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ILLINOIS ARTISTS

IHAP has compiled histories of over 1,500 artists who meet the following criteria:·BORN before January 1900LIVED 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

 

 

1886

November 1985 Santa Barbara, CA

John PeterJackson

 

 

Unknown

After 1913 Chicago?

Herman Edward Jackson

 

 

1897

September 26, 1975 Decatur, IL

L. Rowley Jacobs

 

 

Unknown

After 1890 Springfield, IL?

William Jacobs

 

 

1897

March 1973 St. Louis, MO

Lillian Jacoby

 

 

Unknown

After 1896 Rockford, IL?

Rebecca Jameson

 

 

Unknown

After 1904 Chicago?

Percy D. Jamieson

 

 

1884

February 1971 Villag Park, CA

Vladimir R. Janowicz

 

 

1896

12/24/1970 New Brunswick

Alfred Jansson

 

 

1863

September 4, 1931 Chicago

Martha Ellen Jenkins

 

 

1864

February 1923 Chicago?

William I. Jenkins

 

 

1857

March 5, 1927 Chicago

Holger W. Jensen

 

 

1881

May 26, 1943 Grand Detour, IL

Frank I. Jervis

 

 

1823

September 10, 1885 Chicago

Bessie A. Jewell

 

 

1886

After 1930 Chicago?

Edna May Johansen

 

 

Unknown

After 1935 Winnetka?

Frank I. Johnson

 

 

1892

1952 Rockford, IL

Alma Louise Johnson

 

 

1895

1959 Moline, IL

Mae Julia Johnson

 

 

1879

After 1924 Chicago?

Hazel Johnson

 

 

Unknown

After 1924 Chicago?

Grace H. Johnson

 

 

1879

After 1956 Aurora, IL?

Fred G. Johnson

 

 

1885

May 11, 1990 Sun City, AZ

Harriet L. Jones

 

 

Unknown

After 1893 Chicago?

Rose F. Jones

 

 

1862

After 1910 Chicago?

A. Howard Jones

 

 

Unknown

After 1910 Chicago?

Annie Weaver Jones

 

 

Unknown

After 1911 Chicago?

Isabelle Carpenter Jones

 

 

Unknown

After 1919 Champaign, IL?

Marguerite Mignon Jones

 

 

 1896

 After 1929 Chicago?

 

 

Harriet Coulter Joor

 

 

Unknown

1965 Chicago?

Louis Grund Joran

 

 

Unknown

After 1896 Chicago?

George M. Josimovich

 

 

1894

After 1984 Chicago?

Alfred Juergens

 

 

1866

April 18, 1934 Oak Park, IL

Charles Juergens

 

 

1875

May 5, 1931 Chicago, IL

Max Jung

 

 

Unknown

After 1910 Chicago?

Carl Stephen Junge

 

 

1880

January 17, 1972 Des Plaines, IL

Joshua Kaganove

 

 

1892

August 31, 1968 Chicago

Benjamin S. Kanne

 

 

1897

April 19, 1952 Chicago

Herman Katz

 

 

1897

After 1976 Chicago?

Alxexander Raymond Katz

 

 

1895

March 24, 1974 Miami Beach, FL

George Frederick Kaumeyer

 

 

1856

March 25, 1951 Los Angeles, CA

Roy Chester Keister

 

 

1886

December 1983 Whitehouse, TX

Belle Emerson Keith

 

 

1865

May 29, 1950 New York City

Charles Harry Kellner

 

 

1890

January 23, 1979 Chicago

Anna P. Kellogg

 

 

1874

After 1908 Chicago?

Edmund Philo Kellogg

 

 

1879

February 28, 1938 Chicago

Faustina James Kelly

 

 

1874

August 1, 1928 Chicago

Clay Kelly

 

 

1876

Juen 1937 Chicago

Benjamin Kelman

 

 

1887

After 1940 Chicago?

Karl Kelpe

 

 

1898

October 25, 1973 Elmwood Park, IL

Thomas M. Kempf

 

 

1895

June 8, 1988 Beecher, IL

Samuel James Kennedy

 

 

1880

After 1926 Chicago/ Laguna Beach?

