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Fitz Hugh (Henry) Lane (1804 to 1865) Fitz Henry Lane was one of the foremost American marine painters of the nineteenth century. He was born in 1804 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and spent much of his youth sketching the Cape Ann shore. He apprenticed with William S. Pendleton, the Boston lithography firm, in the early 1830′s, specializing in topographic views. In the 1840′s Lane probably saw the works of Robert Salmon and Washington Allston in [...] Click here to continue reading. PSA/DNA PSA/DNA is a third party authentication service that focuses on sports and music autographs. PSA/DNA uses synthetic DNA that is only visible with the aid of a laser to mark the item being authenticated. PSA/DNA also affixes a small sticker, which has a unique certification number, onto the item. This unique certification number matches a PSA/DNA certificate of authentication that is issued with the item at the time of the authentication. LOA from [...] Click here to continue reading. John Francis E. Prudhomme (1817-1884) John Prudhomme was an engraver as well as a daguerreotypist who was a member of the National Academy and began work in New York City in 1850. After 1852, Prudhomme closed his New York City gallery and returned to engraving, this time for the U.S. government. Hallie Pace Prow (1868-1945) Hallie Pace Prow was raised in Salem, Indiana, and moved to Bloomington in 1898 upon marriage to Dr. Fred Prow of Bloomington. She began painting as a professional in her mid-fifties after raising her children. She painted landscapes and floral scenes in oil. She exhibited at the Hoosier Salon in 1926-28, 1930, 1932, 1937, 1942-43. Source: “Skirting The Issue” by Judith Vale Newton and Carol Ann Weiss Information courtesy of [...] Click here to continue reading. William Meade Prince (1893-1951) William Meade Prince studied at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts. He lived and worked in Connecticut in the 1920s then he moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he remained. When the Dodge Motor Company asked him to create illustrations for their advertisements, he gave them an outrageous price for lack of a desire to work for them. Surprisingly, they accepted and Prince achieved financial success. [...] Click here to continue reading. Johann Wilhelm Preyer (1803-1889) Johann Wilhelm Preyer was a noted German painter of still lifes, usually with fruit. He ranks among the most prominent representatives of the Duesseldorf painter school. He studied starting in 1822 at the Duesseoldorfer Academy of Arts first with Peter von Cornelius and continued his training there until 1831. Preyer is considered to be the most important fruit and still life painter of Germany in the 19th century. Information courtesy [...] Click here to continue reading. Gregorio Prestopino (1907 to 1984) Prestopino, born in New York’s Little Italy and educated at the National Academy of Design, was influenced by the Ashcan painters and their depiction of urban life. In 1934 he summered at the prestigious MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, N.H., where he would later serve as director (in 1954). Throughout his career he taught painting, including at the Brooklyn Museum School (1946 to 1951) and he was artist-in-residence at Michigan [...] Click here to continue reading. Levi Wells Prentice Self-taught artist Levi Wells Prentice is best known for his realistic still life compositions of fruit arranged within a landscape, or abundantly spilling from bushel baskets. Early in his career, he painted portraits and landscapes of the Adirondack Mountain region of Lewis County, New York, where Prentice was born in 1851. Prentice later turned to painting still life subjects when he moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1883. He was a [...] Click here to continue reading. Asahel Lynde Powers (1813 to 1843) Asahel Powers was born on February 28, 1813, in Springfield, Vermont, and began his career as a portrait artist by the time he turned 18. From 1839 to 1841 he worked in Clinton and Franklin counties in upstate New York. His early works were done on wood panels and later changed to canvas as he traveled further west. His early works showed heavy gray shadowing, strong outlines, boldly [...] Click here to continue reading. Lucien Whiting Powell (1846-1930) Lucien Whiting Powell was born on his family’s, Levinworth Manor, in Upperville, Virginia. At age 17, he enlisted in the 11th Virginia Calvary and fought at Petersburg, Richmond, and Farmville. After the war, he headed north and studied in Philadelphia with Thomas Moran. He studied the works of J.M.W. Turner at the National Gallery in London. After returning to the United States, he lived primarily in Virginia and Washington, D.C., [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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