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
Ufer, Walter
Ullmark, Andrew V.
Ullrich, Albert Hans
Ullrich, Hattie Edsall Thorp
Ulrich, Victoria
Upp, George Sutton
Vallet, Emile
Van Horn, Ida Maloney
Van Ness, Frank Lewis
Van Ornum, Willard Attwood
Van Pappelendam, Laura
Vanderpoel, John Henry
Vanderpoel, Matilda
Varge, Joseph
Vaughn, Carrie
Vavak, Joseph
Venning, Frank L.
Vice, Herman Stoddard
Viker, Agda Elin Victoria
Virtue, R. A.
Vognild, "Ted" Edna Kerr Walling
Vognild, Enoch M.
von Hofsten, Hugo Olof
Wade, Caroline Dupee
Wadsworth, Francis (Frank) Russell
Wagner, Frank Hugh
Wagner, Mary L. North
Wakem, Mabel Jessica
Walgren, Anders Gustave
Walker, Charles Thomas
Wallin, Carl Efraim
Wallis, Frederick I.
Wallis, Richard William
Walton, Frederick C.
Ward, Enoch
Ward, Mary (Mae) K.
Ward, Sarah Gillette
Warm(n)ing, Peter
Warnecke, Reverend Gerald
Warren, Roberta Frances
Washburne, Roy Engler
Waterbury, Edwin M.
Watkins, Gertrude May
Watson, Dudley Crafts
Watts, Alexander
Waycott, Hedley William
Weaver, Margarita Weigle
Webster, Frederick Rice
Weeks, Lore Lucile
Wehle, F. W.
Weiner, Louis
Weir, William Joseph
Weis[s], Sammuel Washington
Weisenburg, George W.
Wells, Newton Alonzo
Welsh, Roscoe
Welsh, William P.
Wengenroth, Haidee Pearson
Wentworth, Mathilde Catherine Denkmann
Werner, Frank A.
Wernigk, Reinhard
Werntz, Carl Newland
Westerlind, Aksel D.
Wetmore, Mary Minerva (Minnie)
Weyburn, Cornelia Woodburn Morton
Wheeler, Ralph Douglas
Wheelock, Mabel Louise
White, Alice Mary
White, Emily H.
Whittle, Charles DeQuetteville
Wicherts, Arend, Jr.
Wicker, Mary Hackney
Wieghardt, Paul
Wilcox, Beatrice C.
Wilder, Thomas Milton
Wilimovsky, Charles A.
Wilkins, James F.
Wilkinson, E. E.
Williams, Charles Snead
Williams, Dennis
Williams, Dennis
Williams, Edward Kenan Jones
Williams, Florence White
Williams, Mary Octavia
Williams, Royal Ruskin
Williams, Watkins
Wilson, Clara L. Powers
Wilson, Louis William
Wilson, Maude
Wilson, T. P.
Winkler, Agnes Clark
Winn, Madalena
Wittrup, Johan Severin
Wolcott, Frank L.
Wolcott, Katherine
Wolff, Otto E.
Woodman, Florence E.
Woodring-Coons, Gaye
Woodruff, John B.
Woodruff, M.
Wright, Mary A.
Wyman, May Cornelia
Yampolsky, Abraham Oscar
Yarwood, Louis H.
York, John Devereux
Young, Corabelle Rugger
Young, Ellsworth
Younglove, Mary Ellen Golden
Zak (Rigoulot), Hélène
Zak[j], Karel John
Zinser, Paul R.
Zuppke, Robert C.
July 22, 1876 Hückeswagen, Germany
1865 Sweden
April 24, 1869 Berlin, Germany
August 20, 1870 Evanston
? Chicago
October 14, 1844 Aurora, IN
1834 France
1867 Chicago
September 29, 1866 Paw-Paw, MI
June 20, 1890 Chicago
1883 Donnelson, Lee County, IA
November 15, 1857 Haarlem, Netherlands
April 20, 1862 Near Haarlem, Holland
Unknown
1838 ?
May 4, 1891 Vienna
April 11, 1888 Chicago
June 21, 1884 Jefferson, IN
January 26, 1883 Husaby, Sweden
Unknown
November 23, 1877 Rock Island, IL
April 8, 1880 Chicago
June 20, 1865 KarlskogaVermland, Sweden
April 25, 1857 Duthweiler,Germany
1874 Chicago
January 4, 1870 Milton, Wayne Cty., IN
December 24, 1875 Milford, IN
March 13, 1870 Chicago
1870 Sweden
1865
March 22, 1879 Varby, Sweden
Unknown
1837
? Cincinnati, OH
c.1860 Park Gate, Yorkshire, England
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
1891 Bavaria, Germany
Unknown
January 10, 1895 Vandalia, IL
? Albion, IA
August 30, 1883 Frankton, IN
April 28, 1885 Lake Geneva, WI
Unknown
February 9, 1865 Corsham, Eng.
November 24, 1886 Brandon, VT
November 12, 1861 Grand Rapids
Unknown
Unknown
May 28, 1892 Vinnitza, Ukraine, Russia
June 8, 1884 Ballina, Ireland
August 8, 1870 Natchez, MS
October 31, 1879 Chicago
February 22, 1886 Chicago
April 9, 1862 Lisbon, St. Lawrence, NY
June 17, 1894 Laclede, MO
September 20, 1889, