American, 19th century, female.
Born in Portland (Maine); died 1904, in New York.
Painter.
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A'becket, Maria J. C.
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Abal, Hernan
Argentinian, 20th century, male.
Born 25 May 1922, in Mendoza.
Painter, draughtsman.
After studying at the academy of fine arts in Mendoza, Abal became a teacher of painting and drawing there. From 1948, he exhibited in the official salons of Mendoza and Argentina, where he obtained some distinctions. He lived in France ...
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Abalsamo, Pascual José
Argentinian, 20th century, male.
Born 27 November 1901, in Buenos Aires.
Painter, draughtsman.
Abalsamo was a student at the school of fine arts in Buenos Aires, then became a drawing teacher. He took part in various official salons - the national salon from 1935, the salon of the arts in Buenos Aires and the Eva Perón arts salon from ...
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Abatt, Agnes Dean
American, 19th – 20th century, female.
Born 23 June 1847, in New York; died 1917.
Painter, watercolourist, draughtswoman, illustrator. Landscapes, flowers.
Agnes Abatt studied art at the Cooper Institute and the International Academy of Art in New York, and later received advice from R. Swain Gifford and James D. Smilie....
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Abay, Rowena Meeks (Mrs)
American, 20th century, female.
Born 1887, in Vienna, Austria.
Painter, illustrator.
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Abbey, Edwin Austin
American, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1 April 1852, in Philadelphia; died 1911, in London.
Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman (including ink), pastellist, illustrator. Historical subjects, genre scenes, landscapes, figures.
Edwin Austin Abbey's apprenticeship consisted of making drawings for a wood engraver before studying at the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia and starting work as an illustrator. The drawings he supplied for ...
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Abbott, Anne Fuller
American, 20th century, female.
Born in Brandon (Vermont).
Painter.
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Abbott, Berenice
American, 20th century, female.
Born 17 July 1898, in Springfield, Ohio; died 9 December 1991, in Monson, Maine.
Photographer. Portraiture, documentary, scientific illustrations.
At age 19 Berenice Abbott moved to New York City, where she met Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. Abbott’s initial interests were in sculpture and acting. In ...
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Abbott, Francis R.
American, 19th – 20th century, male.
Active in Philadelphia.
Died 1925, in Philadelphia.
Painter.
Francis R. Abbott was a Fellow of the Pennsylvania Academy of Art and a member of the Philadelphia Art Club.
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Abbott, Samuel Nelson
American, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1874, in Mechanicsville; died 1953.
Painter (gouache), illustrator. Genre scenes.
New York, 3 June 1982: Archery Lesson (gouache, 11 × 9½ ins/28 × 24.2 cm) USD 850
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Abbott, Yarnall
American, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1870, in Philadelphia; died 1938.
Painter. Landscapes.
Bolton, 15 May 1985: Houses, Provincetown (oil on canvas, 30 × 36 ins/76.2 × 91.6 cm) USD 900
New York, 14 Nov 1991: Sea and Derricks (oil on canvas, 30¼ × 36½ ins/77 × 92.9 cm) ...
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Abel, Louise
American, 20th century, female.
Born 1894, in Mount Healthy (Ohio), according to some sources, in Widdern (Germany).
Sculptor.
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Abela, Eduardo
Cuban, 20th century, male.
Born 1892, in Havana; died 1966.
Painter, illustrator, caricaturist. Landscapes.
Abela studied at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro in Cuba, after a period of working in a cigar factory. He lived in Paris from 1927 to 1930, then was made director of the free academy in Havana in 1937. He contributed to many Cuban newspapers. He is well-known as a caricaturist, having created the character of ...
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Abélard, Gessner
Haitian, 20th century, male.
Born 1922.
Painter. Local scenes, scenes with figures.
Abélard was a mechanic by trade. The Haitian painter, Charles Humberman, taught him painting at the industrial college in Port-au-Prince. In 1948, he joined the group at the
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Abeles, Kim Victoria
American, 20th – 21st century, female.
Born 28 August 1952, in Richmond Heights (Missouri).
Installation artist, video artist, photographer.
Kim Abeles was an American Field Service student in 1969 in Utsunomiya, Japan, where a Buddhist priest introduced her to traditional Japanese arts. She returned to the USA and studied painting at Ohio University, receiving a BFA in ...
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Abelman, Ida
American, 20th century, female.
Born 1910, in New York; died 30 December 2002, in New York.
Painter, engraver. Figures, scenes with figures, genre scenes.
Ida Abelman studied in New York at the Grand Central Art School, the National Academy School of Fine Art, City College of New York, Hunter College, the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League....
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Abendschein, Albert
American, 19th century, male.
Born 13 February 1860, in New York.
Painter, miniaturist. Portraits.
Albert Abendschein studied initially in New York, then went to Munich and Italy to complete his training. He specialised in portraits and miniatures. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New York, in Philadelphia and St Louis, and in Munich he received awards for his work....
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Abercrombie, Gertrude
American, 20th century, female.
Born 17 February 1909, in Austin (Texas); died 3 July 1977, in Chicago.
Painter.
Magic Realism.
Gertrude Abercrombie spent her childhood travelling around the USA and Europe with her parents who worked in a travelling opera company. They settled in Chicago shortly after World War I and after completing a languages degree at the University of Illinois, Gertrude enrolled in life classes at the Chicago Institute of Art. She spent several years working as a commercial artist before deciding to concentrate on painting in the early thirties. In ...
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Abernethie
American, 18th century, male.
Active in Charleston (South Carolina) in 1785.
Engraver (burin).
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Abernethy, Mez (Miss)
American, 20th century, female.
Painter.
Mez Abernethy lived in France in 1905-1906.
