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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

Pacinio, Norberta Dal Poggetta

Packard, Henrietta W.

Palansky, Abraham

Pall, Augustin G.

Palmblad, Signe

Palmer, Minne E.

Palmer, Pauline Lennards

Pape, George B.

Parke, Josephine Dunham

Parker, James K.

Parker, Lawton Silas Gray

Parkyn, Maude M.

Patterson, Ernest George

Pattison, James William

Payen, Cécile E.

Payne, Alfred

Payne, Henry Charles

Pearman, Katharine K.

Pebbles, Frank Marion

Peck, Charles

Peck, Sheldon

Perkins, Stella Mary

Perrett, Annie Louise

Perrine, Daniel

Perry, James Raymond

Petersen, Lucy C. M.

Peterson, Henry Eric Christopher

Peterson, Herman

Peterson, Marie Wilhelmena

Petrtyl, August

Peyraud, Elizabeth (Libbie) Krysher

Peyraud, Frank Charles

Phelps, Sophia Throop

Phil[l]ips, H. S.

Philbrick, Allen Erskine

Phillips, Aaron Francis

Phillips, John

Phillips, John E.

Phoenix, Frank

Pickering, Arthur J.

Pink, Harry

Piper, George H.

Plath, Karl T.

Platt, Stella J.

Pleimling, Winnifred M. Linsenmeyer

Pohl, Lydia Dorothea

Pollack, Abraham Lazarus

Ponsen, Tunis

Poole, Frederic Victor

Potter, Anne W.

Pottle, Theodora (Polly)

Pougialis, Constantine

Poull, Mary (Mame) Barbara

Poulsen, Christian

Powell, Ella May

Powell, Fay M. Barnes

Preussl, Carl Conrad

Preussner, Mrs. R. B.

Price, Gwynne C.

Price, Mary E.

Prinde[i]ville, Mary

Prucha, Robert

Pruyn, Samueletta R.

Pryor, Yvonne de Montrenil Le Duc

Pugh, Effie

Pullman, Margaret J. M[a]cDonald

Purvis, William Gailbraith

Quinn, Mary F. Hayes

Randall, Mary J.

Rascovich, Roberto Benjamino

Rathbun, W. W.

Ravlin, Grace

Raymond, Flora Andersen

Reade, Christia M.

Ream, Cadurcis Plantagenet

Redfield, Grace Chapman

Reedy, Leonard Howard

Rees, Abbie B.

Reichmann, Josephine Lemos

Reid, Edith A.

Reid, Mary M.

Reidy, Jeannette Sprague

Reinbach, Charles

Reisner, Irma Victoria

Reitzel, Marques E.

Reynolds, Virginia Richmond Smith

Reynolds, Wellington Jarard

Rice, Burton

Rice, Nan

Rich, George E.

Richard, Jacob

Richardson, Edward Jr.

Richardson, Esther Ruble

Richardson, Frederick H.

Richardson, Jr., Harold B.

Richardson, Theordore Scott

Ridgely, Frances Summers

Riley, (Francis) Frank Henry J.

Riley, Garada May Clark

Rindskopf, Alex C.

Ritman, Louis

Rittenhouse, Maud

Robbins, Richard Smith

Roberti, Romolo

Roberts, Helen Meeker

Robertson, George John

Robertson, J. Roy

Robinson, Increase

Rodowicz, Leonard

Roecker, Henry Leon

Roehlk, Ernst C.

Roeth, Esther R.

Rogers, Agnes B.

Root, Enoch

Root, Robert Marshall

Ropp, Clarence Hubert

Rosenberg, Mordecai

Ross, Adele

Ross, Torey

Rounds, George L.

Rousseff, Walter Vladimir

Royla, Bonnie

Rudersdorf, Lillian Church

Rudolph, Pauline Amalie Dohn

Rudy, Mary Elanor Robinson

Rupert, Adam John

Rupprecht, Edgar Arthur

Russell, Eva Webster

Russell, Louise W.

