ILLINOIS HISTORICAL ART PROJECT
ILLINOIS ARTISTS
IHAP has compiled histories of over 1,500 artists who meet the following criteria:·BORN before January 1900.·LIVED at least half their career in Illinois or closely attached to the state. PRIMARILY were painters, not sculptors or printmakers. IHAP makes no distinction about the style of an artist’s oeuvre; whether they were modernists, impressionists, genre painters, still-life artists, scenic artists, naïve painters, & c.
Artist Name Birth Death
Cabanis (Cabinis; Cabiness), Ethan T.
Cable, Benjamin Davis P.
Cairns, Margaret Elizabeth
Caldwell, Georgia Leigh
Caldwell, Orval H.
Cameron, Marie Gelon
Camm, William (Colonel)
Campbell, Hugh Stuart
Campbell, Julia M.
Cantrall, Harriet M.
Carlsen, John Harold
Carlson, Edward Eddie Wilhelm
Carlson, Edward L.
Carpenter, Hattie Lewis (Mrs. N. H.)
Carroll, Harold John
Carsey, Alice
Casterton, Eda Nemoede
Chapel, Guy Martin
Chapin, Francis Warren
Chapman, Minerva Josephine
Charleson, Malcolm Daniel
Chase, Emily Frances
Chase, Mary M. Pope
Chase, Richard Andrew
Chatain, Alfred
Christensen, Ingeborg
Christie, Harry
Church, Charles Freeman
Claps, Anthony T.
Clark, Ralph Samuel
Clarke, Harriet E.
Clarkson, Ralph Elmer
Clasper, Louise Crosbie
Clemens, Charles Anthony
Clusmann, William F.
Clute, Walter Marshall
Cobb, Edith P. (Mrs. George)
Coe, Ethel Louise
Coe, Lillian Elizabeth Beckman
Colburn, Dr. Joseph Elliot
Colburn, Elanor Ruth Gump
Colby, Charles Donald
Colby, George Ernest
Colby, Henry Bryant
Cole, Ellis Prentice
Cole, George Reulings
Collins, Cephas Henry
Collis, George S.
Colwell, Elizabeth
Conant, Homer B.
Conard, Elizabeth
Conrad, Reine Adelaide
Conway, Helen
Conwell, Averil Courtney
Cooke, Charles H. A.
Cooke, Jessie Day
Cooke, Mary Melissa
Coolidge, Georgette E. Robinson
Cooper, Edna Lee Rogerson
Coplin, Arthur B.
Corlett, Helen Ehrman
Corwin, Charles Abel
Cottell, Amelia C.
Countryman, Anna R. Slafter
Coursen, Hannah Louise
Cowan, Elizabeth Van Osdel
Cowdery, Jennie Van Fleet Burr
Cowell, William Wilson
Coy, Elizabeth Anna
Coyner, Lucia Hotchkiss
Cramer, Elizabeth Skinner
Crampton (Ford), Edna Kerr
Crawford, Arthur Ross
Cross, Henry H.
Crossman, Abner
Crumbacker, Vincent
Cusack, Helen Woodbury
Czarnowski, Norbert
Dabney, Ellen
Dahlgreen, Charles William
Dalrymple, Helene Lucille Stevenson
Dalstrom, Gustaf Oscar
Damitz, Ernst Otto William Franz von
Daprich, Helen
Darger, Henry
Darling, Aaron E.
Davenport, Mrs. Mary Ann
Davenport, Patrick Henry
Davidson, Carl Hoth
Davis, Cecil Clark
Davis, Cornelia Stuart Cassady
Davis, Winthrop Stark
Dawes, Helen Ruth Orb
Dawson, Charles Clarence
Dawson, Manierre
Day, Arthur H.
Day, Herbert J.
Day, Miss Victoria E.
De Rome, John
Deachman, Nelly Kerr Thornburn
Dean, Helga Haugan
deBauviere, A. M.
deCambrey, Leonne
deConville, Ada
DeLay, Harold S.
DeMare, George
Denison, Mrs. M. A.
Dennis, Jeannelle Wilson
Dewey, Charles Schuveldt
Dewey, Walter Monroe
DeWolf, Wallace Leroy
Diem, Peter Charles
Dietz, Albert Barnett
Dietz, George Frederic
Diggs, Chester Allen Arthur
Dikeman, Aaron Butler
Dillon, Alice Josephine Goss
Dillon, Frank H.
Dirkson, Frank
Dobie, Harry S.
Dobler, Maud A.
DoBos, Andrew
Doctoroff, John
Dodd, Paynie
Dodge, Frances Farrand
Dodgshun, Anna Duryea Van Cleef
Doemling, John Carl
Donne, Kate A. (Miss)
Donovan, Cecil Vincent
Doubrava, Joseph
Dowdakin, James Daniel
Doyle, Agnes Ellen
Drapp, John
Drehmann, Oscar Alvin
Dressler, Edward James
Drew, Elbert Granville
Drewes, Curt J. H.
Drury, John H.
