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
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Carl I. Sachs |
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1896 |
December 6, 1966 Chicago |
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Gordon Saint Clair |
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1885 |
February 21, 1966 Glen Ellyn, IL |
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James Allen Saint John |
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1872 |
May 23, 1957 Chicago |
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Lee Herbert Salisbury |
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1888 |
After 1925 Chicago/Edgerton, WI? |
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Matilda Finley Salter |
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Unknown |
Unknown |
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Carrie E. Sammel |
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Unknown |
After 1915 Moline? |
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Frederick Harrington Sammons |
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1838 |
September 6, 1917 Chicago |
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John Herman Sampson |
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1896 |
August 19, 1972 Winfield, IL |
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Hannah Sandborn |
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Unknown |
Unknown |
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Ole Authin Sannem |
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1861 |
October 10, 1946 Chicago |
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Paul Turner Sargent |
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1880 |
February 7, 1946 Coles County, IL |
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Miles W. Sater |
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1882 |
December 19, 1953 Ashville, NC |
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William H. Savin |
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1899 |
September 3, 1985 Highland Park, IL |
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Philip Ayer Sawyer |
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1877 |
March 7, 1949 Clearwater, FL |
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Carl Scheffler |
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1883 |
May 17, 1962 Evanston, IL |
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Robert C. Schenck |
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1891 |
June 12, 1970 Rolling Meadows, IL |
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William Schmedtgen |
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1862 |
December 29, 1936 Wilmette, IL |
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Albert A. Schmid |
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1897 |
December 14, 1981 St. Charles, IL |
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Werner Bruno Schmidt |
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1886 |
After 1919 Evanston? |
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Felix George Schmidt |
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1895 |
After 1927 Wilmette, IL |
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Carl Arthur Schmidt |
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1890 |
After 1947 Chicago ? |
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Bella Hermont Schnee |
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Unknown |
Unknown |
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John Schneeberger |
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Unknown |
After 1913 Chicago? |
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Flora Schofield |
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1871 |
October 5, 1960 Chicago |
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Frederick DeForest Schook |
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1872 |
October 15, 1942 Sturgeon Bay, WI |
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Dorothy A. Schrader |
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1890 |
After 1925 Chicago? |
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George Lawrence Schreiber |
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1862 |
September 3, 1940 Santa Clara, CA |
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Charles Schroeder |
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1878 |
October 9, 1953 Chicago |
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Herman Schultz |
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1862 |
May 6, 1924 Chicago |
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George Frederick Schultz |
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1869 |
September 5, 1950 Grant, Lake Co., IL |
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Eva Schütze |
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1867 |
May 20, 1935 Chicago |
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William Samuel Schwartz |
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1896 |
February 10, 1977 Chicago |
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Christian Schwerdt |
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1836 |
After 1900 Chicago |
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Janet Laura Scott |
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1884 |
After 1926 Chicago? |
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William Edouard Scott |
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Unknown |
May 16, 1964 Chicago |
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Alice Nicholson Seacord |
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1888 |
August 1962 Chicago |
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George Joseph Seideneck |
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1885 |
March 1972 Carmel Valley, CA |
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Jaroslav Sekanina |
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Unknown |
After 1913 Chicago? |
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Margaret Kate Selleck |
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1887 |
March 12, 1958 Chicago, IL |
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James Milton Sessions |
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1882 |
November 14, 1962 Chicago |
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Gulbrand Sether |
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1869 |
June 17, 1941 Oak Park, IL |
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Ralph Fletcher Seymour |
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1876 |
January 1, 1966 Elburn, IL |
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Cynara Shattuck |
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Unknown |
After 1923 Chicago? |
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Annie Cornelia Shaw |
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1852 |
August 31, 1887 Kenwood, Chicago |
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Sarah Van Doren Shaw |
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1844 |
January 4, 1918 Chicago, IL |
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Joseph Gary Sheahan |
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1893 |
After 1955 Chicago? |
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Glen C. Sheffer |
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1881 |
September 11, 1948 Chicago |
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Chester George Shepherd |
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1894 |
January 31, 1957 Bloomfield Hills, MI |
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Renslow Parker Sherer |
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1888 |
April 26, 1979 Highland Park, IL |
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Lilian Gordanier Sherman |
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Unknown |
After 1896 Chicago? |
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Martha E. Sherman |
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1894 |
After 1904 Chicago? |
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Beatrix Sherman |
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1875 |
January 1, 1975 Palm Beach, FL |
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Bernard Sherpo |
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1897 |
After 1950 Chicago? |
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Walter James Sherwood |
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1865 |
June 5, 1951 Wilmette, IL |
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Ramon Shiva |
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1893 |
April 27, 1963 Santa Fe, NM |
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Richard A. Shober |
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1866 |
October 7, 1896 Chicago |
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Mary Elizabeth Sibley |
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1867 |
January 14, 1904 Chicago |