Lawrence Kennedy

 

 

1877

After 1933 Hinsdale?

Marie Antoinette Kennicott

 

 

Unknown

1907 ~ Chicago

Ada M. Kennicott

 

 

1825

March 6, 1926 St. Petersburg, FL

Camilla Meyers Kenyon

 

 

1893

October 31, 1968 Peoria, IL

Blanche Weyburn Kerr

 

 

1872

August 12, 1955 Oak Park, IL

Roy Anderson Ketcham

 

 

1894

November 1969 Schoolcraft, MI

Mabel Key

 

 

1874

July 6, 1926 Chicago

Edward Earl Kibbee

 

 

1897

February 6, 1973 Libertyville, IL

Robert P. Kilbert

 

 

1880

June 14, 1945 Chicago

Charles Pritchard Killgore

 

 

1889

November 23, 1979 LaGrange, IL

Katherine M. King

 

 

Unknown

After 1907 Chicago?

Norman Fridthjof Kinservik

 

 

Unknown

Unknown

Earle Rosslyn Kirkbride

 

 

1891

1968

Vernon H. Kirkbride

 

 

1891

After 1940 Chicago?

Amy R. Kirkpatrick

 

 

1862

April 29, 1935 Union City, IL

Joseph H. Kirschbaum

 

 

1829

1926 Nauvoo, IL

Jerome Jaralav Klapka

 

 

1887

December 1963 Berwyn?

Henry Kleim

 

 

1866

March 10, 1940 Chicago

Adolph Frederick Kleiminger

 

 

1865

After 1933 Nonquitt, MA?

Ernest Sigmund Klempner

 

 

1867

January 14, 1941 Evanston, IL

Kate K. Klohs

 

 

1872

After 1913 Palos Park ?

Zanville David Klopper

 

 

1872

February 3, 1934 Chicago

Nellie Augusta Knopf

 

 

1875

April 30, 1962 Lansing, MI

Ida L. Knox

 

 

1861

September 6, 1902 Princeton, IL

Clementine Stuve Knudson

 

 

1883

1910

S. M. Knudson

 

 

Unknown

After 1922 Chicago?

Helen Muriel Knudson

 

 

Unknown

After 1925 Chicago?

Helena Elizabeth Knudson

 

 

1865

After 1940 Springfield?

Charles Louis Koch

 

 

1863

June 26, 1939 Chicago, IL

Irma Rene Koen

 

 

1884

July 1975? Montecito, CA?

Florence R. Kolker

 

 

Unknown

After 1915 Chicago?

Mildred I. Koons

 

 

1896

After 1967 Sun City, AZ

Babette S. Kornblith

 

 

1893

February 24, 1973 Chicago

Carl Rudolph Krafft

 

 

1884

October 18, 1938 Oak Park, IL

Olof Krans

 

 

1838

January 4, 1916 Altoona, IL

Edward Jan Krasa

 

 

1877

September 17, 1933 Lisle

Sigmund Krausz

 

 

1857

After 1927 Chicago?

Walter Krawiec

 

 

1899

June 8, 1982 Chicago

Harriet B. Krawiec

 

 

1889

September 30, 1968 Chicago

Albert Henry Krehbiel

 

 

1873

June 29, 1945 Evanston, IL

Clara Josephine Kretzinger

 

 

1883

After 1940 Dublin?

Marguerite G. Kreutzberg

 

 

1880

After 1940 Bethlehem, PA?

Joseph A. Krohmer

 

 

1878

July 28, 1931 Riverside, IL

Elsa Marie Kroll

 

 

1893

October 9, 1918 Chicago

William John Krullaars

 

 

1878

July 31, 1946 Chicago

Luella Kuckemann

 

 

Unknown

1947 Galena, IL

Leo J. Kull

 

 

Unknown

After 1919 Chicago?

Louis Kurz

 

 

1833

March 21, 1921 Chicago

Jessie Pixley Lacey

 

 

1863

February 25, 1957 Evanston, IL

Florence G. Lahr

 

 

1898

After 1940 Chicago?

