Helmi Juvonen (1903 - 1985)

An artist who studied at the Cornish Art Institute in the late 1930s. Popular for her Native American drawings and paintings. Spent her last 25 yrs of life as a ward of the state of Washington, living at the Oakhurst Convalescent Center in Elma, Washington. She is buried next to her mother and sister (Irene […]

Helmi Juvonen (1903 - 1985)

An artist who studied at the Cornish Art Institute in the late 1930s. Popular for her Native American drawings and paintings. Spent her last 25 yrs of life as a ward of the state of Washington, living at the Oakhurst Convalescent Center in Elma, Washington. She is buried next to her mother and sister (Irene […]

Gustave Jundt (1830 - 1884)

Painter.

Gustave Jundt (1830 - 1884)

Painter.

Julio Antonio (1889 - 1919)

Artist. He was born in Mora d’Ebre, Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain. His full name was Julio Antonio Rodríguez Hernández, but was known as Julio Antonio. He was a prodigious sculptor in his short career. He is remembered for his works “Flores Malsanas,” “Los Bustos de la Raza,” “Monumento a los Héroes Desnudos,” “Monumento a Goya,” “Monumento […]

Julio Antonio (1889 - 1919)

Artist. He was born in Mora d’Ebre, Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain. His full name was Julio Antonio Rodríguez Hernández, but was known as Julio Antonio. He was a prodigious sculptor in his short career. He is remembered for his works “Flores Malsanas,” “Los Bustos de la Raza,” “Monumento a los Héroes Desnudos,” “Monumento a Goya,” “Monumento […]

William Lees Judson (1842 - 1928)

Artist. Judson moved to the United States with his parents when he was ten years old. After serving four years with the Illinois volunteers during the American Civil War, he studied art in New York and Paris and settled in London, Ontario, Canada where he became a successful portrait painter and art teacher. In 1893, […]

William Lees Judson (1842 - 1928)

Artist. Judson moved to the United States with his parents when he was ten years old. After serving four years with the Illinois volunteers during the American Civil War, he studied art in New York and Paris and settled in London, Ontario, Canada where he became a successful portrait painter and art teacher. In 1893, […]

Matthew Harris Jouett (1788 - 1827)

Artist. Portrait painter. Attributed painter of 334 portraits and miniatures. Subjects included Marquis de LaFayette, Henry Clay, Gen. George Rogers Clark, Kentucky Governor Isaac Shelby and Virginia Governor James McDowell. His father was Capt. John “Jack” Jouett Jr. who has been called the “Paul Revere of the South,” as he delivered warnings that the British […]

Connie Jost (1951 - 1998)

Artist, Environmentalist. Best known for her witty visual puns, Connie Jost’s art pleaded the case for conservation with whimsical humor and the depiction of natural beauty. Born in rural South Jersey to an artist mother and a carpenter-fisherman father, she earned Art degrees at Montclair State College and Goddard University in Los Angeles in addition […]

Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906)

Painter. He studied at the Academy of Arts in Stockholm, and in Paris and the Netherlands. As an ambitious young artist he declared, “I will be Sweden´s Rembrandt, or die”. In 1876 he received a Royal Medal for his painting “Sten Sture d.ä. befriar Drottning Kristina av Danmark”.  For most of his life he suffered […]

Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906)

Painter. He studied at the Academy of Arts in Stockholm, and in Paris and the Netherlands. As an ambitious young artist he declared, “I will be Sweden´s Rembrandt, or die”. In 1876 he received a Royal Medal for his painting “Sten Sture d.ä. befriar Drottning Kristina av Danmark”.  For most of his life he suffered […]

Asger Jorn (1914 - 1973)

Painter. He is considered one of the most important Danish artists of the post-World War II period. From 1936 to 1937 he stayed in Paris as a pupil of Fernand Léger. In 1948 he founded the Cobra Group together with Belgian and Dutch artists, and from 1956 he lived abroad, mainly in Paris. His first […]

Asger Jorn (1914 - 1973)

Painter. He is considered one of the most important Danish artists of the post-World War II period. From 1936 to 1937 he stayed in Paris as a pupil of Fernand Léger. In 1948 he founded the Cobra Group together with Belgian and Dutch artists, and from 1956 he lived abroad, mainly in Paris. His first […]

Thomas Dow Jones (1811 - 1881)

Artist. Best known work includes busts of Lincoln,and Salmon P Chase (for the Supreme Court room of the U.S. Capitol). (bio by: Laurie)

