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
Reva Jackman
John PeterJackson
Herman Edward Jackson
L. Rowley Jacobs
William Jacobs
Lillian Jacoby
Rebecca Jameson
Percy D. Jamieson
Vladimir R. Janowicz
Alfred Jansson
Martha Ellen Jenkins
William I. Jenkins
Holger W. Jensen
Frank I. Jervis
Bessie A. Jewell
Edna May Johansen
Frank I. Johnson
Alma Louise Johnson
Mae Julia Johnson
Hazel Johnson
Grace H. Johnson
Fred G. Johnson
Harriet L. Jones
Rose F. Jones
A. Howard Jones
Annie Weaver Jones
Isabelle Carpenter Jones
Marguerite Mignon Jones
Harriet Coulter Joor
Louis Grund Joran
George M. Josimovich
Alfred Juergens
Charles Juergens
Max Jung
Carl Stephen Junge
Joshua Kaganove
Benjamin S. Kanne
Herman Katz
Alxexander Raymond Katz
George Frederick Kaumeyer
Roy Chester Keister
Belle Emerson Keith
Charles Harry Kellner
Anna P. Kellogg
Edmund Philo Kellogg
Faustina James Kelly
Clay Kelly
Benjamin Kelman
Karl Kelpe
Thomas M. Kempf
Samuel James Kennedy
Lawrence Kennedy
Marie Antoinette Kennicott
Ada M. Kennicott
Camilla Meyers Kenyon
Blanche Weyburn Kerr
Roy Anderson Ketcham
Mabel Key
Edward Earl Kibbee
Robert P. Kilbert
Charles Pritchard Killgore
Katherine M. King
Norman Fridthjof Kinservik
Earle Rosslyn Kirkbride
Vernon H. Kirkbride
Amy R. Kirkpatrick
Joseph H. Kirschbaum
Jerome Jaralav Klapka
Henry Kleim
Adolph Frederick Kleiminger
Ernest Sigmund Klempner
Kate K. Klohs
Zanville David Klopper
Nellie Augusta Knopf
Ida L. Knox
Clementine Stuve Knudson
S. M. Knudson
Helen Muriel Knudson
Helena Elizabeth Knudson
Charles Louis Koch
Irma Rene Koen
Florence R. Kolker
Mildred I. Koons
Babette S. Kornblith
Olof Krans
Edward Jan Krasa
Sigmund Krausz
Walter Krawiec
Harriet B. Krawiec
Albert Henry Krehbiel
Clara Josephine Kretzinger
Marguerite G. Kreutzberg
Joseph A. Krohmer
Elsa Marie Kroll
William John Krullaars
Luella Kuckemann
Leo J. Kull
Louis Kurz
Jessie Pixley Lacey
Florence G. Lahr
Edward John Lake
Charles Thompson Lambert
Herman C. Lammers
Helen Beardsley Landaker
Elizabeth Lane
Marjorie L. Lane
William E. Lape
John R. Larsen
Ole P. Larsen
Mae Sybil Larsen
Frederick T. Larson
Sister Mary Laureen
Alice A. Lazard
Napoleon Ledochowski
Mahrea Cramer Lehman
Howard Leigh
George A. Leupold
Henry L. Levy
Beatrice Sophia Levy
Herbert Taylor Lewis
Eva G. Lewis
Mathilda Lietz
Frank Louis Linden
S. B. Linder
Carl Lindin
Nellie Day Lines
John Lins
Axel Linus
Amos Platte Little
William E. Livezey
Guida Livingston
Ruth H. Livingstone
Tito Macrini Livio
Pedro Llanuza
Victor M. Llona
Glada A. Lockhart
Ella Loeb
Dorothy Loeb
Fannie Louella Long
Manchus Carlton Loomis
Lyman Arthur Loomis
Sadie H. Lowes
Agnes Squire Lowrie
Lydia Hess Lowry
Oscar Martin Lumby
Frank A. Lundahl
Martin Lundgren
Leon Lundmark
Marie Koupal Lusk
Louis O. Lussier
Helen C. Luthardt
Philip Lyford
Anna Lynch
January 16, 1886 Wichita
November 7, 1897 Kokomo, IN
Unknown
? Lancaster County, PA
July 31, 1897 Chicago
March 4, 1851
Unknown
June 5, 1884
February 7, 1896
December 9, 1863 Arvika,Värmland, Sweden
October 4, 1864 Charleston, IL
July 7, 1857 Green Lake, WI
January 6, 1881 Nestved, Denmark
1823 Ramsey, England
1886 Savannah, GA
? Bloomington, IL
1885 Rockford, IL
1879
January 1892 Chicago
Unknown
1895 ?