Edward John Lake

 

 

1870

July 1, 1940 Champaign, IL

Charles Thompson Lambert

 

 

1854

March 30, 1932 Peoria, IL

Herman C. Lammers

 

 

1867

March 20, 1946 Chicago

Helen Beardsley Landaker

 

 

1889

December 29, 1980 Evanston, IL

Elizabeth Lane

 

 

1893

After 1905 Rockford, IL?

Marjorie L. Lane

 

 

Unknown

October 23, 1978 Peoria, IL

William E. Lape

 

 

1889

August 25, 1972 Evanston, IL

John R. Larsen

 

 

1894

1940 Oak Park?

Ole P. Larsen

 

 

1848

After 1966 Traverse City, MI

Mae Sybil Larsen

 

 

1898

February 18, 1953 Chicago

Frederick T. Larson

 

 

1868

November 2, 1944 Chicago

Sister Mary Laureen

 

 

1893

April 1987, Saint Marys, IN

Alice A. Lazard

 

 

1893

December 26, 1972 Highland Park, IL

Napoleon Ledochowski

 

 

1845

October 20, 1917 Chicago

Mahrea Cramer Lehman

 

 

1896

July 1991 Greenwood, MS

Howard Leigh

 

 

1896

1981 Chicago/Spiceland, IN?

George A. Leupold

 

 

Unknown

May 21, 1936 Chicago

Henry L. Levy

 

 

1892

After 1940 Chicago?

Beatrice Sophia Levy

 

 

1868

July 19, 1974 San Diego, CA

Herbert Taylor Lewis

 

 

1893

1958 Carmel, CA?

Eva G. Lewis

 

 

1851

August 4, 1933 Oak Park

Mathilda Lietz

 

 

1893

January 15, 1956 Grand Detour, IL

Frank Louis Linden

 

 

1850

July 27, 1934 Chicago

S. B. Linder

 

 

Unknown

After 1919 Chicago?

Carl Lindin

 

 

1869

November 7, 1942 Woodstock, NY

Nellie Day Lines

 

 

1859

March 10, 1915 Chicago

John Lins

 

 

1893

February 1983 Chicago, IL?

Axel Linus

 

 

1885

April 1980 Palm Springs, CA

Amos Platte Little

 

 

1844

January 3, 1929 Danville, IL

William E. Livezey

 

 

1876

April 1970 Metairie, LA

Guida Livingston

 

 

Unknown

After 1899 Bloomington, IL?

Ruth H. Livingstone

 

 

1873

After 1915 Chicago?

Tito Macrini Livio

 

 

1899

Unknown

Pedro Llanuza

 

 

1882

After 1925 Chicago?

Victor M. Llona

 

 

1885

After 1918 Chicago?

Glada A. Lockhart

 

 

1892

After 1940 Calumet City, IL

Ella Loeb

 

 

Unknown

After 1913 Chicago ?

Dorothy Loeb

 

 

1887

July 1971 Chicago

Fannie Louella Long

 

 

1898

February 12, 1956 Rock Island, IL

Manchus Carlton Loomis

 

 

1861

August 16, 1938 Villa Park, IL

Lyman Arthur Loomis

 

 

1850

November 6, 1926 Peoria

Sadie H. Lowes

 

 

1870

November 1, 1945 Chicago

Agnes Squire Lowrie

 

 

1892

After 1940 Chicago?

Lydia Hess Lowry

 

 

1866

November 30, 1936 Chicago

Oscar Martin Lumby

 

 

1879

December 12, 1961 Chicago

Frank A. Lundahl

 

 

1858

September 7, 1932 Rock Island, IL

Martin Lundgren

 

 

1871

November 17, 1968 Chicago

Leon Lundmark

 

 

1875

May 2, 1942 Altadena, CA

Marie Koupal Lusk

 

 

1862

December 13, 1929 Chicago

Louis O. Lussier

 

 

Unknown

After 1874 Chicago?

Helen C. Luthardt

 

 

Unknown

After 1917 Chicago?

Philip Lyford

 

 

1887

March 24, 1950 Hartford, CT

Anna Lynch

 

 

1865

January 8, 1946 Elgin, IL

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