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Henry Francois Farny (American, 1847 to 1916) Of all of the artists who portrayed American Indians in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Henry Farny holds a unique place. He chose to chronicle the quieter moments of life on the high plains and mountains of the American West. While other artists focused on the high drama and adventure of conflicts between Native Americans and encroaching settlers, Farny most often presented a counterpoint to [...] Click here to continue reading. Louis McClellan Potter, (American, 1873 to 1912) Louis McClellan Potter was born in New York. He studied in France, where he developed an interest in ethnography, traveling to North Africa. The Bey of Tunis chose Potter’s sculptures of Bedouin tribesmen to represent Tunisia at the Exposition Universelle de 1900 in Paris. In the United States he turned his talents to the portrayal of Native Americans. His sculpture received a posthumous exhibition at the New [...] Click here to continue reading. Ruth Eleanor Morse (American, 1887 to 1992) Ruth Morse was a native of Watertown, Massachusetts and a graduate of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and the Massachusetts School of Art. She studied with Aldro Hibbard in Boston and Rockport and with Maurice Achener at the Ecole DeLacluse in Paris, France. She traveled and painted throughout Europe in the 1920s and continued to paint European subjects throughout her career. She taught in the [...] Click here to continue reading. Lester Alphonso Gillette (American, 1855 to 1940) Gillette lived in Riley, Kansas before moving to Topeka, Kansas in 1900. He was a partner with C.C. Nicholson in a coal and lumber business in Topeka. He retired in 1920 to devote all his time to painting. He worked mainly in Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and along the New England Coast. Information courtesy of Ivey-Selkirk, March 2009. Gillette lived in Riley, Kansas before moving to Topeka, [...] Click here to continue reading. William Michael Harnett (American, 1848 to 1892) William Harnett is considered one of the masters of Trompe L’Oeil painting. While he was most famous for his still lifes of musical instruments and wild game, Harnett was the first artist to focus solely on the painting of paper currency. His paintings of currency looked so authentic that in 1886 he was arrested for counterfeiting. Information courtesy of New Orleans Auctions, March 2008. Bob Shrope Wade (American, born 1943) Bob “Daddy-O” Wade, Austin native and resident, is a modern Texas art legend. The Chicago Tribune called him a “legendary free spirit” who is “larger than life.” Known for sculpture and photo-realistic painting, his large sculptures are seen across Texas from San Antonio to Dallas to Abilene. Wade has been the recipient of three grants from the National Endowment of the Arts and has had his work exhibited [...] Click here to continue reading. George Moutard Woodward (British, 1760 to 1809) An amateur watercolorist and caricaturist, George Moutard Woodward arrived in London in 1792. From around 1794 to 1807 he drew numerous caricatures mainly engraved by Isaac Cruikshank and by his friend and drinking companion, Thomas Rowlandson. Known as “Mustard” George, Woodward was well known for his social satires of “General Discontent” and is often credited with the invention of the modern comic strip. He was reputed to [...] Click here to continue reading. Edwin Howland Blashfield (American, 1848 to 1936) One of the leading academic painters of the turn of the century, Blashfield studied in Paris under Leon Bonnat from 1867 to 1870 and from 1874 to 1880 before returning home permanently to New York City. He exhibited paintings at the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy in London, beginning in 1876, while maintaining close friendships with painters Charles Sprague Pearce and Arthur Bridgman who had studios [...] Click here to continue reading. Jamie Wyeth (James Browning Wyeth, American, born 1946) A third generation of painters, Jamie Wyeth derives inspiration from his home in Maine. Wyeth is perhaps most well known for a realistic style that pays intense focus on non-human subjects. Initially, Jamie lived and painted in a small home on Monhegan Island formerly owned by Rockwell Kent; however, in the late 1980s, he moved to the Southern Island, where he resides in a restored [...] Click here to continue reading. Howard Pyle (American, 1853 to 1911) Howard Pyle is one of America’s foremost illustrators, known for his dramatic scenes and interest in American history. Pyle also dedicated himself to teaching; he founded the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and later established the Brandywine School of American Illustration. His students, known as the Brandywine School, included Maxfield Parrish, Jessie Willcox Smith, Violet Oakley, Stanley Arthurs, W.J. Aylward, Ida Daugherty, Harvey Dunn, George Harding, Percy Ivory, Thornton [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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