Unknown
Unknown
c.1862 Nashville, TN
Unknown
Unknown
December 12, 1896 Chicago
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
May 2, 1894 Mitroviga, Srem, Yugoslavia
August 5, 1866 Chicago, IL
July 29, 1875 Cincinnati
Unknown
June 5, 1880 Stockton, CA
August 22, 1892 Kiev, Russia
June 23, 1897 Odessa, Russia
April 21, 1895 Kassa, Hungary
1897 Ukraine
November 21, 1856 Port Huron, MI
January 2, 1886 Germantown, OH
January 22, 1865 Rockford
September 13, 1890 Kasa, Czechoslovakia
August 5, 1874, Chicago
September 11, 1879 Chicago
June 11, 1874 Jeffersonvile, IN
September 16, 1876 Dyersburg, TN
April 2, 1887 Jassy, Romania
January 26, 1898 Germany
December 29, 1895 Jasper, IN
October 31, 1880 Pittsburgh
June 7, 1877 Mt. Pleasant, MI
Unknown
1825 ~ NYC
July 17, 1893 Peoria, IL
July 18, 1872 Rockford
November 11, 1894 Sandborn, Paoli, IN
August 2, 1874 Paris, France
October 13, 1897 Buffalo
September 14, 1880 Germany/Austria
March 7, 1889 Huntington, WV
Unknown
April 28, 1892 LaCrosse, WI
April 11, 1891 Pittsburgh, PA
September 12, 1894 Evanston, IL
March 14, 1862 Anna, IL
September 27, 1829 Neuss, Near Cologne
November 19, 1887 Czechoslovakia
May 20, 1866 Chicago
December 4, 1865 Chicago
July 26, 1867 Vienna, Austria
June 7, 1872
October 20, 1872 Nemirov, Russia
September 19, 1875 Chicago
July 31, 1861 Princeton, IL
c.1865
Unknown
? Farmingdale, IL
June 6, 1883 Chicago
July 16, 1863 Tell City, IN
October 8, 1884 Rock Island
Unknown
December 26, 1896 Chicago
1893 St. Louis, MO
August 23, 1884 Reading, OH
November 2, 1838 Salja, Sweden
April 27, 1877 Chicago
May 14, 1857 Tolna, Hungary
October 14, 1894 Chicago
September 24, 1889 Morzewo, Poland
November 25, 1873 Denmark, IA
January 12, 1883 Chicago
September 14, 1880 Elgin, IL
October 2, 1878 Chicago
March 1893 Chicago
July 27, 1878 Rotterdam, Holland
? 1886
Unknown
November 23, 1833 Saltzburg, Austria
March 13, 1863 Charlotte, MI
February 26, 1898 Medaryville, IN
May 5, 1870 Dalkeith, Scotland
September 1, 1854 Ballarat, Australia
November 2, 1867 Cincinnati, OH
April 24, 1889 Elkhart, IN
Unknown
August 4, 1893 Illinois
1889
1848 Hadseløen, Norway
June 20, 1894 Chicago
January 20, 1898 Manistee, MI
April 19, 1868 Chicago
June 16, 1893 Fort Wayne, IN
November 1, 1893 New Orleans
April 13, 1845 Paris, France
March 21, 1896 Fredonia, OH
August 9, 1896 Cecilia, KY
March 28, ?
April 3, 1892 Chicago
October 6, 1868 Hartford, CT
March 1, 1851 Bloomingdale, IL
Decmeber 30, 1893 Chicago
July 21, 1893 Peoria, IL
June 16, 1850 Chicago
? Europe
June 15, 1869 Fellingsbro, Sweden
1859 Burlington, VT
August 17, 1893
November 27, 1885 Sweden
October 10, 1844 St. Louis
April 12, 1876 Unionville, MO
Cincinnati?
October 29, 1873 Windsor, MO
May 12, 1899 Lucca, Italy
October 29, 1882 San Francisco, CA
April 5, 1885 Lima, Peru
September 25, 1892 Boone, IA
July 3, 1887 Starnberg, Germany
Unknown
September 1, 1898 St. Paul, MN
June 1, 1850 Peoria, IL
May 4, 1861 Fairview, PA
May 7, 1870 Hamilton County, IN
October 31, 1892 London
April 8, 1866 Newaygo, MI
March 15, 1879 Norway
November 11, 1858 Rock Island, IL
June 21, 1871 Hörup, Kristianstad,Sweden
May 28, 1875 Mölunda, Kalmar, Sweden
February 12, 1862 Cesnovic, Bohemia
? 1810
Unknown
August 20, 1887 Worcester, MA
April 22, 1865 Elgin
November 1985 Santa Barbara, CA
After 1913 Chicago?
September 26, 1975 Decatur, IL
After 1890 Springfield, IL?
March 1973 St. Louis, MO
After 1896 Rockford, IL?
After 1904 Chicago?
February 1971 Villag Park, CA
12/24/1970 New Brunswick
September 4, 1931 Chicago
February 1923 Chicago?
