Internet Antique Gazette

William Henry Cotton (American, 1880 to 1958).

William Cotton painted portraits, wrote two Broadway plays, and in his day was one of the best known caricaturists in the country. He studied at the Cowles Art School in Boston and at the Academie Julian in Paris. A portrait painter, he founded the National Association of Portrait Painters. He worked for Vanity Fair from 1931 to 1936 as an illustrator. Eleanor Roosevelt deemed his drawing of [...] Click here to continue reading.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875)

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot was born in Paris in 1796 to a well-to-do family. Initially trained for business, at 26, Corot began his career as an artist. He studied under Achille Michallon and Victor Bertin, and he traveled throughout France, as well as in England, Switzerland, and Italy. Corot exhibited at the Paris Salon frequently, and also at the 1862 International Exhibition in London. Though slow to receive recognition [...] Click here to continue reading.

Colin Campbell Cooper (1856-1937)

The son of a wealthy Philadelphia physician, Colin Campbell Cooper was one of those fortunate, and rare, American artists like John Singer Sargent who was not only encouraged in his artistic aspirations, but also had the means to become a lifetime world traveler. His father, a surgeon, encouraged the young Cooper’s interest in music and literature; and his mother, an “amateur copyist” of watercolors, introduced the boy to art. After [...] Click here to continue reading.

Thomas Cole 1801 to 1848

Even though Thomas Cole was born in Lancaster England, he is often considered the father of American landscape painting as well as the founder of the Hudson River School. Cole immigrated to Philadelphia in 1819 and was an engraver for a brief period. Later he moved to Steubenville, Ohio where he gained some rudimentary instruction in painting from a portrait painter named Stein. Moving back to Pennsylvania to assist [...] Click here to continue reading.