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
Miles Jefferson Early
Elanor R. Eaton
Marguerite Eaton
James Eccles
Percy Bernard Eckhart
Amanda E. Edwards
Lilly G. Egan
Felix Ekblad
Irene H. Eliel
Henry Arthur Elkins
Bertram Robinson Elliot
Maude Ursula Ellis
William Frederick Elms
Ada Enander
Elizabeth Francis Engelhard
Harry Leon Engle
William Herman Eppens
Richard Rich Epperly
Joshua Seaverns Erickson
Oscar B. Erickson
Maria Olivia Erlander
Junes Ernst
Gordon Ertz
Thomas J. Erwin
Gertrude Estabrooks
Anna B. Evans
Sarah Josephine Evans
Dulah M. Evans Krehbiel
James Cady Ewell
Hazel Crow Ewell
Lydia Dunham Fabian
Florence Fairman
Frances Farrar
William Macknight Farrow
William Tolton Farwell
Cornelia Adèle Fassett
Eunice Florence Faulkner
Rose Emily Fay
William Kinne Fellows
Agnes Lawson Fenerty
Hallie Elizabeth Fenton
Agnes Howell Ferguson
Sara S. Field
Mintie Green Field
Albert F. Fleury
George Flower
Harry Fluhart-Williams
Anna Maria Foerster
Reuben W. Fogel
Margaret Galloway Fogg
James Forbes
Ruth Van Sickle Ford
Henry Chapman Ford
Elmer Alexander Forsberg
James E. Forsythe
Evelyn Evie Fort
Beulah Fowler
Harriet A. Fox
Theodore Oscar Fraenkel
Nellie Morgan Frain
Gerald A. Frank
Jessie Margaret Franks
Hazel Inez Frazee
Ernest Fredericks
Margaret Cecilia Freer
Cora Fredericka Freer
Frederick Warren Freer
Alice Helm French
Maurice Friedlander
Oldach Frisenberg
Joseph Froula
Takuichi Fujii
Frederick Fursman
Florence Wilkins Furst
Otto Robert Gaensslen
Agnes Cook Gale
Maria Kenny Gallagher
Edwin Gamble
Claude Mallory Garland
Leon Garland
Albert Gartmann
Miklos Gaspar
Jules Maurice Gaspard
Miles Standish Gates
Frank J. Gavencky
Todros Geller
Albert F. Giddings
Edmund Wilhelm Giesbert
Murvin Willis Gilbert
Etta Gilbreath
Mabel Hyde Gillette
Elizabeth B. Gilman
Anna May Gilruth
Eugenie M. Glaman
Frank Turner Godfrey
A. Goldsticker
Belle Norton Goodwin
James Farrington Gookins
John Goossens
John Thomas Goshorn
Anna Elvira Grafström
Jonas Olof Grafstrom
Robert WadsworthGrafton
Cornelius A. Grange
Frederic Milton Grant
Maurice Greenberg
Benjamin C. Greengard
Louis Frederick Grell
William Davenport Griffen
Nina Kickbusch Griffin
Louis Oscar Griffith
Julia Sulzer Griffith
Edward Thomas Grigware
Oskar Gross
Earl Clifford Gross
Oliver Dennett Grover
Emile Jaques Grumieaux
Louis Phillipe Grumieaux
Lucie Honiss Guerazzi
Charlotte Lotta Guffin
Max Ernest Gundlach
Indiana Gyberson
November 27, 1886 Kosse, TX
Unknown
July 28, 1890 Athens, OH
September 1, 1885 Chicago
January 20, 1877 Chicago
Unknown
Unknown
1851 Motela, Sweden
Unknown
May 30, 1847 Vershire, Orange County, VT
September 8, 1889 Lakyo, Japan
February 7, 1892 Watseka, IL
Unknown
June 1873, Chicago
April 30, 1893 Chicago
February 24, 1870 Richmond, IN
December 25, 1885 Lincoln, NE
March 21, 1891 Tallula, IL
November 9, 1880 Chicago
August 2, 1883 Milwaukee, WI
October 16, 1870 Rockford, IL
June 1890 Bluffton, IN
February 19, 1891 Chicago
April 19, 1893 Chattanooga, TN
1867 Chicago
February 17, 1875 Oskaloosa, IA
Unknown
1870 Brussells, Belgium
November 18, 1888 Bird City, KS
May 28, 1889 Chicago
March 12, 1857 Charlotte, MI
October 26, 1881 Pioneer, OH
Unknown
April 13, 1885 Dayton, OH
January 23, 1840 Lockport, NY
November 9, 1831 Owasco, NY
Unknown
September 4, 1852 St. Albans, Vt.