Russmann, Felix

Unknown

Unknown

July 1, 1890 Lodz, Poland

July 12, 1883 Hungary

March 12, 1870 Stockholm, Sweden

July 6, 1879 ?, MI

1867 McHenry, IL

December 21, 1881 Peoria, IL

? Bedford, OH (Western Reserve)

Unknown

August 7, 1868 Fairfield, MI

? Montreal, Canada

May 31, 1883 York, IL

July 14, 1844 Boston

c.1862  Dubuque, IA

July 10, 1824 Bristol, England

November 27, 1850 Newburyport, MA

February 11, 1893 Beloit, WI

October 16, 1839 Wyoming County, NY

May 10, 1827 Burlington, VT

August 26, 1797 Cornwall, VT

May 12, 1891 Winslow, IL

? Chicago

? Anna, IL

April 20, 1863 Northfield, MA

1874 Chicago

May 20, 1841 Stockholm, Sweden

1892 Fredonia, Wisconsin

1864 Falon Sweden

July 8, 1867 Bohemia

1872 Carbondale, IL

June 1, 1858 Bulle, Switzerland

1875 Chicago

Unknown

November 19, 1879 Utica, NY

1848 Petersburg, IL

May 8, 1822 Paisley, Scotland

1887 Chicago

November 25, 1858 Delavan, WI

Illinois

1882 Warsaw, Poland

Unknown

August 29, 1886 Chicago

Unknown

June 28, 1899 Jackson, MI

July 23, 1881 Västergötland, Fröj Sweden

April 25, 1864 Kerch, Russia

February 19, 1891 Wageningen, Holland

June 21,1865 Southampton, Hants, England

Unknown

May 25, 1889 Chicago

November 29, 1894 Cornith, Greece

September 12, 1878 Port Washington, WI

c.1834 Denmark

April 1879 Davenport, IA

January 1, 1885 ?, MO

April 14, 1894 Kronach, Germany

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

1876 Chicago

November 10, 1885 Austria

July 30, 1850 Richmond, IN

September 12, 1884 Chicago

Muscatine, IA

c.1847 Logansport, IN

March 1, 1870 Janesville, WI

Unknown

Unknown

1859 Spalato, Dalmatia, Italy

Unknown

April 15, 1873 Kaneville, IL

January 15, 1891 Pewaukee Lake, WI

1868

May 8, 1838 Lancaster, OH

Unknown

April 24, 1899 Chicago, IL

August 2, 1860 Bloomington, IL

March 24, 1864 Louisville, KY

Unknown

Unknown

? IA

October 29, 1868 Chicago

December 24, 1889 Budapest

March 13, 1896 Fulton, IN

1866 Chicago

April 9, 1866 New Lenox, IL

Unknown

May 9, 1890 Winnipeg, Canada

November 14, 1891 Connersville, IN

September 28, 1883 Ukraine

1824 England

June 8, 1895 Nevada, MO

October 26, 1862 Chicago

Unknown

March 13, 1880

August 22, 1892 Curran, IL

June 15, 1894 St. Joseph, MO

April 22, 1893 Chicago

September 7, 1886

January 6, 1889 Odessa, Russia

c.1850

? Solon, OH

October 18, 1896 Montelanico, Roma,Italy

Unknown

~ 1805

? Scotland

April 2, 1890 Chicago

1899 Poland

July 22, 1860 Burlington, IA

March 9, 1876 Hamburg, Germany

July 28, 1894 Chicago

Unknown

1839 Litchfield County, CT

March 20, 1863 Shelbyville, IL

April 15, 1894 Pekin, IL

March 21, 1888 Russia

Unknown

January 25, 1875 Göteborg, Sweden

October 31, 1867 Vermont

May 24, 1890 Silistria, Bulgaria

Unknown

1882 Clarkson or Leigh, NE

July 1866, Chicago

May 29, 1861 Burlington, IA

August 19, 1854 Ft. Plain, NY

October 11, 1889 Zanesville, OH

September 9, 1856 Chicago

1873

August 2, 1888 New York City

After 1922 Chicago?

After 1894 Chicago?

After 1953 Los Angeles?

After 1926 Chicago?

After 1937 Chicago? Oak Park, IL?

