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Matthew Harris Jouett (American, Kentucky, 1788 to 1827)
Matthew Harris Jouett, who was born in what is now Mercer County, Kentucky, has long been regarded as the most noted portrait painter in the ante-bellum South. After studying at Transylvania University, he spent four months in 1816 studying with Gilbert Stuart in Boston. Much admired by his mentor, Jouett returned to the South where he painted 300 portraits, very few with a landscape.
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Joseph Urban, Architect & Designer
Courtesy of Sotheby’s (excerpted from wikipedia).
Joseph Urban (1872 to 1933), born in Vienna, Austria died in New York, New York, trained as an architect, known also for his theatrical design and his early illustrations of children’s books. Urban’s early work with illustrated books arose from his collaboration with his brother-in-law, Heinrich Lefler (1863 to 1919) and the pair contributed to what are considered seminal works in children’s [...] Click here to continue reading.
Carl Jordan (1863-1946)
A portrait, landscape, genre, and history painter, Carl Jordan was drawn to the visual arts at an early age, and received a thorough academic education at the arts academy in Munich, where he studied with Stahuber, Pefregger, and Loffts. In 1891, Jordan accepted a position as a Professor at the Academy des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg.
Hugh Bolton Jones (1848-1927)
Hugh Bolton Jones, together with his brother, Francis Coates Jones, followed the path of many late 19th century American artists and, after early art studies on the East Coast, sought further instruction at the Academie Julian in Paris, between 1876 and 1880. During his stay in France, Jones discovered both Pont-Aven and Grez-sur-Loing, but in neither case did his experiences result in any doctrinaire aesthetic. Instead, his training launched [...] Click here to continue reading.
Gerald Harvey Jones (G. Harvey, American, born 1933)
Gerald Harvey Jones was born in the Hill Country north of San Antonio and grew up with strong western traditions. His grandfather had been a trail boss who had pushed cattle along the Texas trails to northern rail heads. His stories of those adventurous, as well as arduous, days informed the early days of the artist and helped inspire his early artistic leanings. After graduating with [...] Click here to continue reading.
Jones Pottery
The Jones Pottery of Pittston, Pennsylvania was operated in the 19th century by Evan R. Jones and Evan B. Jones. These stoneware potters may be father and son or brothers, the relationship remains unclear. Evan R. Jones’s life dates may be 1866 to 1923. (The July 16, 1904 issue of the Pittston Gazette reports the marriage of Richard Alonzo Jones who was the “…son of Evan R. Jones who once conducted a [...] Click here to continue reading.
Henry James Johnstone (British, 1835 to 1907)
Henry Johnstone was born in Birmingham, England but spent much of his life in Australia and from 1877 to the 1890s lived in San Francisco. He was also a portrait photographer and was a partner in Johnstone, O’Shaughnessy and Company in Melbourne.
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David Claypool(e) Johnston (1798-1865)
David Johnston, the first American satirical artist of note, was born in Philadelphia in 1798. He was apprenticed to Francis Kearney, a local engraver, from 1815 to 1819. Johnston may have lived in London from 1822 to 1824.
Although his first caricatures date from about 1819, his career may be said to have begun when he settled in Boston, Massachusetts in 1825. He made the first commercially successful American [...] Click here to continue reading.
Frank Tenney Johnson (1874-1939)
Born in Big Grove, Iowa, Frank Tenney Johnson spent his youth exploring the Missouri River in the Council Bluffs area, witnessing the spectacle of Western migration. Watching pioneers heading west in their covered wagons and stage coaches stirred a keen interest in Western life by Johnson. In this period he was greatly influenced by the artist Richard Lorenz, and became determined at an early age to make art his [...] Click here to continue reading.
David Johnson, (American 1827-1908)
David Johnson was born in New York City in 1827. He was known particularly for his accuracy in defining rock formations and foilage and was closely associated with the second generation of Hudson River School painters. He was influenced by the works of John F. Kensett, Jasper Francis Cropsey, and John Casilear.
Between 1867 and 1874, David Johnson painted a series of views of boaters on Lake George. According [...] Click here to continue reading.
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