September 3, 1870 Winona, MN
May 14, 1885 Louisville, KY
1880 St. Louis
February 6, 1895 Dixon
January 14, 1864 Stoughton, MA
1871 Chicago
February 2, 1848 Havre, France
c.1780 Hertfordshire, England
February 3, 1861 Kokomo, IN
June 8, 1848 Chicago
Unknown
February 14, 1845 Ottawa, IL
1800 Scotland
1828 Livonia, NY
August 8, 1897 Aurora, IL
July 16, 1883 Gamalakarleby, Finland
Unknown
October 18, 1895 Oak Park
June 5, 1892 Waco, TX
Unknown
April 11, 1890 Chicago
March 17, 1857 Chicago
June 25, 1890 Furnessville, IN
November 22, 1888 Chicago
Unknown
Janurary 18, 1891 Illinois
1877 Galesburg, IL
January 21, 1852 Chicago
June 16, 1849 Kennicott's Grove, IL
Unknown
March 17, 1864 Lake Forest, IL
May 3, 1899 Blue Island, IL
October 4, 1885 Glud, Jylland, Denmark
January 23, 1887
September 26, 1892 Hiroshima, Japan
February 15, 1874 El Paso, IL
April 27, 1885 Delavan
June 6, 1876 Chicago
c. 1873 Normal, IL
Kingston, NY
October 1, 1876 Chicago
April 7, 1880 Bowling Green, KY
December 25, 1896 Bobroisk, Russia
May 1, 1876 Gransee, German y
September 15, 1885 Kaba, Hungary
1862 Paris, France
April 9, 1889 Cawker City, KS
June 10, 1888 Chicago
July 1, 1889 Vinnitza, Russia
February 12, 1883 Brenham, TX
June 1, 1893 Neuwied-am-Rhein, Germany
August 25, 1897 Beaconsfield, IA
1866
Unknown
February 24, 1847 Ontario, Canada
July 19, 1887 Janelew, WV
January 25, 1873 St. Joseph, MO
December 25, 1873 Grand Rapids, MI
Unknown
Unknown
December 30, 1840 Terre Haute, IN
August 27, 1889 Norway, MI
February 16, 1871 Independence, IA
1879 Kristianstad, Sweden
June 11, 1855 Attmar, Medelpad, Sweden
December 19, 1876 Chicago
March 17, 1895 England
October 6, 1886 Sibley, IA
April 19, 1883 Aberdeen, Scotland
May 25, 1893 Milwaukee, WI
April 15, 1867 Wisbalen, Lithuania
November 30, 1887 Council Bluffs, IA
October 5, 1894 Millbrook, NY
April 13, 1884 Wausau, WI
November 20, 1872 Chicago
October 10, 1875 Greencastle, IN
April 3, 1889 Caseville, MI
September 11, 1899 Pittsburgh, PA
November 29, 1871 Vienna, Austria
January 29, 1860 Earlville, IL
May 17, 1897 Gosslies, Hainaut, Belgium
April 16, 1872 Gosslies, Belgium
Unknown
1844 Near Greensberg, IN
February 12, 1863 Breslau, Germany
Brooklyn, NY
July 24, 1957 Chicago
After 1900 Highland Park?
Unknown
September 13, 1983 Oak Park, IL
July 1969 Chicago, IL
After 1913 Chicago?
