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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

 Carl I. Sachs

 

 

1896

December 6, 1966 Chicago

 Gordon  Saint Clair

 

 

1885

February 21, 1966 Glen Ellyn, IL

 James Allen Saint John

 

 

1872

May 23, 1957 Chicago

 Lee Herbert Salisbury

 

 

1888

After 1925 Chicago/Edgerton, WI?

 Matilda Finley Salter

 

 

Unknown

Unknown

 Carrie E. Sammel

 

 

Unknown

After 1915 Moline?

 Frederick Harrington Sammons

 

 

1838

September 6, 1917 Chicago

 John Herman Sampson

 

 

1896

August 19, 1972 Winfield, IL

 Hannah Sandborn

 

 

Unknown

Unknown

 Ole Authin Sannem

 

 

1861

October 10, 1946 Chicago

 Paul Turner Sargent

 

 

1880

February 7, 1946 Coles County, IL

 Miles W. Sater

 

 

1882

December 19, 1953 Ashville, NC

 William H. Savin

 

 

1899

September 3, 1985 Highland Park, IL

 Philip Ayer Sawyer

 

 

1877

March 7, 1949 Clearwater, FL

 Carl Scheffler

 

 

1883

May 17, 1962 Evanston, IL

 Robert C. Schenck

 

 

1891

June 12, 1970 Rolling Meadows, IL

 William Schmedtgen

 

 

1862

December 29, 1936 Wilmette, IL

 Albert A. Schmid

 

 

1897

December 14, 1981 St. Charles, IL

 Werner Bruno Schmidt

 

 

1886

After 1919 Evanston?

  Felix George Schmidt

 

 

1895

After 1927 Wilmette, IL

 

 

 Carl Arthur Schmidt

 

 

1890

After 1947 Chicago ?

 Bella Hermont Schnee

 

 

Unknown

Unknown

 John Schneeberger

 

 

Unknown

After 1913 Chicago?

 Flora Schofield

 

 

1871

October 5, 1960 Chicago

 Frederick DeForest Schook

 

 

1872

October 15, 1942 Sturgeon Bay, WI

 Dorothy A. Schrader

 

 

1890

After 1925 Chicago?

 George Lawrence Schreiber

 

 

1862

September 3, 1940 Santa Clara, CA

 Charles Schroeder

 

 

1878

October 9, 1953 Chicago

 Herman Schultz

 

 

1862

May 6, 1924 Chicago

 George Frederick Schultz

 

 

1869

September 5, 1950 Grant, Lake Co., IL

 Eva Schütze

 

 

1867

May 20, 1935 Chicago

 William Samuel Schwartz

 

 

1896

February 10, 1977 Chicago

 Christian Schwerdt

 

 

1836

After 1900 Chicago

 Janet Laura Scott

 

 

1884

After 1926 Chicago?

 William Edouard Scott

 

 

Unknown

May 16, 1964 Chicago

 Alice Nicholson Seacord

 

 

1888

August 1962 Chicago

 George Joseph Seideneck

 

 

1885

March 1972 Carmel Valley, CA

 Jaroslav Sekanina

 

 

Unknown

After 1913 Chicago?

 Margaret Kate Selleck

 

 

1887

March 12, 1958 Chicago, IL

 James Milton Sessions

 

 

1882

November 14, 1962 Chicago

 Gulbrand Sether

 

 

1869

June 17, 1941 Oak Park, IL

 Ralph Fletcher Seymour

 

 

1876

January 1, 1966 Elburn, IL

 Cynara Shattuck

 

 

Unknown

After 1923 Chicago?

 Annie Cornelia Shaw

 

 

1852

August 31, 1887 Kenwood, Chicago

 Sarah Van Doren Shaw

 

 

1844

January 4, 1918 Chicago, IL

 Joseph Gary Sheahan

 

 

1893

After 1955 Chicago?

 Glen C. Sheffer

 

 

1881

September 11, 1948 Chicago

 Chester George Shepherd

 

 

1894

January 31, 1957 Bloomfield Hills, MI

 Renslow Parker Sherer

 

 

1888

April 26, 1979 Highland Park, IL

 Lilian Gordanier Sherman

 

 

Unknown

After 1896 Chicago?

 Martha E. Sherman

 

 

1894

After 1904 Chicago?

 Beatrix Sherman

 

 

1875

January 1, 1975 Palm Beach, FL

 Bernard Sherpo

 

 

1897

After 1950 Chicago?

 Walter James Sherwood

 

 

1865

June 5, 1951 Wilmette, IL

 Ramon Shiva

 

 

1893

April 27, 1963 Santa Fe, NM

 Richard A. Shober

 

 

1866

October 7, 1896 Chicago

 Mary Elizabeth Sibley

 

 

1867

January 14, 1904 Chicago

 Emilie I. Sievert

 

 

Unknown

After 1906 Chicago?

