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Augustus B. Koopman (American, 1869 to 1914) Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Koopman was one of an elite group of American art students admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After his course of study, he remained in Europe, winning medals and honors on both sides of the Atlantic, including the major international expositions at Paris (1900), Buffalo (1901), and St. Louis (1904). The artist spent his winters in Paris, traveling during the [...] Click here to continue reading. Derby & Bradley Derby, Bradley & Co. was established in 1844 as wholesale and retail dealers in books on a wide variety of subjects, including law, medical, historical and theological topics. In addition their list included many school books. The firm has the reputation of having operated the largest and most elaborate bookstore in the West. The firm’s founding partner was Henry Derby, who moved to Cincinnati in 1840 from Columbus where he [...] Click here to continue reading. Bert Geer Phillips (American, 1868 to 1956) Bert Phillips is considered one of the founders of the Taos art colony, and enjoyed a successful career painting western illustrations using models that were half-Sioux, Spanish-American, and cowboys which he painted in western landscapes. At sixteen he left his home in Hudson, NY for five years of study at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design, and later spent several years in New [...] Click here to continue reading. Tom Lea – American Artist El Paso artist Tom Lea was known for not only his painting, but for his writing, as well. Born in 1907, the son of the Mayor of El Paso demonstrated an artistic talent early on . With no art school in El Paso, he moved to Chicago in 1924 to attend the Art Institute of Chicago where he studied under the muralist John Warner Norton. Lea worked there until [...] Click here to continue reading. Geronimo – Apache Leader Geronimo (Goyaale or Goyathlay) was a Chiricahua military leader who was believed by his followers to have some spiritual “powers,” such as the ability to walk without leaving tracks and to survive gunshots. He led raids on both sides of the Southwestern border, eluding capture by both the Mexican and U.S. Armies for nearly three decades. He is often considered the last “hold out,” refusing to recognize American occupation of [...] Click here to continue reading. Fylfot Decorative Motifs Fylfots are early design forms of the swastika. The design is frequently encountered in Pennsylvania Dutch decoration in a form that many say resembles a pinwheel. Never a widely used word, etymologists attribute the meaning to Middle English on the basis of one usage in a text from 1500. There, fylfot is used for the design because it was allegedly frequently used to “fill” the “foot” of a stained glass window [...] Click here to continue reading. Ruth & Samuel Shute Ruth W. Shute and her physician husband Dr. Samuel A. Shute were itinerant portrait painters known for their individual and collaborated watercolor portraits of individuals living in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and northern New York State beginning in 1827. It appears Samuel became very ill around 1834-35 and was unable to paint. It has been discovered in recent times that several oil on canvas paintings, all executed [...] Click here to continue reading. Alfred Lewis Clarke A Victorian era wood engraver, Alfred Lewis Clarke was born April 6, 1857 in Springfield, Ohio, and is thought to have died in 1947. He was the son of Thomas Peckman Clarke and Sarah Ann Hawthorne and had two siblings, both also born in Springfield. His mother was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1835, his father in Providence, Rhode Island in 1832. Thomas Clarke moved to Springfield at the age of [...] Click here to continue reading. Henry Lawrence Faulkner (American, 1924 to 1981) Henry Lawrence Faulkner was born in Falling Timber, near Egypt, Kentucky. His flamboyant lifestyle carried him from a traumatic childhood in rural Kentucky through a bohemian existence in New York, Los Angeles, Key West and Sicily. His most pronounced traits–artistry, poetry, reverence for nature, love for animals, his restlessness and disdain for social convention, shaped him from early life. Faulkner was the eccentric rebel who brought his [...] Click here to continue reading. The Lightning Express “Hurry!! She’s a comin, right now!” Henry Jarrett was a partner in the firm of Jarrett & Palmer that managed the Booth Theater in New York City. In the spring of 1876, they had mounted a successful production of Shakespeare’s “Henry V” starring Lawrence Barrett. After the show closed in Manhattan, it was scheduled to reopen with the same cast in San Francisco. Jarrett contracted with the Pennsylvania Railroad, the [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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