June 18, 1916 Aurora, IL

August 15, 1938 Trondheim, Norway

August 26, 1962 Peoria, IL

After 1923 Chicago?

After 1908 Evanston, IL?

September 25, 1954 Pasadena, CA

After 1905 Chicago?

After 1945 Chicago?

May 29, 1915 Ashville, NC

1900 China

1893 Hinsdale, IL?

February 29, 1916 Chicago

February 3, 1961 Rockford, IL

January 8, 1929 Pasadena, CA

December 10, 1900 Chicago

March 19, 1868 Lombard, IL

January 9, 1980 Freeport, IL

After 1940 Oak Park/Boston?

? Anna, IL

May 31, 1953 Winnetka, IL

After 1907 Chicago?

January 9, 1918 Chicago

May 10, 1969 Winnetka, Illinois

March 30, 1947 Peoria, IL

November 8, 1937 Chicago

September 2, 1961 Chappaqua, NY

May 31, 1948 Highland Park

After 1901 Chicago?

After 1875 Paris, IL?

November 14, 1964 Alexandria, VA

1899 Petersburg, IL

After 1880 Chicago?

After 1937 Chicago?

September 30, 1924 Glendale, CA

April 26, 1922 Los Angeles, CA

November 14, 1951

After 1906 Chicago?

August 18, 1970 Oak Park, IL

After 1884 Chicago?

December 24, 1966 Chicago

April 25, 1946 Chicago

December 4, 1933 Chicago

March 11, 1968 Chicago

July 4, 1936 Sturgeon Bay, WI

After 1910 Chicago?

After 1970 Macomb, Illinois

August 1985 FL

October 25, 1958 Chicago

After 1903 Chicago?

After 1921 Chicago?

September 10, 1976 Chicago

1951

After 1884 Chicago?

After 1901 Chicago?

After 1901 Chicago?

After 1931 New York City?

March 17, 1973 Chicago

January 20, 1934 Chicago

August 1977 Chicago, IL? (1962)

March 11, 1951 Chicago

May 19, 1892 Baltimore, MD

February 5, 1924 Santa Barbara, CA

After 1920 Chicago?

After 1893 Chicago?

October 29, 1905 Chicago

After 1910 Chicago?

September 25, 1956 Plano, IL

March 1985 Henderson, NV

After 1903 Chicago?

June 20, 1917 Chicago

After 1925 Wilmette, IL?

1956 Chicago

August 28, 1946 Bloomington, IL

May 9, 1938 Chicago

After 1919 Chicago?

After 1919 Chicago?

After 1908 Chicago?

November 15, 1930

After 1933 Wilmette?

December 26, 1963 San Jose, CA

June 11, 1903 Lake Geneva, WI

January 22, 1949 Chicago, IL

After 1915 Chicago?

December 7, 1955 Stockton, CA

After 1932 Chicago?

July 1964 Chicago?

1858 Springfield, IL

July 26, 1947 Lockport, IL

January 14, 1937 New York, NY

After 1938 Chicago?

June 1, 1963

October 6, 1978 Springfield, IL

October 1, 1961 Highland Park, IL

June 22, 1991 Highland Park, IL

September 1975 Evanston, IL

November 25, 1963 Winona, MN

Unknown

After 1898 Chicago?

After 1947 Chicago?

After 1940 Eastern U. S.

After 1885 Rockford, IL?

After 1891 Rockford, IL/Chicago?

1981 Sacramento, CA

After 1952 Chicago?

December 31, 1941 Saginaw, MI

January 19, 1950 Chicago

After 1929 Chicago?

After 1939 Chicago?

June 27, 1915 West Palm Beach, FL

August 21, 1937 Shelbyville, IL

June 15, 1973 Lake Forest, IL

July 4, 1952 Chicago

After 1904 Chicago?

January 1, 1966 Chicago

April 4, 1921 Chicago

August 1979 Boston, MA

After 1910 Chicago?

After 1940 Chicago?

June 19, 1934 Los Angeles, CA

After 1925 Chicago?

Hennepin County, MN

October 1, 1954 Chicago

After 1910 Chicago?

After 1894 Chicago?

October 28, 1962 Palos Park, IL

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