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
Julian L. MacDonald
Angus Peter MacDonall
Clara MacGowan
Murray MacKenzie
Isobel Steele MacKinnon (Rupprecht)
Norman Hilliard MacLeish
Mary MacMillan
Marie Ranchfuss MacPherson
Elizabeth Brooks Maher
Hardesty Gillmore Maratta
Carl March
Emma J. March
Hubert J. Margraf
Charlotte Marlchamm
Ethel Mars
Emma L. Martin
Helen Hite Martin
Anna Bird Martin
Samuel A. Marx
Leo Aurelio Marzolo
Joseph Maski
Ebenezer Mason
Dr. Michael Mason
Alice Frances Mason
Anna Lou Matthews Bedore
Carl Mauch
Henry Howard Maust
Edward Albert Mayer
Guy Ferris Maynard
James Edwin McBurney
Flora Thomas McCaig
Emma Frances McCally
William Franklin McCaughey
John William McClain
Amy Irwin McCormick
James Allen McCracken
Carolyn Belle McCracken
Decatur Stephen McDannell
George L. McDonald
John McDonnell
Margaret Louisa McDougall
Daniel H. McEnerny
Grace Farwell McGann
Frederick B. McGreer
Pleasant Ray McIntosh
Clare Alva McKee
John Dukes McKee
Iris McLane
Lena Brooke McNamara
Ambrose McNeal (McNeil)
Elizabeth McWilliams
Mary Maud Means
Miss J. Meech
Anne C. Meigs
Alfred Meissner
Harriet Edna Meleney
Bessie Marble Menage
Isaac Watt Meridith
Harry Wallace Methven
Louis N. Mihas
Frida Mikesch
Elizabeth Bell Millard
Susan I. Miller
Lamar Miller
Marion G. Miller
J. Edgar Miller
Royal Hill Milleson
Louis Millet
Harry L. Millhouser
Georgia Watson Miner
Charles Minghi
Anna Ames Mitchell
Elmira Dudley Mitchell
Frederic Kimball Mizen
Julius Moessel
Charlotte Mohor
Armand R. Monaco
Marion Monroe
Alfred Montgomery
Ernest Morgan
Isaac A. Morgan
T. E. Moritz
Charles Knowles Morris
Eloise E. Morrow
Mamie Haile Morse
Henry Charles Mortenson
John R. Morton
William Harry Mosby
Wendell Moseley
Thomas Gibbs Moses
Ethelwyn Moss
Archibald Motley
Verne V. Mullen
Charles Edward Mullin
Virginia Agnes Murphey
Edith I. Murphey
William Earl Musick
Jean June Myall
Olie Irwin Myers
Mary Elizabeth Myrick
Rocco D. Navigato
Elizabeth Kimball Nedved
Louis Alexander Neebe
Minnie Harms Neebe
Emma C. Needham
James Bolivar Needham
Clarence Ellsworth Neeld
F. William Neuenfeldt
Clyde James Neuman
Albert D. Neville
Lane Kay Newberry
Anna C. Newell
Helen Newell
Charles A. Nicolai
John Joseph Noerdinger
François R. Noga
Carl Albert Nordberg
Ruth F. Nutting
Pierre Josef Nuyttens
Arvid Frederick Nyholm
Gretta Nyholm
Katie Louise Oakes
John Williams O'Brien
Daniel J. O'Brien
Elizabeth O'Connell
Frederick D. Ogden
David Okanoff
Carl Victor Olsen
Albert S. Olson
Adolf Opstad
Gregory Orloff
Erel F. Osborn
Samuel Ostrowsky
Frederick Charles Oswald
Walt Otto
Karl Peter Ouren
Charles Alexander Overall
Vilette Windett Overly
Charles Kent Owen
Lillian Owen
March 28, 1882 Cornwall, Ontario Cananda
April 7, 1876 St. Louis, MO
September 15, 1895 Montreal, Canada
Ireland
October 3, 1896 Negaunee, MI
August 29, 1890 Glencoe, IL
Unknown
1879 Cincinnati, OH
December 22, 1866 Ohio
August 22, 1864 Chicago
December 4, 1888 Austria
January 21, 1850 Jacksonville, IL
February 10, 1885 Chicago
Unknown
September 19, 1876 Springfield, IL
June 6, 1882 Parkersburg, IA
? New York
Wenona, IL 1873
August 27, 1885 Natchez, MS
