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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

Walter Ufer

 

 

1876

August 2, 1936 Albuquerque, NM

Andrew V.Ullmark

 

 

1865

July 25, 1934 Harvey, IL

Hattie Edsall Ullrich

 

 

1869

1911 Evanston

Albert Hans Ullrich

 

 

1870

April 25, 1951 Wilmette

Victoria Ulrich

 

 

Unknown

After 1901 Chicago

George Sutton Upp

 

 

1844

12/17/1924 Hancock County, Illinois

Emile Vallet

 

 

1834

1907 Nauvoo, IL

Ida Van Horn

 

 

Unknown

After 1931 Oak Park, IL

Frank Lewis Van Ness

 

 

1866

After 1910 Chicago?

Willard Attwood Van Ornum

 

 

1890

December 26, 1927 Earlville

Laura Van Pappelendam

 

 

1883

1974

John H. Vanderpoel

 

 

1857

May 2, 1911 Union City, MO

Matilda Vanderpoel

 

 

1862

October 21, 1950 Chicago

Joseph Varge

 

 

Unknown

After 1920 Chicago?

Carrie Vaughn

 

 

1838

1891 Winsted, CT

Joseph Vavak

 

 

1891

September 1969 Stotesbury, MO

Richard Veenfliet

 

 

Unknown

After 1915 Cincinnati?

Frank L. Venning

 

 

1888

February 18, 1944 Ravinia, IL

Herman Stoddard Vice

 

 

1884

After 1940 Chicago?

Agda Elin Viker

 

 

1883

March 19, 1969 Des Plaines, IL

R. A. Virtue

 

 

Unknown

After 1910 Chicago?

Enoch M. Vognild

 

 

1880

August 1928 Woodstock, NY

Ted Edna Vognild

 

 

1877

November 13, 1961 Chicago

Hugo Olof von Hofsten

 

 

1865

October 19, 1947 Pasadena, CA

Caroline Dupee Wade

 

 

1857

April 1, 1947 Elmhurst, IL

Frank Russell Wadsworth

 

 

1874

October 9, 1905 Madrid

Mary L. Wagner

 

 

1875

After 1940 Chicago/Saugatuck?

Frank Hugh Wagner

 

 

1870

July 21, 1942 Chicago

Mabel Jessica Wakem

 

 

1870

After 1933 Chicago/E. Glouceste?

Anders Gustave Walgren

 

 

1870

After 1910 Rockford?

Charles Thomas Walker

 

 

1865

After 1897 Chicago?

Carl Efraim Wallin

 

 

1879

November 12, 1968 Chicago

Frederick I. Wallis

 

 

Unknown

After 1859 Chicago?

Richard William Wallis

 

 

1837

After 1884 Chicago?

Frederick C. Walton

 

 

Unknown

March 18, 1924 Chicago

Sarah Gillette Ward

 

 

Unknown

After 1900 Evanston?

Mary Ward

 

 

1840

After 1908 Chicago?

Enoch Ward

 

 

Unknown

c.1922 Hampton Wick, SW London, UK

Peter  Warning

 

 

Unknown

After 1904 Austin, IL?

Reverend Gerald Warnecke

 

 

1891

November 3, 1961, Peru, IL

Roberta Frances Warren

 

 

Unknown

After 1917 Oak Park?

Roy Engler Washburne

 

 

1895

After 1931 Evanston?

Edwin M. Waterbury

 

 

Unknown

After 1901 Chicago

Gertrude May Watkins

 

 

1883

April 22, 1971 Momence, IL

Dudley Crafts Watson

 

 

1885

December 24, 1972 Waukegan, IL

Alexander  Watts

 

 

Unknown

After 1884 Chicago?

Hedley William Waycott

 

 

1865

February 21, 1938 Peoria, IL

Margarita Weigle Weaver

 

 

1886

December 1967 Lafayette, IN

Frederick Rice Webster

 

 

1861

December 30, 1941 Chicago

Lore Lucile Weeks

 

 

Unknown

After 1904 Chicago

F. W. Wehle

 

 

Unknown

After 1875 Quincy, IL?

Louis Weiner

 

 

1892

September 26, 1967 Highland Park, IL

William Joseph Weir

 

 

1884

January 6, 1967 Evanston, IL

Sammuel Washington Weis

 

 

1870

After 1929 Chicago/Glencoe?

Rudolph Weisenborn

 

 

1879

March 15, 1974 Chicago

George W. Weisenburg

 

 

1886

December 1962 Oak Park?

Newton Alonzo Wells

 

 

1862

After 1926 Chicago/Urbana?

