Biographical Directory of Kansas Artists Active Before 1945
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1840 Boston, Massachusetts - 1894 Asbury Park, New Jersey. Known for: Illustrator, Civil War reportorial.
With a long, diverse career as an illustrator, especially of Civil War subjects, Theodore Davis, known as Theo, is said to have "covered more areas of the fighting than any other artist." His work... Read full biography
With a long, diverse career as an illustrator, especially of Civil War subjects, Theodore Davis, known as Theo, is said to have "covered more areas of the fighting than any other artist." His work was highly detailed in documenting people and places, and much of it resulted from hurried notes he... Read full biography
With a long, diverse career as an illustrator, especially of Civil War subjects, Theodore Davis, known as Theo, is said to have "covered more areas of the fighting than any other artist." His work was highly detailed in documenting people and places, and much of it resulted from hurried notes he took during battles. He was wounded twice and had his horse shot out from under him. In his Civil War reporting, he worked for Harper's, but traveled with William H. Russell, a neutral British... Read full biography
With a long, diverse career as an illustrator, especially of Civil War subjects, Theodore Davis, known as Theo, is said to have "covered more areas of the fighting than any other artist." His work was highly detailed in documenting people and places, and much of it resulted from hurried notes he took during battles. He was wounded twice and had his horse shot out from under him. In his Civil War reporting, he worked for Harper's, but traveled with William H. Russell, a neutral British journalist, and told people he was an artist for the Illustrated London News. This way, he also served as a spy for the North because he learned much about Southern weaponry. Sometimes he was in the center of the action, especially when he traveled with... Read full biography
With a long, diverse career as an illustrator, especially of Civil War subjects, Theodore Davis, known as Theo, is said to have "covered more areas of the fighting than any other artist." His work was highly detailed in documenting people and places, and much of it resulted from hurried notes he took during battles. He was wounded twice and had his horse shot out from under him. In his Civil War reporting, he worked for Harper's, but traveled with William H. Russell, a neutral British journalist, and told people he was an artist for the Illustrated London News. This way, he also served as a spy for the North because he learned much about Southern weaponry. Sometimes he was in the center of the action, especially when he traveled with General Grant's staff at the Vicksburg campaign and was part of General Sherman's March to the Sea. After the War, he continued reportorial wo... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesThe Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001Reed, Walt452 pages (color)Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942
2000Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward606 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesWild Impressions The Adirondacks on Paper
1995Barnhill, Georgia B99 pages (color)Picturing a Nation Art and Social Change in 19th Century America
1994Lubin, David M364 pages (color)Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography Volume One (A-F)
1988Thrapp, Dan L.524 pagesArtists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985Dawdy, Doris1,184 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesThe Drawing of America Eyewitnesses to History
1983Davidson, Marshall256 pages (color)Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist
1983Wright, R Lewis200 pagesArtists of the Old West
1982Ewers, John C240 pages (color)American Realism and the Industrial Age
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Doezema, Marianne147 pages (color)The Way West Art of Frontier America
1977Hassrick, Peter H240 pages (color)The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976Samuels, Peggy and Harold549 pagesThe Westerners
1974Brown, Dee288 pages (color)The Indian and the Black Man The Image in American Art
1974Parry, Ellwood189 pagesThe Civil War A Centenial Exhibition of Eyewitness Drawings
1961
(Exhibition catalog)National Gallery of Art153 pagesThe New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957Groce, George; David Wallace759 pagesArtists and Illustrators- Old West 1850-1900
1953Taft, Robert400 pagesPortrait of the Old West
1952McCracken, Harold216 pages (color)