 Michael Justin Sileikis

 

 

1893

December 17, 1987 Chicago

 Lucy Sarah Silke

 

 

1863

November 14, 1939 Chicago

 Pauline Simon

 

 

1894

After 1976 Chicago?

 Jennie Siporin

 

 

1890

1973 Chicago

 Ralph Fisher Skelton

 

 

Unknown

April 10, 1930 Chicago, IL

 Edwin F. Skinner

 

 

Unknown

After 1882 Chicago?

 Margery Singley Slick

 

 

1899

October 30, 1978 N. Riverside, IL

 Junius Sloan

 

 

1827

August 15 1900 Oak Glen, CA

 Charlotte F. Small

 

 

1856

August 26, 1912 Seattle, WA

 Suzanne C. Small

 

 

Unknown

November 3, 1931 Kankakee, IL

 Victor Joseph Smedley

 

 

Unknown

After 1895 Chicago?

 Derk Smit

 

 

1889

July 17, 1984 Santa Barbara, CA

 Sarah Katharine Smith

 

 

1875

1960s Wheaton, IL

 J. Howard Smith

 

 

Unknown

After 1910 Chicago?

 George Melville Smith

 

 

1877

After 1940 Chicago?

 David H. Smith

 

 

1849

August 27, 1904 Elgin, IL

 Charles Darling Smith

 

 

1844

December 12, 1943 Chicago

 Leverett L. Smith

 

 

1874

December 26, 1928 Wheaton

 Marshall D. Smith

 

 

1873

January 13, 1973 Chicago

 Ellen Hinsdale Smith

 

 

1879

September 14, 1922 Denver, CO

 Frank Snapp

 

 

Unknown

After 1922 Chicago?

 Oscar Daniel Soellner

 

 

1890

February 11, 1952 Oak Park

 Carl Sofus Sorensen

 

 

1864

After 1915 Chicago

 Joseph Sosman

 

 

1848

August 1915 Chicago

 Lyna Chase Souther

 

 

1880

October 27, 1950 Springfield, IL

 Joshua I. Souvarine

 

 

1874

August 27, 1955 Chicago

 Gertrude S. Spaller

 

 

Unknown

After 1925

 John Adams Spelman

 

 

1880

May 19, 1941 Grand Marais, MN

 Morris Spielberger

 

 

1887

After 1917 Chicago?

 Fridolf N. Spolander

 

 

1885

May 14, 1972 Winfield, IL

 Anne Emma Spread

 

 

1877

July 30, 1941 Haslemere, Surrey, England

 Henry Fenton Spread

 

 

1844

September 5, 1890 Chicago

 John Franklin Stacey

 

 

1865

February 3, 1941 Pasadena, CA

 Anna Lee Stacey

 

 

1859

March 4, 1943 Pasadena, CA

 Claire Leo Stadeker

 

 

1886

July 6, 1911 Chicago

 Sister Mary Stanisia

 

 

1878

January 28, 1967 Elm Grove, WI

 Eliza Ann Starr

 

 

1824

September 7, 1901 Durand, IL

 Fred Stearns

 

 

1885

May 1967 Saugatuck, MI

 Jeannette Stedman

 

 

1879

February 23, 1924 Chicago

 George F. Steinberg

 

 

1887

After 1919 Chicago?

 Nathaniel P. Steinberg

 

 

1896

June 1976 Saugatuck, MI

 Hermine Josephine Stellar

 

 

1884

November 27, 1969 Highland Park, IL

 Antonin Sterba

 

 

1875

April 8, 1963 Chicago

 Eda Sterchi

 

 

1885

October 1969 Paradise Valley, AZ

 Thomas Wood Stevens

 

 

1880

January 29, 1942 Tucson, AZ

 Clara Hatch Stevens

 

 

1863

June 17, 1943 Highland Park, IL

 Florence Ezzell Stevenson

 

 

1890

After 1966 Chicago?

 Claudia Stevenson

 

 

1890

January 15, 1968 Chicago

 N. E. Stewart

 

 

Unknown

After 1855 Chicago?

 Ada L. Stewart

 

 

1868

After 1905 Chicago?

 Jeanne M. Stewart

 

 

Unknown

October 10, 1921 Chicago, IL

 Gertrude Stiles

 

 

Unknown

After 1908 Denver, CO?

 Charles Stewart Stobie

 

 

1845

August 17, 1931 Chicago

 Laura Louise Stoddard

 

 

Unknown

April 15, 1943 Highland Park, IL

 Anna Alfrida Storm

 

 

1896

After 1933 Evanston?

 Mrs. G. Stowe

 

 

Unknown

After 1883 Evanston, IL?

 Frances Strain

 

 

1898

1962 Chicago

 Helen Elizabeth Strandberg

 

 

1898

After 1922 Chicago?