Thomas Dow Jones (1811 - 1881)

Artist. Best known work includes busts of Lincoln,and Salmon P Chase (for the Supreme Court room of the U.S. Capitol). (bio by: Laurie)

Inigo Jones (1573 - 1652)

Architect. Born in Smithfield, London in 1573, little is known of his early life except that he was the son of a Welsh cloth worker, and was christened at the church of St Batholomew the Less. Inigo is often called the first English architect. Best known for his revolutionary buildings in London, most notably the […]

Sir Horace Jones (1819 - 1887)

English architect, famous for Tower bridge and Smithfield market. (bio by: julia&keld)  Family links:  Spouse:  Ann Elizabeth Jones (1839 – 1889)* *Calculated relationship

Sir Horace Jones (1819 - 1887)

English architect, famous for Tower bridge and Smithfield market. (bio by: julia&keld)  Family links:  Spouse:  Ann Elizabeth Jones (1839 – 1889)* *Calculated relationship

E. Fay Jones (1921 - 2004)

Architect. One of the most distinguished American architects of the late 20th century, Fay Jones was inspired to become an architect in his youth after seeing a short film about Frank Lloyd Wright. He latered studied under Wright. Jones’s most famous work, Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was honored as the American Institute of […]

E. Fay Jones (1921 - 2004)

Architect. One of the most distinguished American architects of the late 20th century, Fay Jones was inspired to become an architect in his youth after seeing a short film about Frank Lloyd Wright. He latered studied under Wright. Jones’s most famous work, Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was honored as the American Institute of […]

Chuck Jones (1912 - 2002)

Influential Animator. Born Charles Martin Jones in Spokane, Washington, his family moved to California while he was still an infant. As a boy, he found occasional work as a child extra in Mack Sennett comedies. At fifteen, he enrolled in the Chouinard Art Institute before he got his first job in animation as a cel […]

Frank Hans Johnston (1888 - 1949)

Artist. He was one of the original members of the Group of Seven, a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933 that also included Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. He was born Francis Hans Johnston on June 19, 1888 in Toronto, Ontario, […]

Frank Hans Johnston (1888 - 1949)

Artist. He was one of the original members of the Group of Seven, a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933 that also included Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. He was born Francis Hans Johnston on June 19, 1888 in Toronto, Ontario, […]

Philip H. Johnson (1970 - 1933)

Architect. Johnson was a member of Philadelphia’s republican ‘machine’ when he married ward boss Israel Durham’s sister Margaret in 1902. Through Durham’s connections, mayor Samuel Ashbridge entered the city into a “perpetual contract” with Johnson, giving him the title of City Architect until his death. Johnson, with help from the ‘machine’, manipulated city contracts and […]

Philip H. Johnson (1970 - 1933)

Architect. Johnson was a member of Philadelphia’s republican ‘machine’ when he married ward boss Israel Durham’s sister Margaret in 1902. Through Durham’s connections, mayor Samuel Ashbridge entered the city into a “perpetual contract” with Johnson, giving him the title of City Architect until his death. Johnson, with help from the ‘machine’, manipulated city contracts and […]

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (1906 - 2005)

Architect, Author, Teacher. An  icon of the twentieth century, considered by many as the dean of American architects. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of Louise (Pope) and Homer H. Johnson, a well-to-do lawyer and is survived by one sister Jeannette Dempsey, of Cleveland, 102 at the time of his death.  He received […]

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (1906 - 2005)

Architect, Author, Teacher. An  icon of the twentieth century, considered by many as the dean of American architects. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of Louise (Pope) and Homer H. Johnson, a well-to-do lawyer and is survived by one sister Jeannette Dempsey, of Cleveland, 102 at the time of his death.  He received […]

Frank Tenney Johnson (1874 - 1939)

Artist.  A painter of the American west, he popularized a style of portraying cowboys which became known as “The Johnson Moonlight Technique”. Shunning traditional tools of artists he used knives, fingers and brushes to design his paintings. Eventually his paintings became more popular than his illustrations so he concentrated in this medium. He died in […]

Eastman Johnson (1824 - 1906)

Artist. Born Jonathan Eastman Johnson in Lovell, Maine, the son of Philip C. Johnson, a government official, and Mary Chandler. Eastman grew up in Fryeburg and Augusta, where the family lived at Pleasant Street and later at 61 Winthrop Street.His father was the owner of several businesses, and active in fraternal organizations: he was Grand […]