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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

 William A. Haefeker 

 William M. Haenel 

 Charles J. Hagberg 

 Otto Eugene Hake 

 Beatrice Dakyn Hall 

 Cyrenius Hall 

 Florence Slocum Hall 

 James D. Hall 

 Thomas Hall 

 Austin Benjamin Hallberg 

 Charles Edward Hallberg 

 Mary Hughitt Halliday 

 John William Hallquist 

 Josephine Jensik A. Halverson 

 Roy S. Hambleton 

 Edward Matthias Hamer 

 John Olsen Hammerstad 

 Pauline Jean Hammill 

 Minnie B. Hammill-Rowe 

 Edith Hazel Hammond 

 Idea Louise Hammond 

 John S. Hana 

 Adelaide D. Hancock 

 Dr. Joseph Lane Hancock 

 Louis C. Hankes 

 Corna Searcy Hanlin 

 Henry Charles Hannig 

 John Hanny 

 Nicholas Harder 

 David Ferguson Hargrave 

 Edith Boynton Harmon 

 Paul Edward Harney 

 Frank Robert Harper 

 Marian Lyall Dunlap Harper 

 William A. Harper 

 Grace Harrison Bromley 

 Mary E. Harrison 

 Noah P. Harrison 

 Robert Bartholow Harshe 

 Linda Marietta Hartman 

 William Albert Hartman 

 Lucie Hartrath 

 Helen A. Haselton 

 William Lincoln Haskell 

 Anders John Haugseth 

 Lars Jonson Haukaness 

 Minnie Haver 

 M. A. Hawley 

 Fredericka Hayden 

 Sara Shewell Hayden 

 Frank S. Hazenplug 

 George Peter Alexander Healy 

 Jane Heap 

 Charles Hechter 

 Edith Clara Heinrichs 

 Adolph Heinze 

 Helen West Heller 

 Ellen G. Helliwell 

 Bessie Helstrom 

 Grace Hall Hemingway 

Joseph Leslie Hempstead 

 Homer Henderson 

 Ernest Martin Hennings 

 John Albert Heppes 

 H. H. Max Herzog 

 Charles Hetherington 

 Magda Margareta Heuermann 

 Arthur Heun 

 Harold Sherman Hewlett 

 Ruth Lovold Heyerdahl 

 Althea M. Hiatt 

 Condé Wilson Hickok 

 William Victor Higgins 

 Conrad H. Highwood 

 George T. Hillman 

 Dorothy Hills 

 Charles A. Hilpert 

 Teana McLennan Hinman 

 E. Louchelle Hinsdell 

 Margaret Alice Hittle 

 Mary Adams Hoagland 

 Erwin W. Hobby 

 Jesse Carl Hobby 

 Alfred C. Hockings 

 Carl Hoeckner 

 Edward Wesley Hoehn 

 May Brunnemeyer Hoelscher 

 Carl Hoerman 

 Othmar Hoffler 

 Marguerite Kurtz Hohenberg 

Fred M. Holcombe 

 C. Cameron Hollis 

 Charles W. Holloway 

 John Frank Holme 

 Anna Holmes 

 Anna L. Holmes 

 Ellen A. Holmes 

 Marshall H. Holmes 

 Mrs. Helen V. Holmes 

 Edward Joseph Holslag 

 Elizabeth Tuttle Holsman 

 Charles Edward Hooven 

 Mina Hoskins 

 Rena A. Hostetler 

 William A. Hottinger 

 Arthur Klindt Houlberg 

 Emily Aminta Howard 

 Olive C. Howard 

 Wallace E. Howard 

 Elizabeth H. Howland 

 Ernest Thorvald H. Hoyer 

 Vivian Church Hoyt 

 George Hruska 

 Raymond E. Huelster 

 J. C. Hughes 

 Lester Theodore Hull 

 Henry Hulsman 

 Frank Rudolph Humpal 

 Florence Thurston Humphrey 

 Alonzo St. George Huntington 

 Lee Hutton 

 Rudolph Frank Ingerle 

 Emma Kipling Hess Ingersoll 

 Wilson Henry Irvine 

 Olav Iversen 

 Chu-Jiro Iwata 

1862

April 26, 1885 Chicago

1865

December 17, 1876 Ulm, Germany

Unknown

March 20, 1830 Blue Earth, Minnesota

April 22, 1878 Grand Rapids, MI

1824 New York

April 23 1883 Blekinge, Sweden

Unknown

January 15, 1855 Västra Frölunda, Sweden

October 31, 1866 Cairo, IL

December 24, 1895 Rockford, IL

March 19, 1890 Chicago

April 18, 1887 Plainwell, MI?