Dudley, Frank Virgil
Dudley, Katherine
Dulin, James Harvey
Duma(s), Jean
Dunne, Mabel Josephine
Dunning, Arthur R.
Dunning, Louise M.
Durham, Lucy
Unknown
August 15, 1865 Floyd Twp., Warren Co.
? Seward, NE
October 11, 1892 Jeffersonville, IN
February 15, 1895 Shelbyville, IL
May 26, 1862 Ottawa, IL
May 15, 1872 Paris, France
February 24, 1837 Sheffield, England
Unknown
c.1860
March 5, 1875 Cantrall, IL
December 16, 1875 Arendal, Norway
May 4, 1883 Chicago
December 15, 1891 Smöland, Sweden
1855 Sandwich, IL
July 23, 1895 Iowa
Unknown
April 14, 1877 Brillion, WI
January 30, 1871 Detroit
February 14, 1899 Bristolville, OH
December 6, 1858 Altmar, NY
August 4, 1888 Brandon, Manitoba
July 4, 1858 London, England
March 23, 1861 Indianapolis
April 19, 1891 Columbus, KS
February 7, 1853 Grenoble, France
? Chicago
Unknown
October 15, 1876 Gibson City, IL
March 15, 1894 Buffalo, NY
September 30, 1895 Newton, IL
Unknown
August 3, 1861 Amesbury, MA
Unknown
Düsseldorf, Germany
August 19, 1859 La Porte, IN
January 9, 1870 Schnectady, NY
Unknown
November 11, 1878 Chicago
April 17, 1898
September 22, 1853 Massena, NY
February 1866 Dayton, OH
1865
March 29, 1859 Minneapolis, MN
June 13, 1858 Concord, NH
June 14, 1862 Lindenwood, IL
1874?
1844 Chicago?
England
May 24, 1881 Farm near Bronson, MI
1887 Courtland, NE
July 31, 1873 Macon, MO
1871 St. Louis
Unknown
April 29, 1895 Belvidere, IL
July 31, 1859 Toledo, OH
May 16, 1872 Atchison, KS
? Chicago
March 17, 1850 Brooklyn, NY
1887 Evanston, IL
February 26, 1884 La Grange, IN
July 7, 1893 Oak Park, IL
January 6, 1857 Newburgh, NY
? Chicago
January 20, 1863 Dedham, MA
February 26, 1866 Canton, IL
August 28, 1863 Chicago
May 1, 1888 White Pigeon, MI
December 4, 1856 Boston
December 24, 1851 Rockford
? Massachusetts
Unknown
? Chicago
July 29, 1885 Marilla, MI
November 23, 1837 Flemingville, NY
June 14, 1846 St. Johnsbury, VT
July 3, 1853 Oregon, IL
July 18 1855 Adrian, MI
August 9, 1897 Lebno, Poland
Unknown
September 8, 1864 Chicago
October 29, 1882 Sandusky, OH
January 18, 1893 Gothland, Sweden
1805 Genthin, Prussia
October 25, 1879 Belleville, IL
Unknown
Unknown
1834 Illinois
November 3, 1803 Danville, KY
June 2, 1879 Gresham, NE
July 12, 1877 Chicago
December 18, 1870 Cincinnati
May 13, 1885 Boston
November 29, 1894 Chicago
June 12, 1889 Brunswick, GA
December 22, 1887 Chicago
1846
1875 England
New York
October 17, 1868 Canada
August 13, 1895 Prescott, AK
? Milwaukee, WI
Unknown
March 7, 1877 Southern Sweden
September, 1857 Bloomington, IL
Unknown
August 29, 1863 Bagni di Lucca, Italy
c.1835 Brooklyn, NY?
September 24, 1860 Paris, IL
November 10, 1880 Cadiz, OH
Unknown
February 24, 1854 Chciago
April 22, 1890 Stuttgart, Germany
1857
April 18, 1857 Chicago
November 16, 1889 Columbia, MO
? Grand Rapids, MI?
1890 Peoria, IL
October 11, 1886 Evanston, IL
1842 Germany
August 20, 1888 Scotland
February 3, 1885 Rockford
November 30, 1897 Lushina, Poland
July 19, 1893 New York
Unknown
November 22, 1878 Lansing, MI
October 7, 1855 Jersey City, NJ
June 21, 1894 Wuerzburg, Bavaria
Unknown
June 23, 1896 Homer, NY
March 12, 1853 PA
September 5, 1893 W. Troy, NY
July 30, 1873 Chicago
June 14, 1883 Chechoslovakia
July 17, 1865 Germany
1859 Centreville, MI
November 1, 1866 Hannibal, MO
1875
June 30, 1816 Washington, D.C.
November 14, 1868 Delavan, WI
1884 Chicago
October 24, 1883 Kansas City, MO
April 1, 1890 Constanta, Romania
August 6, 1878 Montreal, Canada
March 21, 1898
March 13, 1848 Clarence, NY
? Beloit, WI
After 1852 Springfield, IL?