October 1915 Chicago
After 1886 Chicago?
After 1931 Chicago?
July 1884 Georgetown, CO
c.July 10, 1931 New York, NY
April 10, 1953 Chicago
? After 1925 Chicago?
March 1946, Chicago
May 1965 Beaumont, CA
November 18, 1968 Appleton, WI
October 8, 1956 Chicago
December 3, 1973 Chicago
December 21, 1956 Morrison, IL
September 1971 Milwaukee, WI
January 12, 1968 Rockford, IL
After 1918 Chicago?
After 1921 Chicago?
After 1928 Chicago?
After 1915 Chicago?
After 1902 Oak Park, IL?
After 1915 Chicago?
July 24, 1951 Evanston, IL
April 20, 1963 Delray Beach, FL
August 12, 1972 Ringwood, IL
May 25, 1947 Chicago
After 1919 Chicago ?
After 1910 Chicago?
November 7, 1967 Chicago
December 13, 1931 Chicago
January 4, 1898 Washington, D. C.
After 1904 Chicago?
1929
August 8, 1948 Chicago
August 1974 Woodbridge, VA
December 1935, Bronxville, NY?
November 24, 1985 Franklin Grove, IL
April 6, 1948 Chicago
May 21, 1931 Chicago
January 30, 1924 Chicago, IL
January 15, 1862 Grayville, IL
Oct 15, 1938 DeLand, FL
March 31, 1919 Chicago
After 1908 Chicago?
January 20, 1932 Elgin, IL
1881 Plainwell, MI
April 18, 1989 Aurora, IL
February 24, 1894 Santa Barbara, CA
August 3, 1950 Chicago
After 1904 Chicago?
July 1998, Winter Park, FL
After 1919 Chicago ?
After 1912 Chicago?
October 16, 1963 Chicago
After 1904 Chicago?
March 19, 1966 Chicago
After 1937
After 1901 Chicago?
June 3, 1972 Chicago
After 1940? Chicago
After 1908 Chicago?
December 5, 1928 Chicago
March 7, 1908 Chicago
After 1953, Williamstown, MA?
December 31, 1968 Chicago
After 1929 Chicago?
March 5, 1939 Norwood Park, IL
July 16, 1964 Chicago
June 12, 1943 Saugatuck, MI
December 30, 1955 Freeport, IL
After 1918 Chicago/Paris?
After 1950 Chicago?
After 1925 Chicago?
April 13, 1938 Milan, IL
After 1931 Chicago?
November 27, 1941 Chicago
After 1923 Chicago?
June 30, 1946 Chicago
February 18, 1919 New York, NY
November 6, 1973 Wheaton, IL
February 13, 1966 Ramona, CA
February 23, 1949 Chicago
After 1926 Chicago?
November 11, 1971 Harbert, MI
After 1932 Chicago?
May 11, 1904 Chicago
After 1920 Chicago?
December 23, 1935 Mendota, IL
October 23, 1962 Chicago
October 19, 1956 Chicago
January 1967 Portland, OR
After 1875 Quincy, IL?
August 15, 1928 Ithaca, NY
May 23, 1904 New York, NY
July 6, 1968 Chicago
December 18, 1933 Chicago
1968 St. Augustine, FL
3/30/1933 Matfors, Medelpad, Sweden
December 17, 1936 Michigan City, IN
August 18, 1933 Elmhurst, IL
1960 Berwyn, IL
February 5, 1959 Oakland, CA
After 1933 Chicago?
October 23, 1932 Chicago
November 21, 1960 Chicago
April 27, 1986 San Rafael, CA
December 24, 1968 Chicago
November 13, 1956 Franklin, IN
November 5, 1945 Chicago
January 9, 1960 Cody, WY
August 19, 1963 Chicago
March 2, 1993 Albuquerque, NM
February 14, 1927 Chicago
December 23, 1954 Downers Grove, IL
January 21, 1953 Downers Grove, IL
After 1904 Chicago?
1896 Shelbyville, IN
October 10, 1957 Winnetka, IL
New England