February 22, 1887 Martinez, CA
February 13, 1884 Warsaw, Poland
January 16, 1895 Chicago
April 23, 1895 Rossville, IL
1843 Jacksonville, IL
June 26, 1882 Chicago
January 7, 1854 Stüttgart
February 20, 1895
January 8, 1889 Columbus, OH
1870 Chicago
November 22, 1868 Lore City, OH
September 7, 1856 Royalton, NY
Unknown
November 19, 1892 Lynchburg, VA
September 19, 1893 Chicago
April 15, 1880 Fort Riley, KS
October 22, 1876 Oneida, IL
Unknown
1830 Canton, OH
September 10, 1896 Burlington, WI
1880 Chicopee, MA
1874
Unknown
April 18, 1868 Lake Forest, IL
Unknown
October 4, 1897 New Salisbury, IN
July 15, 1895 Benton Harbor, MI
December 4, 1899 Kokomo, IN
Unknown
1891
c. June 29, 1840
April 12, 1887
1848 Marietta, OH
Unknown
Unknown
April 1, 1877 Chicago
November 10, 1869 Syndey, Nova Scotia
July 14, 1877 Minneapolis, MN
March 28, 1878 Frankfort, IN
September 10, 1864 Philadelphia
December 6, 1893 Distomo Levadia, Greece
Unknown
March 16, 1882 Chicago
December 17, 1899 Idaho Falls, ID
Unknown
? St. Charles, IL
Unknown
November 23, 1849 Batavia, OH
June 20, 1856 New York
March 29, 1887 Chicago
April 4, 1876 Springfield, IL
March 25, 1872 Pescia, Italy
? Wocester, MA?
Unknown
January 29, 1888 Chicago
October 13, 1871 Fürth, Bavaria
April 17, 1868 Paris, France
October 23, 1894 Paola, Italy
Unknown
April 20, 1857 Lawndale, IL
November 4, 1885 Chicago
June 28, 1871 Grand Tower, IL
Unknown
June 10, 1870 Evansville, IN
October 10, 1886 Paducah, KY
November 16, 1874 Nashville, TN
April 18, 1888 Berkeley, CA
Unknown
January 24, 1898 Sioux City, IA
March 17, 1861 Waltham, MA
July 21, 1856 Liverpool, England
1886 Harper City, KY
October 7, 1891 New Orleans, LA
March 7, 1888 Washington, D.C.
July 6, 1885 Chicago
December 18, 1890 Pittsburgh, PA
? New Castle, IN
November 27, 1896 Brashear, MO
June 1, 1883 Hinsdale, IL
November 12, 1888 Humphrey, NE
July 20, 1852 Orland, IL
April 13, 1895 Chicago, IL
October 26, 1897 Chicago
August 18, 1873 Philadelphia
December 25, 1873 Chicago
August 12, 1877 Catskill, NY
1850 Chatham, Ontario
May 7, 1895 New Albany, IN
January 2, 1877 Coeslin, Germany
Unknown
1895 Watertown, NY
November 8, 1896 Argyle, IA
Unknown
Unknown
June 9, 1857 Indianapolis, IN
January 3, 1895 Nagem, Luxembourg
December 5, 1892 Silesia, Austria
July 23, 1871 Allentown, PA
October 19, 1895 Chicago
March 7, 1876 Lockport, IL
1861 Randolph, VT
August 7, 1885 Antwerp, Belgium
July 12, 1866 Stockholm
August 18, 1897 New York City
May 31, 1858 Hillsdale, MI
? Belvidere, IL
Before 1830 Dublin?
? Iowa
November 22, 1892 Augusta, GA
April 25, 1886
June 18, 1893 Vännäs, Sweden
1870 Chicago
1890 Oslo, Norway
March 17, 1890 Kiev, Russia
November 16, 1897 Galesburg, IL
May 5, 1886 Malin, Russia
November 21, 1875 Chicago Heights, IL
1895 Horicon, Wisconsin
February 5, 1882 Fredrikshald,Norway
August 14, 1894 Chicago
Unknown
1874
January 19, 1849 Courtland, NY
June 18, 1939 Chicago
December 18, 1927 Westport, CT
Feb. 1983 Oceanside, CA
June 1909 Chicago
December 1, 1972 Chicago, IL
August 1975 Naples, FL
After 1915 Chicago?
After 1942 Chicago?
After 1919 Kenilworth, IL?
October, 1924 Eastern U. S.
After 1917 Chicago?