March 5, 1927 Chicago
May 26, 1943 Grand Detour, IL
September 10, 1885 Chicago
After 1930 Chicago?
After 1935 Winnetka?
1952 Rockford, IL
1959 Moline, IL
After 1924 Chicago?
After 1924 Chicago?
After 1956 Aurora, IL?
May 11, 1990 Sun City, AZ
After 1893 Chicago?
After 1910 Chicago?
After 1910 Chicago?
After 1911 Chicago?
After 1919 Champaign, IL?
After 1929 Chicago?
1965 Chicago?
After 1896 Chicago?
After 1984 Chicago?
April 18, 1934 Oak Park, IL
May 5, 1931 Chicago, IL
After 1910 Chicago?
January 17, 1972 Des Plaines, IL
August 31, 1968 Chicago
April 19, 1952 Chicago
After 1976 Chicago?
March 24, 1974 Miami Beach, FL
March 25, 1951 Los Angeles, CA
December 1983 Whitehouse, TX
May 29, 1950 New York City
January 23, 1979 Chicago
After 1908 Chicago?
February 28, 1938 Chicago
August 1, 1928 Chicago
June 1937 Chicago
After 1940 Chicago?
October 25, 1973 Elmwood Park, IL
June 8, 1988 Beecher, IL
After 1926 Chicago/ Laguna Beach?
After 1933 Hinsdale?
1907 ~ Chicago
March 6, 1926 St. Petersburg, FL
October 31, 1968 Peoria, IL
August 12, 1955 Oak Park, IL
November 1969 Schoolcraft, MI
July 6, 1926 Chicago
February 6, 1973 Libertyville, IL
June 14, 1945 Chicago
November 23, 1979 LaGrange, IL
After 1907 Chicago?
Unknown
1968
After 1940 Chicago?
April 29, 1935 Union City, IL
1926 Nauvoo, IL
December 1963 Berwyn?
March 10, 1940 Chicago
After 1933 Nonquitt, MA?
January 14, 1941 Evanston, IL
After 1913 Palos Park ?
February 3, 1934 Chicago
April 30, 1962 Lansing, MI
September 6, 1902 Princeton, IL
1910
After 1922 Chicago?
After 1925 Chicago?
After 1940 Springfield?
June 26, 1939 Chicago, IL
July 1975? Montecito, CA?
After 1915 Chicago?
After 1967 Sun City, AZ
February 24, 1973 Chicago
October 18, 1938 Oak Park, IL
January 4, 1916 Altoona, IL
September 17, 1933 Lisle
After 1927 Chicago?
June 8, 1982 Chicago
September 30, 1968 Chicago
June 29, 1945 Evanston, IL
After 1940 Dublin?
After 1940 Bethlehem, PA?
July 28, 1931 Riverside, IL
October 9, 1918 Chicago
July 31, 1946 Chicago
1947 Galena, IL
After 1919 Chicago?
March 21, 1921 Chicago
February 25, 1957 Evanston, IL
After 1940 Chicago?
July 1, 1940 Champaign, IL
March 30, 1932 Peoria, IL
March 20, 1946 Chicago
December 29, 1980 Evanston, IL
After 1905 Rockford, IL?
October 23, 1978 Peoria, IL
August 25, 1972 Evanston, IL
1940 Oak Park?
After 1966 Traverse City, MI
February 18, 1953 Chicago
November 2, 1944 Chicago
April 1987, Saint Marys, IN
December 26, 1972 Highland Park, IL
October 20, 1917 Chicago
July 1991 Greenwood, MS
1981 Chicago/Spiceland, IN?
May 21, 1936 Chicago
After 1940 Chicago?
July 19, 1974 San Diego, CA
1958 Carmel, CA?
August 4, 1933 Oak Park
January 15, 1956 Grand Detour, IL
July 27, 1934 Chicago
After 1919 Chicago?
November 7, 1942 Woodstock, NY
March 10, 1915 Chicago
February 1983 Chicago, IL?
April 1980 Palm Springs, CA
January 3, 1929 Danville, IL
April 1970 Metairie, LA
After 1899 Bloomington, IL?
After 1915 Chicago?
Unknown
After 1925 Chicago?
After 1918 Chicago?
After 1940 Calumet City, IL
After 1913 Chicago ?
July 1971 Chicago
February 12, 1956 Rock Island, IL
August 16, 1938 Villa Park, IL
November 6, 1926 Peoria
November 1, 1945 Chicago
After 1940 Chicago?
November 30, 1936 Chicago
December 12, 1961 Chicago
September 7, 1932 Rock Island, IL
November 17, 1968 Chicago
May 2, 1942 Altadena, CA
December 13, 1929 Chicago
After 1874 Chicago?
After 1917 Chicago?
March 24, 1950 Hartford, CT
January 8, 1946 Elgin, IL