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Emilie I. Sievert |
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Unknown |
After 1906 Chicago? |
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Michael Justin Sileikis |
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1893 |
December 17, 1987 Chicago |
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Lucy Sarah Silke |
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1863 |
November 14, 1939 Chicago |
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Pauline Simon |
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1894 |
After 1976 Chicago? |
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Jennie Siporin |
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1890 |
1973 Chicago |
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Ralph Fisher Skelton |
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Unknown |
April 10, 1930 Chicago, IL |
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Edwin F. Skinner |
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Unknown |
After 1882 Chicago? |
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Margery Singley Slick |
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1899 |
October 30, 1978 N. Riverside, IL |
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Junius Sloan |
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1827 |
August 15 1900 Oak Glen, CA |
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Charlotte F. Small |
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1856 |
August 26, 1912 Seattle, WA |
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Suzanne C. Small |
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Unknown |
November 3, 1931 Kankakee, IL |
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Victor Joseph Smedley |
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Unknown |
After 1895 Chicago? |
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Derk Smit |
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1889 |
July 17, 1984 Santa Barbara, CA |
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Sarah Katharine Smith |
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1875 |
1960s Wheaton, IL |
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J. Howard Smith |
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Unknown |
After 1910 Chicago? |
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George Melville Smith |
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1877 |
After 1940 Chicago? |
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David H. Smith |
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1849 |
August 27, 1904 Elgin, IL |
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Charles Darling Smith |
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1844 |
December 12, 1943 Chicago |
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Leverett L. Smith |
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1874 |
December 26, 1928 Wheaton |
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Marshall D. Smith |
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1873 |
January 13, 1973 Chicago |
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Ellen Hinsdale Smith |
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1879 |
September 14, 1922 Denver, CO |
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Frank Snapp |
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Unknown |
After 1922 Chicago? |
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Oscar Daniel Soellner |
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1890 |
February 11, 1952 Oak Park |
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Carl Sofus Sorensen |
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1864 |
After 1915 Chicago |
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Joseph Sosman |
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1848 |
August 1915 Chicago |
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Lyna Chase Souther |
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1880 |
October 27, 1950 Springfield, IL |
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Joshua I. Souvarine |
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1874 |
August 27, 1955 Chicago |
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Gertrude S. Spaller |
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Unknown |
After 1925 |
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John Adams Spelman |
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1880 |
May 19, 1941 Grand Marais, MN |
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Morris Spielberger |
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1887 |
After 1917 Chicago? |
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Fridolf N. Spolander |
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1885 |
May 14, 1972 Winfield, IL |
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Anne Emma Spread |
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1877 |
July 30, 1941 Haslemere, Surrey, England |
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Henry Fenton Spread |
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1844 |
September 5, 1890 Chicago |
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John Franklin Stacey |
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1865 |
February 3, 1941 Pasadena, CA |
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Anna Lee Stacey |
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1859 |
March 4, 1943 Pasadena, CA |
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Claire Leo Stadeker |
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1886 |
July 6, 1911 Chicago |
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Sister Mary Stanisia |
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1878 |
January 28, 1967 Elm Grove, WI |
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Eliza Ann Starr |
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1824 |
September 7, 1901 Durand, IL |
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Fred Stearns |
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1885 |
May 1967 Saugatuck, MI |
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Jeannette Stedman |
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1879 |
February 23, 1924 Chicago |
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George F. Steinberg |
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1887 |
After 1919 Chicago? |
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Nathaniel P. Steinberg |
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1896 |
June 1976 Saugatuck, MI |
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Hermine Josephine Stellar |
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1884 |
November 27, 1969 Highland Park, IL |
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1875 |
April 8, 1963 Chicago |
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Eda Sterchi |
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1885 |
October 1969 Paradise Valley, AZ |
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Thomas Wood Stevens |
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1880 |
January 29, 1942 Tucson, AZ |
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Clara Hatch Stevens |
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1863 |
June 17, 1943 Highland Park, IL |
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Florence Ezzell Stevenson |
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1890 |
After 1966 Chicago? |
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Claudia Stevenson |
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1890 |
January 15, 1968 Chicago |
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N. E. Stewart |
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Unknown |
After 1855 Chicago? |
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Ada L. Stewart |
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1868 |
After 1905 Chicago? |
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Jeanne M. Stewart |
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Unknown |
October 10, 1921 Chicago, IL |
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Gertrude Stiles |
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Unknown |
After 1908 Denver, CO? |
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Charles Stewart Stobie |
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1845 |
August 17, 1931 Chicago |
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Laura Louise Stoddard |
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Unknown |
April 15, 1943 Highland Park, IL |
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Anna Alfrida Storm |
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1896 |
After 1933 Evanston? |
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Mrs. G. Stowe |
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Unknown |
After 1883 Evanston, IL? |
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Frances Strain |
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1898 |
1962 Chicago |
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Helen Elizabeth Strandberg |