January 17, 1877 Germany

April 19, 1842 Christiansund, Norway

Unknown

1891 Oshkosh, WI

September 26, 1887 Milton Twp., NE

September 1, 1859 Gambier, OH

Unknown

April 11, 1898

April 12, 1864 Chicago

June 7, 1882 St. Cloud, MN

1895 Cullman, AL

February 27, 1883 Hirschberg, Germany

December 31, 1890 ?, IA

Unknown

1882 Barron, WI

August 29, 1879 Chicago

October 21, 1850 New Orleans

January 3, 1876 Rock Island

December 12, 1884 Keokuk, IA

December 27, 1873 Cayuga, Canada

March 29, 1853, NYC

Unknown

? New York State

May 23, 1879 Salisbury, MO

May 5, 1886 Elgin, IL

October 19, 1882 Altoona, PA

January 1867 Boston, MA

October 30, 1888

Unknown

May 30, 1884 Haugseth Vik, Norway

1862 Granvin, Hardanger Fjord, Norway

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

February 28, 1862 Chicago

1873

July 15, 1813 Boston

? Topeka, KS

May 24, 1886 Romania

December 29, 1881 Illinois

February 5, 1887 Chicago

1872 Rushville, IL

Unknown

June 1877 Västergötland, Sweden

June 15, 1872 Chicago

February 3, 1884 Brooklyn

Unknown

February 5, 1886 Penns Grove, NJ

February 15, 1874 Mansfield, OH

October 2, 1872 Berlin, Germany

1855

September 10, 1868 Galesburg, IL

1866 Saginaw, MI

March 19, 1893 Joliet, IL

August 17, 1890 Arendal, Norway

May 4, 1881

April 7, 1865 Batavia, IL

June 28, 1884 Shelbyville, IN

February 1824 Bavaria

August 25, 1890 Ashland, NE

November 5, 1898

1855 Louisville, KY

1863 Schleswig, Germany

1874

April 19, 1886 Victor, IA

? Chicago

December 18, 1892 Joliet

May 11, 1871 Cooperstown, NY

July 11, 1897 Florence, WI

December 19, 1883 Munich

April 15, 1867 Davenport, IA

May 9, 1884 Aurora, IL

April 13, 1885 Babenhausen, Bavaria

March 8, 1893 Buffalo, NY

August 16, 1882 Vienna, Austria

November 23, 1891

September 30, 1882 Bermuda

June 14, 1859 Philadelphia

June 29, 1868 Corinth, WV

Unknown

August 11, 1893 Chicago

1852 Columbus, NY

December 24, 1836 Philadelphia

Unknown

February 4, 1870 Buffalo, NY

September 29, 1872 Brownville, NE

Unknown

September 30, 1886 LaGrange, IL

November 29, 1885

October 11, 1890 Philadelphia

July 24, 1895 Chicago

October 30, 1836 Bloomington, IL

Unknown

December 2, 1882 Shawneetown, MO

1878 Burlington, IA

1872 Copenhagen

November 28, 1880 Walworth, WI

March 12, 1892 Chicago

May 1, 1890 Milwaukee, WI

Unknown

May 23, 1888 Chicago

February 1849 Germany

July 2, 1891 Chicago

Unknown

June 2, 1868 Fort Leavenworth, KS

Unknown

April 14, 1879 Vienna

January 18, 1878 Chicago

February 28, 1869 Byron, IL

1874 Christiania, Norway

November 3, 1892 Tottoriken, Japan

After 1910 Harvey?

After 1940 Chicago ?

After 1898 Chicago?

July 16, 1965 Chicago

After 1896 Highland Park, IL?

1896 Chicago

After 1924 Denver?

