Midwest.
After Little Big Horn, Mulvany began planning his [...] Click here to continue reading.
Marcus Mote
Marcus Mote (1817 to 1898) was born to a well established Ohio Quaker family, though he broke with tradition by eloping with Rhoda Steddon, which earned the couple a temporary banishment from the meeting. Mote did not follow the cabinetmaking path of his father, turning his attention, instead, to painting. He earned his living largely as a portrait painter (and later a photographer), though like many late nineteenth century artists, became transfixed [...] Click here to continue reading.
Forrest King Moses (1893-1974)
Forrest King Moses was the son of the famous folk painter Grandma Moses and had the advantage of learning from her unique style. Like his mother, Forrest had a late start in his artistic career and didn’t began painting until the age of 56. Instead of giving his paintings titles, he grouped them according to the four seasons (i.e. “fall paintings”).
Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions October 2006
Joseph Morris Raphael (1869 to 1950)
Joseph Raphael first studied in San Francisco at the School of Design under Arthur Mathews and Douglas Tilden. At the turn of the 20th century, he traveled to France to study at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts and Academie Julian. He remained in Europe for 37 years, returning to the United States when World War II broke out. He painted from a San Francisco studio until his death in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Malcom Morley (British, born 1931)
Morley was born in London in 1931 and did not discover painting until a brief stint in prison for theft. He studied at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts from 1952 to 1953 and then at the Royal College of Art from 1954 to 1957. He then left London for New York where he met abstract painter Barnett Newman (1905 to 1970). After experimenting with several styles [...] Click here to continue reading.
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