August 4, 1938 Floyd Township, IL
After 1911 Chicago?
January 29, 1936 Oak Park, IL
February 18, 1972 Winfield, IL
November 5, 1944 Chicago
December 17, 1949 Chicago
November 14, 1906 Danville, IL
After 1930 Chicago?
Unknown
September 20, 1962 Springfield, IL
September 11, 1927 Oak Park, IL
After 1933 Chicago?
January 31, 1962 Rockford, IL
June 5, 1943 Chicago
July 13, 1971 River Forest, IL
After 1919 Chicago?
November 1969 Palos Verdes, CA
January 9, 1957 Chicago
February 23, 1965 Chicago
June 14, 1947 Palo Alto, CA
September 30, 1943 Fremont Twp., IL
January 16, 1924 Chicago
After 1913 Aurora?
January 29, 1985 Columbus, KS
February 15, 1931 Chicago
After 1940 New York City?
After 1891 Chicago?
May 15, 1959 Chicago
June 16, 1964 Chicago
January 10, 1989 Pana, IL
After 1925 Park Ridge?
April 5, 1942 Orlando, FL
After 1919 Chicago?
Unknown
September 27, 1927 Chicago
February 13, 1915 N. Cucamonga, CA
September 26, 1926 Chicago
March 22, 1938 Evanston, IL
February 16, 1996 Evanston, IL
October 27, 1927 Winthrop Harbor, IL
May 7, 1939 Laguna Beach, CA
After 1898 Chicago?
April 3, 1922 Chicago
November 13, 1944 Evanston, IL
July 8, 1952 Oak Park, IL
After 1896 Chicago?
1942 March 12, Decatur, IL
1906 Chicago?
Chicago 1954
November 11, 1927 New York, NY
May 31, 1938 Crystal Lake, IL
After 1901 Chicago?
After 1921 Chicago?
After 1988 Upper Jay, NY?
After 1940 Chicago?
August 29, 1939 Chicago
January 28, 1936 Chicago
April 16, 1929 Lyndon, VT
July 24, 1966 Torrance, CA
May 5, 1974 Lake Mary, FL
May 4, 1978 Oak Park, IL
January 27, 1938 Chicago
After 1910 Chicago?
November 3, 1930 Rockford, IL
April 24, 1957 Lewiston, IL
January 7, 1932 Chciago
February 1974 Springfield, MA
September 7, 1910 Round Hill , Nova Scotia
July 12, 1930 Rockford, IL
After 1893 Peoria
After 1915 Lake Forest?
After 1913 Chicago?
After 1933 Niles, IL?
April 2, 1918 Chicago
December 2, 1932 Chicago
January 4, 1936 Galena, IL
July 13, 1922 Wilmette, IL
After 1941 Chicago?
After 1897 Chicago?
June 19, 1955 Oak Park, IL
After 1947 Chicago?
May 23, 1971 Chicago
1883 Warren County, IL
After 1910 Chicago?
1972 Chicago, IL
After 1872 Chicago?
August 17, 1894
April 13, 1890 Sumner, IL
January 27, 1959 Chicago
September 12, 1955 Marion, MA
December 23, 1920 Cincinnati, OH
1950 Chicago/Flossmoor?
October 27, 1989 Evanston, IL
March 6, 1981 Coatesville, PA
August 1969 Sarasota, FL
November 27, 1903 Niles, IL
1950 Des Plaines, IL
~ 1898 Chicago
December 14, 1922 Chicago
October 3, 1989 Downers Grove, IL
After 1940 Chicago?
After 1915 Chicago?
After 1928 Chicago?
February 22, 1916 Bloomington
After 1914 Chicago?
May 8, 1907 Kansas City
After 1890 Elgin, IL
October 20, 1933 Evanston, IL
December 1980 Washington, DC
1896 or 1897 Chicago
December 25, 1930 Pasadena, CA
June 1, 1956 Chicago
March 21, 1910 Wilmette, IL
March 21, 1910 Wilmette
September 30, 1967 Chicago
After 1906 Chicago?
1966 Empire, MI
September 1977 Empire, MI
After 1880 Peoria, IL
April 1967 Bradford, IL
June 29, 1965 Durand, IL
March 9, 1976 Los Angeles, CA
June 27, 1970 Chicago
After 1902 Chicago?
January 12, 1969 Deep Water Point, MD
February 17, 1945 Columbus, OH
November 18, 1955 Chicago
After 1890 Elgin, IL?
January 1987 Santa Barbara, CA
January 5, 1912 Waukegan, IL
March 1986 San Mateo, CA
After 1913 Harvard, IL?
March 31, 1938 Chicago
December 21, 1947 Chicago
December 6, 1907 Chicago
July 8, 1934 Evanston
After 1945 Chicago?
After 1914 Chicago?
March 5, 1957 Chicago
After 1934 Chicago?
June 1, 1958
March 24, 1951 Chicago
June 1974 Calumet City, IL
July 9, 1988 Brighton, MI
After 1905 Chicago?
After 1891 Oak Park