After 1890 Peoria, IL?

December 13, 1950 Chicago

After 1940 Chicago?

July 7, 1940 Chicago

June 26, 1957 Santa Barbara, CA

March 7, 1953 Rockford, IL

October 24, 1956 Chicago

March 1977 Kalamazoo, MI

May 20, 1960 Chicago

February 10, 1925 Chicago

After 1918 Chicago?

After 1940 Maywood

January 14, 1969 Glen Ellyn, IL

July 29, 1938 Evanston, IL

After 1919 Peoria?

July 1983 Rye, NY

March 12, 1922 Chicago

September 30, 1943 Chicago

After 1931 Chicago?

December 22, 1948 Charleston, WV

May 10, 1984 Wheaton, IL

After 1910 Chicago?

1934 Java, Indonesia

October 19, 1963 Lake Forest, IL

November 27, 1915 St. Louis, MO

January 5, 1948 Glencoe, IL

September 1979 Kalamazoo, MI

March 27, 1910 Mexico City

October 30, 1945, Los Angeles

After 1910 Chicago?

After 1895 Chicago

January 11, 1938 Chicago

1982 Debary, FL

1973 Sanford, FL

August 12, 1962 Chicago

September 12, 1989 Woodstock Valley, CT

After 1925 Chicago?

May 1979 Woodland, CA

September 1929 Banff, Canada

After 1890 Elgin, IL?

After 1883 Dixon, IL?

After 1918 Chicago?

January 3, 1939 Park Ridge, IL

After 1910 Chicago?

June 24, 1894 Chicago

June 18, 1964 London, England

After 1951 Chicago?

October 31, 1972 Clinton, IL

June 11, 1958 Glenview, IL

November 19, 1955 New York, NY

After 1895 Oak Park, IL?

After 1955 Chicago

1951 Oak Park, IL

October 1965 Chicago?

After 1875 Rock Island, IL?

May 19, 1956 Taos, NM

January 13, 1938 Berwyn, IL

August 26, 1950 Chicago

After 1923 Aurora, IL?

July 27, 1962 Marshall, MO

June 20, 1946 Chicago

November 29, 1962 Plainfield, IL

September 23, 1953 Chicago

January 1976 Cassopolis, MI

March 25, 1933 Berwyn, IL

August 23, 1949 Taos, NM

December 29, 1893 Boston

Unknown

February 1967 Pontiac, MI

September 21, 1922 Pasadena, CA

After 1904 Chicago?

After 1899 Elgin, IL?

After 1939 Spokane, WA?

After 1910 Chicago?

May 1, 1977 Joliet, IL

January 25, 1938 Oak Park

February 1957 Myrtle Beach, SC

May 1972 Kensington, CA

December 1, 1943 Rockford, IL

February 25, 1936 Aurora, IL

November 7, 1955 Douglas, MI

1954 Chicago?

October 3, 1972 Zion, IL

March 1972 Jacksonville, FL

After 1930 Chicago?

January 27, 1941 Chicago

July 27, 1904 Denver, CO

After 1853 Chicago?

Unknown

December 23, 1933 Beloit, WI

After 1886 Chicago?

June 12, 1917 Chicago

December 10, 1924 Dekalb, IL

October 4, 1956 Evanston, IL

After 1910 Chicago?

May 1, 1977 Brookfield, IL

March 1982 Nashville, IN

June 3, 1950 Glen Ellyn, IL

October 2, 1949 Crystal Lake, IL

June 8, 1914 Bloomington, IL

? After 1900 Chicago?

After 1940 Chicago?

After 1927 Chicago/Provincetown

1949 Chicago

January 20, 1957 Claremont, FL

After 1940 Chicago?

May 31, 1955 Flathead County, MT

Unknown

February 9, 1948 Chicago

March 26 1930, Belvidere, IL

January 10, 1948 Oak Park, IL

After 1901 Chicago?

August 3, 1941 Chicago

After 1930 Chicago?

October 20, 1950 Highland Park, IL

After 1940 Chestertown, MD?

August 21, 1936 Lyme, CT

After 1922 Chicago?

After 1930 Chicago/Oak Park?

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