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1898 |
After 1922 Chicago? |
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Glenn Vernon Strauss |
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1870 |
After 1908 Gibson City? |
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Paul Strayer |
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1885 |
February 22, 1981 Evanston, IL |
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Agnes Street |
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1889 |
February 12, 1940 Elgin, IL |
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Gustaf Adolf Strom |
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1872 |
February 4, 1918 Norwood, IL (Chicago) |
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Howard Strong |
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Unknown |
After 1863 Chicago? |
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Mary Helen Stubbs |
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1867 |
July 2, 1931 Chicago |
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Joseph Stuebner |
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1892 |
After 1919 Evanston, IL? |
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Clara Gunn Sucher |
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1866 |
1954 |
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Ursula Elizabeth Suerth |
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1890 |
June 12, 1974 Woodstock, IL |
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Anna M. Sundberg |
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Unknown |
After 1915 Chicago? |
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Charles Vedder Sutherland |
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1861 |
After 1917 Chicago? |
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Frank L. Sutherland |
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Unknown |
April 18, 1930 Chicago |
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Svend Svendsen |
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1864 |
September 6, 1945 Chicago |
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August Swanson |
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1873 |
February 8, 1899 Chicago |
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Carl Edgar Swenson |
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1897 |
September 24, 1978 Rockford, IL |
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Ednah Knox Swigart |
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1886 |
1971 |
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Sophia Davis Talbot |
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1888 |
December 1963 Melrose, IA |
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Thomas Eddy Tallmadge |
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1876 |
January 1, 1940 Arcola, IL |
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Ella Hotelling Tanberg |
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1862 |
April 6, 1928 Hollywood, CA |
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Beatrice Edwards Tassencourt |
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Unknown |
After 1919 Chicago? |
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Cora Louise Taylor |
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1889 |
April 21, 1986 Saugatuck, MI |
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Elisabeth Mary Taylor |
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1881 |
September 14, 1969 Buffalo, NY |
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Frederic Tellander |
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1878 |
January 26, 1977 Goshen, IN |
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Karl Termöhlen |
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1863 |
1938 Pittsfield, MA |
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Roy L. Terwilliger |
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Unknown |
After 1920 Chicago? |
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Edwin Terwilliger |
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1872 |
December 20, 1961 South Haven, MI |
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Alice Bemis Thayer |
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1864 |
After 1917 Evanston, IL? |
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Julia Thecla |
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1896 |
June 29, 1973 Chicago |
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Henry Daniel Thielcke |
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1786 |
c.1874 Chicago |
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Julia Thompson |
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1895 |
After 1920 Chicago? |
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Harriett C. Thompson |
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1879 |
After 1933 Oak Park, IL? |
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John Thompson |
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1899 |
August 28, 1935 Monmouth, IL |
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Bruce Thompson |
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1888 |
December 9, 1941 Oak Park, IL |
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Laura Jones Thompson |
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1857 |
February 1977 St. Petersburg, FL |
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Marvin Francis Thompson |
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1843 |
September 18, 1955 Chicago |
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Emil O. Thulin |
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1891 |
April 3, 1965 Evanston, IL |
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John Tietz |
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1874 |
After 1906 Chicago? |
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Edward Joseph Timmons |
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1882 |
January 31, 1960 Evanston, IL |
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Millard W. Titus |
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1890 |
October 1, 1941 Chicago |
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Richard Todtleben |
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1875 |
April 23, 1956 Chicago |
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Norman Tolson |
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1883 |
1961 Lake George, MI |
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Magdalena Tolson |
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1888 |
May 14, 1972 Lincoln, MI |
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1889 |
December 31, 1974 Berwyn, IL |
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Marion Farwell Tooker |
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1882 |
After 1913 Chicago/Paris? |
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Morris Topchevsky |
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1899 |
June 13, 1947 Chicago |
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James Topping |
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1879 |
July 24, 1948 Oak Park, IL |
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Axel William Torgerson |
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1833 |
January 1890 Chicago |
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Edith Mary Towle |
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Unknown |
After 1913 Chicago? |
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Abigail Towne |
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Unknown |
? After 1867 |
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Simon P. Tracy |
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1833 |
September 9, 1863 |
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Elizabeth Emily Troeger |
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1857 |
November 8, 1945 Hinsdale, IL |
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Elling Tronnes |
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1870 |
October 22, 1965 Evanston, IL |
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Gaylord Sangston Truesdell |
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1850 |
June 13, 1899 New York, NY |
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Arnold Edwin Turtle |
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1892 |
October 24, 1954 Galena, IL |
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Charles Turzak |
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1899 |
January 31, 1986 Orlando, Florida |
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Margaret H. Tuthill |
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1888 |
June 3, 1979 Hinsdale, IL |
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Alice Kellogg Tyler |
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1867 |
February 14, 1900 Chicago |
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Carolyn Dow Tyler |
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1862 |
September 19, 1951 Evanston, IL |