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William Henry Chandler (1854-1928) Chandler was born on June 9, 1854 in New York City. One of seven children born to Mr. & Mrs. Asa Byram Chandler, they lived in the New Jesery towns of Elizabeth, East Orange, and Summit as he was growing up. Born into a deeply religious Christian household, William displayed an interest in art during his youth but had other interests as well. A hunting accident early in his [...] Click here to continue reading. Richard Harrison Doughty Richard Doughty (1923 to 2003) was a well known teacher, historian, and collector in Greeneville, Tennessee. He was a descendant of early settlers in Greene County, was a graduate of Tusculum College and in 1947 received a Masters Degree from the University of Tennessee. Mr. Doughty spent much of his life researching the history of the region, particularly its decorative arts. In 1975 he published much of his research in Greeneville, [...] Click here to continue reading. John Henry Dick (1919-1995) Born in Islip, New York in 1919, John Henry Dick was attracted to nature at an early age. Encouraged in his outdoor pursuits by his father and his mother (Madelin Force Dick, the widow of John Jacob Astor, who perished on the Titanic), the young Dick was especially fascinated by birds and established his own wildfowl aviary at his family estate, with pheasants, quail, ducks, and geese. Dick’s first commission [...] Click here to continue reading. Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915) Daniel Giraud Elliot was an American zoologist and one of the founders of the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the American Ornithologists’ Union, and also curator of zoology at the Field Museum in Chicago. Elliot used his wealth to publish a series of sumptuous color-plate books on birds and animals. He wrote the text himself and commissioned artists such as Joseph Wolf and Joseph Smit, both [...] Click here to continue reading. Francis Augustus Silva (1835 to 1886) Silva began painting when he was apprenticed to a sign painter in his native New York. Despite receiving no formal art education, he launched his fine art career in 1865 and by 1868 was included in the National Academy of Design’s annual exhibition. Although Fitz Hugh Lane and Martin Johnson Heade are often heralded as the leaders of the Luminist movement, Silva has come to be recognized as [...] Click here to continue reading. Francis Augustus Silva (1835 to 1886) Silva began painting when he was apprenticed to a sign painter in his native New York. Despite receiving no formal art education, he launched his fine art career in 1865 and by 1868 was included in the National Academy of Design’s annual exhibition. Although Fitz Hugh Lane and Martin Johnson Heade are often heralded as the leaders of the Luminist movement, Silva has come to be recognized as [...] Click here to continue reading. Francis Augustus Silva (1835 to 1886) Silva began painting when he was apprenticed to a sign painter in his native New York. Despite receiving no formal art education, he launched his fine art career in 1865 and by 1868 was included in the National Academy of Design’s annual exhibition. Although Fitz Hugh Lane and Martin Johnson Heade are often heralded as the leaders of the Luminist movement, Silva has come to be recognized as [...] Click here to continue reading. Francis Augustus Silva (1835 to 1886) Silva began painting when he was apprenticed to a sign painter in his native New York. Despite receiving no formal art education, he launched his fine art career in 1865 and by 1868 was included in the National Academy of Design’s annual exhibition. Although Fitz Hugh Lane and Martin Johnson Heade are often heralded as the leaders of the Luminist movement, Silva has come to be recognized as [...] Click here to continue reading. Francis Augustus Silva (1835 to 1886) Silva began painting when he was apprenticed to a sign painter in his native New York. Despite receiving no formal art education, he launched his fine art career in 1865 and by 1868 was included in the National Academy of Design’s annual exhibition. Although Fitz Hugh Lane and Martin Johnson Heade are often heralded as the leaders of the Luminist movement, Silva has come to be recognized as [...] Click here to continue reading. Jane Wilkinson (Acrive New Orleans 1822-1843 A Mrs. J. Wilkinson is cited in the April 16, 1826 edition of La Gazette, (page 2, column 4): “A school has just been established by Mrs. J. Wilkinson at Frascaty, one mile below the city, where the French and English languages will be taught. Also, …Drawing. Her pupils will equally learn their religious duties, as catholics or reformers. Mrs. Wilkinson has made choice of the best professors [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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