Biographies

Biography: Luigi Loir
Luigi Aloys-François-Joseph Loir was born on December 22, 1845, in Goritz, part of the Austrian Empire at the time. Although Austrian…
Biography: George Inness
George Inness was born on May 1, 1825, in Newburgh, New York, as the fifth of thirteen children of John William Inness and…
Biography: Carl Wuttke
Carl Wuttke was born on 3 January 1849 in Trebnitz, Silesia (then part of Prussia). He entered the world in a…
Biography: Adriaen Brouwer
Adriaen Brouwer was born in the small Flemish town of Oudenaarde in 1605 or 1606, during a time of both religious…
Biography: Rosa Bonheur
Rosa Bonheur was born on March 16, 1822, in Bordeaux, France, during a time when few women had the freedom to…
Biography: Gunnar Berndtson
Gunnar Fredrik Berndtson (1854–1895) was one of the most technically gifted painters to emerge from Finland in the 19th century, yet…
Biography: Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Frederick Arthur Bridgman was born on November 10, 1847, in Tuskegee, Alabama. His father, Dr. Bridgman, practiced medicine and provided a…
Biography: Félix Ziem
Félix Ziem was born on February 26, 1821, in the historic town of Beaune, France, located in the Burgundy region. His…
Biography: Frederic Edwin Church
Frederic Edwin Church holds a distinguished place in the history of American art as one of the most important figures in…
Biography: Maximilien Luce
Maximilien Luce was one of the most technically skilled and morally grounded painters of late 19th and early 20th-century France. Born…
Biography: Vlaho Bukovac
Vlaho Bukovac was born on July 4, 1855, in the small seaside town of Cavtat, part of Dalmatia under the Austrian…
Biography: Petrus van Schendel
Petrus van Schendel, a Dutch-Belgian painter of the 19th century, remains celebrated for his mesmerizing candlelight paintings. These works, characterized by…