Internet Antique Gazette

Clifford Warren Ashley (American, 1881 to 1947)

Clifford Warren Ashley was an author and painter, born in the whaling town of New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1881. He attended the Eric Pape School of Art and continued his studies with landscape painter George Loftus Noyes. By around 1901, Ashley moved to Wilmington, Delaware to work with preeminent illustrator Howard Pyle and join the Brandywine school of artists. There, Ashley first began to enjoy success as [...] Click here to continue reading.

Gordon Coutts (American, 1868 to 1937)

A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Gordon Coutts was an enormously versatile painter who specialized in Impressionist and Tonalist styles and diverse subjects ranging from California landscapes and Indian genre scenes to boudoir nudes and portraits of North Africans. He received classical art training in London and at the Academie Julian in Paris before teaching from 1896 to 1899 at the Art Society of New South Wales in [...] Click here to continue reading.

Palmer Cole Hayden (American, 1890 to 1973)

Hayden grew up in Virginia, but moved to New York in the early 1920s. He studied at the Cooper Union Art School, and quickly became a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. His works depicted a broad variety of subjects, both urban and rural. In 1926, he won a gold medal from the Harmon Foundation for his painting titled The Schooners. Founded by William Harmon, the Harmon [...] Click here to continue reading.

Harvey William Johnson (American, 1921 to 2005)

Harvey W. Johnson grew up in an artistic family; both his mother and father attended the Art Student’s League in New York and were successful artists. Johnson followed in their footsteps, enrolling in the Art Student’s League following a stint in the Army during World War II.

Upon graduation, he entered the commercial illustration field and was often given assignments that allowed him to further his [...] Click here to continue reading.

Henry Walton (American, 1804? to 1873?)

Information on Henry Walton is sparse, but according to the exhibition catalogue, Henry Walton: 19th Century American Artist, December 9, 1968 – January 4, 1969, for the Ithaca College Museum of Art (Cuyahuga Press, 1968), he was the son of the wealthy Judge Henry Walton of New York City, Ballston Spa and Saratoga Springs, New York. Young Henry was probably educated in England, as was his father, and [...] Click here to continue reading.