Roscoe Welsh

 

 

1889

February 1975 Eldon, MO

William P. Welsh

 

 

1894

March 9, 1984, Lexington, KY

Haidee Pearson Wengenroth

 

 

1892

February 8, 1954 Peoria, IL

Mathilde CatherineWentworth

 

 

1865

1948 Paris, France?/Rock Island?

Frank A. Werner

 

 

1877

July 6, 1953 Chicago, IL

Reinhard Wernigk

 

 

Unknown

After 1855 Chicago?

Carl Newland Werntz

 

 

1874

October 27, 1944 Mexico City

Aksel D. Westerlind

 

 

1865

June 9, 1938 Chicago

Mary Minerva Wetmore

 

 

1867

May 23, 1940 Champaign, IL

Cornelia Woodburn Weyburn

 

 

1877

1972  Oak Park, IL

Ralph Douglas Wheeler

 

 

1895

After 1919 Chicago?

Mabel Louise Wheelock

 

 

1887

January 9, 1950 Chicago

Alice Mary White

 

 

1862

After 1923 Chicago?

Emily H. White

 

 

1895

May 1, 1924 Laguna Beach, CA

Charles DeQuetteville Whittle

 

 

Unknown

September 17, 1949 Chicago

Arend Wicherts

 

 

1876

After 1904 Chicago?

Mary Hackney Wicker

 

 

1867

August 1942 Providence, Rhode Island

Paul Wieghardt

 

 

1897

December 9 1969 Evanston, IL

Beatrice C. Wilcox

 

 

Unknown

After 1901 Chicago?

Thomas Milton Wilder

 

 

1876

June 16, 1956 Highland Park, IL

Charles A. Wilimovsky

 

 

1885

October 1974 Torrance, CA

James F. Wilkins

 

 

1808

June 18, 1888 Shobonier, IL

E. E. Wilkinson

 

 

December 25, 1851 Burton, MS

December 30, 1889 El Paso, TX

Dennis Williams

 

 

1894

After 1890 Springfield ?

Mary Octavia Williams

 

 

1853

After 1898 Chicago?

Watkins Williams

 

 

Unknown

After 1913 Chicago?

Edward Kenan Williams

 

 

1882

January 1, 1950 Nashville, IN

Royal Ruskin Williams

 

 

1870

January 16, 1948 Chicago

Florence White Williams

 

 

1848

May 17, 1953 Greenfield, MA?

Charles Snead Williams

 

 

1888

October 1964 Not reported

T. P. Wilson

 

 

1872

After 1897 Chicago?

Maude Wilson

 

 

Unknown

After 1925 Oak Park, IL?

Clara L. Wilson

 

 

Unknown

February 4, 1923 Chicago

Louis William Wilson

 

 

Unknown

May 2, 1919 Chicago

Agnes Clark Winkler

 

 

1893

January 15, 1945 Chicago

Madalena Winn

 

 

Unknown

After 1883 Chicago?

Johan Severin Wittrup

 

 

1872

1958 Chicago

Frank L. Wolcott

 

 

Unknown

After 1925 Chicago?

Katherine Wolcott

 

 

1880

August 25, 1944 Chicago

Otto E. Wolff

 

 

1858

1965 Chicago?

Florence E. Woodman

 

 

1868

June 14, 1936 Chicago

Gaye Woodring-Coons

 

 

Unknown

After 1927 Chicago?

M. Woodruff

 

 

1832

After 1903 Aurora, IL?

John B. Woodruff

 

 

1876

After 1916 Chicago?

Mary A. Wright

 

 

Unknown

After 1885 Chicago?

May Cornelia Wyman

 

 

Unknown

After 1899 Chicago?

Abraham Oscar Yampolsky

 

 

1890

March 17, 1944 Chicago

Louis H. Yarwood

 

 

Unknown

After 1906 Elgin, IL?

Mary Agnes Yerkes

 

 

Unknown

After 1917 Oak Park?

John Devereux York

 

 

1865

February 5, 1921 Chicago, IL

Corabelle Rugger Young

 

 

1865

1945 Joliet, IL

Ellsworth Young

 

 

1866

September 26, 1952 Evanston, IL

Mary Ellen Younglove

 

 

Unknown

May 13, 1910 Chicago

Helene  Zak

 

 

1888

After 1940 Elgin, IL

Karel John Zak

 

 

1878

October 10, 1962 Elgin, IL

Paul R. Zinser

 

 

1885

September 1967 Waynesville, NC

Robert C. Zuppke

 

 

Unknown

After 1915 Chicago?

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