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Christopher High Shearer (1840-1926) A partially schooled farm boy, Christopher Shearer was born in Berks County (Reading), Pennsylvania in 1840 and died there in 1926. At the age of eighteen he began the serious study of art with Reading painters F.D. Devlan and J. H. Raser, and had developed a recognized reputation by the age of twenty-seven. Ten years later he traveled to Germany and Paris to spend two years continuing his artistic studies. [...] Click here to continue reading. Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953) Joseph Sharp is considered the father of the Taos Society of Artists. His extraordinary output of paintings in his long career made him one of the most prolific and prominent painters of the American Indian. Although he is known for his images of the American west, his other accomplishments included years of teaching in Cincinnati and publication of his works in several magazines. Sharp was born in Bridgeport, Ohio [...] Click here to continue reading. Frank Henry Shapleigh (1842-1906) Frank Henry Shapleigh was born in Boston and studied painting at the Lowell Institute of Drawing. He kept a studio in Boston from 1866-1907 despite his many travels. After fighting in the Civil War, he sailed to Europe where he studied in the studio of Emile Lambinet (1815-1877) from 1867-1868. Shapleigh painted throughout New England, in St. Augustine, Florida, California and in Europe. In 1870, he painted Yosemite. From [...] Click here to continue reading. Paul Seifert (1846-1921) Paul Seifert was a German-born (Dresden) American affiliated with Wisconsin. Most active during the decade of 1875-1885, he traveled his local area (Richland, Grant, Sauk and Iowa Counties) in search of farmers willing to pay $2.50 for a painting of their farmstead. Seifert usually used watercolor on toned paper. Seifert was “discovered” in the late 1940s by the pioneering New York collector and author Jean Lipman. Her book, ‘American Folk [...] Click here to continue reading. Verna Seagreaves A 20th century Folk Artist, Verna Seagreaves painted in the manner of Grandma Moses. The wife of noted folk potter James Christian Seagreaves, Verna lived and worked in Breinigsville, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Here is a 1999 column about the two artists and their work from East Pennsylvania Publishing: Breinigsville Artists’ Work a Pennsylvania Dutch Legacy By Julia Foster Nazimov Press writer They were unlikely artists-a couple with roots deep in Pennsylvania [...] Click here to continue reading. William Edouard Scott (1884-1964) Born in Indianapolis, William Edouard Scott attended Emmerich Manual High School where he was under the artistic tutelage of Otto Stark, one of Indiana’s most prominent artists of the day. After graduation he would help Stark teach drawing to freshmen, thus becoming the first black person to teach in a public high school in Indianapolis. Enrollment at the Art Institute of Chicago led to mural commissions for several Chicago and [...] Click here to continue reading. Julian Scott (1846-1901) Julian Scott was born in Vermont the son of a watchmaker and jeweler. At the onset of the Civil War, the fifteen-year-old Scott became a drummer in the 3rd Vermont, which saw action in the Battle of Lee’s Mills. He ignored the heavy fire to save the lives of 9 wounded men, and was, as a result, awarded the Medal of Honor, thus becoming the first individual soldier to be so [...] Click here to continue reading. Winifred Brady Adams (American, Indiana, 1871 to 1955) Winifred Adams entered Muncie Art School in 1889. When the Muncie Art School was closed in 1891, Winifred attended the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry in Philadelphia before enrolling at the Art Students League of New York in 1895. She studied with William Merritt Chase who was most influential on her art, as well as other noted artists such as Douglas Volk, H. Siddons [...] Click here to continue reading. Andrew Thomas Schwartz (1867 – 1942) Andrew T. Schwartz was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His early education was in the public schools of his hometown, where he showed great promise as an artist. In 1890, he began intense art study with the famed Frank Duveneck at the Cincinnati Art Academy. He later studied with H. Siddons Mowbray at the Art Students League in New York, where he was awarded the Lazarus Scholarship for mural [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000) Schulz is the most widely syndicated cartoonist in history, with his work appearing in over 2,300 newspapers. He has published more than 1,400 books, won Peabody and Emmy awards for his animated specials, and is responsible for the most-produced musical in the American theatre, entitled “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown”. And all this diversity and recognition and continuous success began 45 years ago when the United Feature Syndicate ran [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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