 Glenn Vernon Strauss

 

 

1870

After 1908 Gibson City?

 Paul Strayer

 

 

1885

February 22, 1981 Evanston, IL

 Agnes Street

 

 

1889

February 12, 1940 Elgin, IL

 Gustaf Adolf Strom

 

 

1872

February 4, 1918 Norwood, IL (Chicago)

 Howard Strong

 

 

Unknown

After 1863 Chicago?

 Mary Helen Stubbs

 

 

1867

July 2, 1931 Chicago

 Joseph Stuebner

 

 

1892

After 1919 Evanston, IL?

 Clara Gunn Sucher

 

 

1866

1954

 Ursula Elizabeth Suerth

 

 

1890

June 12, 1974 Woodstock, IL

 Anna M. Sundberg

 

 

Unknown

After 1915 Chicago?

 Charles Vedder Sutherland

 

 

1861

After 1917 Chicago?

 Frank L. Sutherland

 

 

Unknown

April 18, 1930 Chicago

 Svend Svendsen

 

 

1864

September 6, 1945 Chicago

 August Swanson

 

 

1873

February 8, 1899 Chicago

 Carl Edgar Swenson

 

 

1897

September 24, 1978 Rockford, IL

 Ednah Knox Swigart

 

 

1886

1971

 Sophia Davis Talbot

 

 

1888

December 1963 Melrose, IA

 Thomas Eddy Tallmadge

 

 

1876

January 1, 1940 Arcola, IL

 Ella Hotelling Tanberg

 

 

1862

April 6, 1928 Hollywood, CA

 Beatrice Edwards Tassencourt

 

 

Unknown

After 1919 Chicago?

 Cora Louise Taylor

 

 

1889

April 21, 1986 Saugatuck, MI

 Elisabeth Mary Taylor

 

 

1881

September 14, 1969 Buffalo, NY

 Frederic Tellander

 

 

1878

January 26, 1977 Goshen, IN

 Karl Termöhlen

 

 

1863

1938 Pittsfield, MA

 Roy L. Terwilliger

 

 

Unknown

After 1920 Chicago?

 Edwin Terwilliger

 

 

1872

December 20, 1961 South Haven, MI

 Alice Bemis Thayer

 

 

1864

After 1917 Evanston, IL?

 Julia Thecla

 

 

1896

June 29, 1973 Chicago

 Henry Daniel Thielcke

 

 

1786

c.1874 Chicago

 Julia Thompson

 

 

1895

After 1920 Chicago?

 Harriett C. Thompson

 

 

1879

After 1933 Oak Park, IL?

 John Thompson

 

 

1899

August 28, 1935 Monmouth, IL

 Bruce Thompson

 

 

1888

December 9, 1941 Oak Park, IL

 Laura Jones Thompson

 

 

1857

February 1977 St. Petersburg, FL

 Marvin Francis Thompson

 

 

1843

September 18, 1955 Chicago

 Emil O. Thulin

 

 

1891

April 3, 1965 Evanston, IL

 John Tietz

 

 

1874

After 1906 Chicago?

 Edward Joseph Timmons

 

 

1882

January 31, 1960 Evanston, IL

 Millard W. Titus

 

 

1890

October 1, 1941 Chicago

 Richard Todtleben

 

 

1875

April 23, 1956 Chicago

 Norman Tolson

 

 

1883

1961 Lake George, MI

 Magdalena Tolson

 

 

1888

May 14, 1972 Lincoln, MI

 Joseph Tomanek

 

 

1889

December 31, 1974 Berwyn, IL

 Marion Farwell Tooker

 

 

1882

After 1913 Chicago/Paris?

 Morris Topchevsky

 

 

1899

June 13, 1947 Chicago

 James Topping

 

 

1879

July 24, 1948 Oak Park, IL

 Axel William Torgerson

 

 

1833

January 1890 Chicago

 Edith Mary Towle

 

 

Unknown

After 1913 Chicago?

 Abigail Towne

 

 

Unknown

? After 1867

 Simon P. Tracy

 

 

1833

September 9, 1863

 Elizabeth Emily Troeger

 

 

1857

November 8, 1945 Hinsdale, IL

 Elling Tronnes

 

 

1870

October 22, 1965 Evanston, IL

 Gaylord Sangston Truesdell

 

 

1850

June 13, 1899 New York, NY

 Arnold Edwin Turtle

 

 

1892

October 24, 1954 Galena, IL

 Charles Turzak

 

 

1899

January 31, 1986 Orlando, Florida

 Margaret H. Tuthill

 

 

1888

June 3, 1979 Hinsdale, IL

 Alice Kellogg Tyler

 

 

1867

February 14, 1900 Chicago

 Carolyn Dow Tyler

 

 

1862

September 19, 1951 Evanston, IL

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