Related Paintings of unknow artist :. | Still life floral, all kinds of reality flowers oil painting 224 | landskapsmalningar bestallda av oscar i och ut forda ar 1841 | David Clock Ehrenstrahl Grupportratt of Fellow XI with family | The Holy Family with Angels | Sir John Petre of ingatestone Hall | Related Artists: James Hamilton Irish-born American Painter, 1819-1878, American painter of Irish birth. He emigrated to the USA and at the age of 15 arrived in Philadelphia, where he was encouraged to study art by the engraver John Sartain (1808-97). Hamilton had drawing lessons with local teachers and studied from English artists' manuals including that on oil painting by Samuel Prout; he was also influenced by the English watercolour technique of broad transparent washes. With these stylistic interests and his innate sensitivity to nature, Jusepe Martinez 1600-1682 Riis Jacob August Danish-American journalist and social reformer.
b.1849 d.1914
American photographer of Danish birth. The son of a school-teacher and editor, he was well-educated when he came to the USA in 1870. He was a self-taught photographer and worked at a variety of jobs before becoming a journalist, and he understood the power of the written and illustrated word. Riis's work in journalism began in 1873 when he was employed by the New York News Association. By 1874 he was editor and then owner of the South Brooklyn News.