Beaux-arts
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Henry Bacon
Biography Henry Bacon (November 28, 1866 – February 16, 1924) was an American Beaux-Arts architect who oversaw the engineering and design of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., built between 1915 and 1922, which was his final project before his 1924 death. Bacon was born in Watseka, Illinois. He studied briefly at the University of… Continue reading
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The painting that inspired Gladiator (2000)
If a work of art is all about the concept behind it, then this was one of the most successful works of art in the year 2000. This image was the inspiration for the film Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix. It was a box office smash, it dominated… Continue reading
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John Singer Sargent
Biography John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the leading portrait painter of his generation for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel, from… Continue reading
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Charles Rollinson Lamb
Biography Charles Rollinson Lamb (1860 – February 22, 1942) was an American architect and sculptor. Born and raised in New York City, he studied under William Sartain at the Art Students’ League. He was a member of his father’s firm, the J&R Lamb Studios. He was a founding member of the National Sculpture Society. He… Continue reading
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Charles B. Atwood
Biography Charles Bowler Atwood (1849–1895) was an architect whose designs were used throughout the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He also designed a number of notable buildings in the city of Chicago. Atwood was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1849. He attended the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard University. Atwood trained in the office… Continue reading
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George B. Post
Biography George Browne Post (December 15, 1837 – November 28, 1913) was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition. Active from 1869 almost until his death, he was recognized as a master of several prominent contemporary American architectural genres, and instrumental in the birth of the skyscraper. Many of his most characteristic projects were… Continue reading
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Édouard Joseph Dantan
Biography Édouard Joseph Dantan (26 August 1848 – 7 July 1897) was a French painter in the classical tradition. He was widely recognized and successful, even receiving praise from a contemporary Modernist painter and critic Walter Sickert. Édouard Joseph Dantan was born on 26 August 1848 in Paris. His grandfather, who had fought in the… Continue reading
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Kenyon Cox
Biography Kenyon Cox (Oct. 27, 1856 – March 17, 1919) was an American painter and art critic, known for his murals and decorative work. Cox was a pupil of Carolus-Duran and of Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris from 1877 to 1882, when he returned to New York City, subsequently teaching with much success in the Art… Continue reading
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John Hemenway Duncan
Biography John Hemenway Duncan (January 21, 1854 – October 18, 1929) was an American architect. Duncan’s reputation was established ater being selected as the architect of Grant’s Tomb, a monumental structure reminiscent of the ancient Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Another of Duncan’s most famous works is the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch in Grand Army Plaza in… Continue reading
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Richard Morris Hunt
Biography Richard Morris Hunt (October 31, 1827 – July 31, 1895) was an American architect of the nineteenth century and an eminent figure in the history of American architecture. He helped shape New York City with his designs for the 1902 entrance façade and Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the pedestal of… Continue reading
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