September 7, 1943 Chicago
After 1931 Chicago?
After 1919 Chicago?
March 1956 France?
After 1894 Chicago?
After 1896 Wenona, IL ?
After 1935 Chicago?
January 17, 1964 New York, NY
March 21, 1964 Geneva, IL
After 1919 Chicago?
December 31, 1886 Jacksonville, IL
March 30, 1963 Wood Dale, IL
September 1977 Dexter, MI
After 1962 St. Petersburg, FL?
June 18, 1913 Chicago, IL
January 23, 1994 Woodstock, NY
January 25, 1967 Chicago
After 1904, 1936? Paris, France?
March 2, 1955 Chicago
March 28, 1933 Los Angeles
June 28, 1911 Chicago
1961
After 1920 Chicago?
August 14, 1939 Wheaton, IL
After 1952 Oak Park?
May 4, 1940 Chicago
October 14, 1890 Rock Island, IL
December 1978 Lodi, WI
February 25, 1940 Chicago, IL
March 31, 1928 St. Petersburg, FL
After 1910 Chicago ?
After 1917 Lake Forest, IL?
January 13, 1902 San Francisco, CA
October 1985 Gainsville, FL
July 1963 Waukegan?
July 25, 1956 Lyons, IL
After 1915 Chicago?
After 1924 Chicago?
After 1896 Chicago?
October 1967 San Clemente, CA
After 1910 Santa Barbara, CA?
After 1883 Chicago?
After 1921 Chicago?
May 8, 1935 Chicago
January 15, 1939, NYC
After 1910 Chicago?
1954 Brown County, IN
August 30, 1947 Chicago
February 8, 1965 Chicago
After 1883 Chicago?
January 14, 1980 Lake Forest, IL
1935 Chicago?
After 1920 Chicago?
After 1926 Chicago?
June 1, 1993 Chicago
December 18, 1935 Evanston, IL
September 2, 1923 Chicago
February 14, 1949 Chicago
July 25, 1926 Springfield, IL
After 1946 Chicago?
1923 ca. Chicago?
1939 Peoria, IL
June 1964 River Forest, IL
August 13, 1957 Chicago
After 1926 Chicago?
August 1981 Glendale, CA
After 1925 Chicago?
April 19, 1922 Los Angeles, CA
March 6, 1948 Evanston
September 12, 1913 Brooklyn/Chicago?
After 1921 Chicago?
October 10, 1962 Evanston, IL
After 1931 Cairo, IL
January 31, 1942 Evanston, IL
After 1931 Chicago?
After 1916 Chicago?
December 19, 1964 Wilmette, IL
October 1, 1923 Elgin, IL
March 17, 1934 Oak Park, IL
1975 Peoria, IL
January 16, 1981 Chicago
January 16, 1970 Oak Park, IL
After 1947 Orland Park?
After 1898 Chicago?
April 23, 1949 La Grange, IL
December 1971 Tucson, AZ
After 1931 Evanston, IL?
After 1927 Chicago?
November 18, 1933 Chicago
After 1942 Chicago?
April 8, 1969 Northbrook, IL
July 9, 1935 Chicago
May 26, 1936 Chicago
After 1931 Oak Park, IL?
January 26, 1931 Chicago
January 1971 Hardy, AR
After 1931 Chicago?
After 1915 Hinsdale, IL
After 1920 Chicago?
1961 Nauvoo, IL
After 1881 Chicago?
After 1881 Chicago?
February 19, 1942 Chicago
October 13, 1963 River Forest, IL
May 8, 1988 Scappoose, OR
May 28, 1950 Dixon, IL
December 15, 1979 Morton Grove, IL
January 7, 1934 Charleston, SC
After 1918 Wheaton ?
January 9, 1960 Chicago
November 14, 1927 Chicago
October 31, 1985 Morton Grove, IL
August 8, 1937 Chicago
After 1871 Chicago?
After 1947 Belvidere?
After 1893, Chicago?
July 25, 1948 Wisconsin
After 1917 Chicago?
1936 Chicago
After 1916 Los Angeles, CA?
After 1940 Chicago?
July 1981 Union Pier, MI
January 11, 1989 Chicago
December 26, 1946 Chicago
After 1913 Chgo. Heights?
1963 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
January 3, 1943 Chicago
April 1977 Lake Geneva, WI
After 1904 Chicago?
After 1905 Chicago?
September 5, 1929 Bloomington, IL