Louisiana / France. 1790 - 1866
Formal portrait paintings of prominent persons
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1780 South Shield, England - 1840 New York City. Known for: Portrait, historical, miniature, engraving.
A portrait painter in New York, John Wesley Jarvis was born to parents in South Shield, England, and was a nephew of theologian John Wesley. At age five, he was brought to Philadelphia where the... Read full biography
A portrait painter in New York, John Wesley Jarvis was born to parents in South Shield, England, and was a nephew of theologian John Wesley. At age five, he was brought to Philadelphia where the family first settled. He was apprenticed to Edward Savage, portrait painter and engraver, and in 1801... Read full biography
A portrait painter in New York, John Wesley Jarvis was born to parents in South Shield, England, and was a nephew of theologian John Wesley. At age five, he was brought to Philadelphia where the family first settled. He was apprenticed to Edward Savage, portrait painter and engraver, and in 1801 Savage moved to New York City and brought Jarvis with him and for awhile they worked together. However, the men became estranged and Jarvis opened his own engraving business and then formed a... Read full biography
A portrait painter in New York, John Wesley Jarvis was born to parents in South Shield, England, and was a nephew of theologian John Wesley. At age five, he was brought to Philadelphia where the family first settled. He was apprenticed to Edward Savage, portrait painter and engraver, and in 1801 Savage moved to New York City and brought Jarvis with him and for awhile they worked together. However, the men became estranged and Jarvis opened his own engraving business and then formed a partnership with Joseph Wood. "Their business was so successful that, Jarvis later claimed they often took in more than $100 a day." Because there was little competition, Jarvis's reputation soared as a portraitist. He later said: "I was the best painter... Read full biography
A portrait painter in New York, John Wesley Jarvis was born to parents in South Shield, England, and was a nephew of theologian John Wesley. At age five, he was brought to Philadelphia where the family first settled. He was apprenticed to Edward Savage, portrait painter and engraver, and in 1801 Savage moved to New York City and brought Jarvis with him and for awhile they worked together. However, the men became estranged and Jarvis opened his own engraving business and then formed a partnership with Joseph Wood. "Their business was so successful that, Jarvis later claimed they often took in more than $100 a day." Because there was little competition, Jarvis's reputation soared as a portraitist. He later said: "I was the best painter because others were worse than bad---so bad was the best.". The Jarvis-Wood partnership ended in 1810, and that year was one of travel fo... Read full biography
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Slide 1 of 3: Two Portrait Miniatures: One of a Lady, 1808 AND portrait miniature of a man in striped vest and black coat
Two Portrait Miniatures: One of a Lady, 1808 AND portrait miniature of a man in striped vest and black coat
John JarvisTwo Portrait Miniatures: One of a Lady, 1808 AND portrait miniature of a man in striped vest and black coat
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Portrait of General Jacob Bro
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Portrait of Louisiana Governor Thomas B. Robertson (1779-1828, served as governor from 1820-1824)
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Massachusetts, Rhode Island / England. 1755 - 1828
Portrait painting, some genre-figure
Pennsylvania, New York / United Kingdom. 1857 - 1926
Etching, illustration, painting and teaching
New York, Ohio. 1836 - 1892
Tonalist landscape and genre painting
Pennsylvania. 1776 - 1842
Portrait, landscape, genre, history
Pennsylvania. 1779 - 1851
Marine, ship portrait, and landscape painting
New York / Italy. 1836 - 1923
Allegory, landscape, figure and fantasy painting
New York, California / Italy. 1862 - 1928
Painting-landscape-ethereal female figures
New York, California, Massachusetts. 1878 - 1957
Figure-genre, still life, sculpture
California, New York. 1911 - 2000
Watercolor modernist urban views-harbors, genre painting
New York, Kentucky. 1823 - 1903
Genre, portrait, and figure painting, etching
New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts / France. 1884 - 1958
Figure, genre, carnival and interior painting
New York, California. 1831 - 1913
Juvenile-other figure and genre and landscape painting
Pennsylvania, New York / England. 1852 - 1911
History illustration, figure and mural painting
Louisiana. 1887 - 1988
Southern plantation folk art genre and landscape painting
New York. 1899 - 1974
Figure-dancers, social realism
New York. 1898 - 1969
Social-realist painting, illustration, lithography, photography
New York. 1895 - 1981
Figure, portrait, genre, landscape painting, teaching
New York / France. 1863 - 1937
Classical religious and mythology sculpture, monuments, painting
New York, Tennessee, New Jersey. 1855 - 1919
Frontier-war genre and landscape painting
New York, Connecticut. 1874 - 1940
Figure, portrait, mural paintings, illustrations
New York, California, Florida / Brazil. 1819 - 1904
Sea-landscape painting, hummingbirds, orchids
Missouri, New York, New Jersey. 1909 - 1963
Regionalist and abstract painting
New York. 1823 - 1900
Autumnal landscape and allegorical painting, botanics
New York. 1827 - 1908
Hudson River landscape, some portrait, and still-life painting
New York, Connecticut, New Jersey. 1854 - 1907
Landscape, architectural, marine
New York, Illinois. 1853 - 1921
Atmospheric, tonalist seasonal landscape painting
Pennsylvania / France. 1844 - 1926
Mother-child portrait and genre painting, etching
New York, California, Indiana. 1849 - 1916
Plein-air landscape, interior scenes and genre painting, teaching
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. 1833 - 1905
Marine-seascape, landscape and botanic painting
Pennsylvania, New York / Europe. 1883 - 1935
Precisionist painting, landscape, still life, figure, portrait, industrial scene
Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania. 1865 - 1929
Portrait and social realist genre painting, teaching