American, 1852-1917 was an American portrait painter. He was born at Hannibal, Missouri, on 23 September 1852. He studied in the National Academy of Design, New York City, of which he afterwards became a member, and in Paris (1873-1878) under Carolus Duran. Returning to the United States in 1878, he gradually became a prominent figure in American art. He took an active part in the formation of The Fine Arts Society, and was president of the National Free Art League, which attempted to secure the repeal of the American duty on works of art. Among his portraits are those of William Merritt Chase (1882), Miss Jordan (1883), Mark Twain, Thomas Allibone Janvier, John Schofield and William Walton. He taught at the Art Students League of New York -- where Violet Oakley was one of his students   Related Paintings of Beckwith James Carroll :. | Portrait of a Young Boy | Scenes from the Life of St Francis (Scene 3, south wall) sdg | Yellow Hay Ricks(Blond Harvest) | Portrait of an Old Jew | Fleurs dans un pot en faience |
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Giuseppe Pelizza
painted Prato fiorito in 1900 - 1903
Jan Olis
painted Frohliche Gesellschaft in 1644
Ferdinand Keller
Ferdinand Keller (born 5 August 1842 in Karlsruhe; died 8 July 1922 in Baden-Baden) was a German painter.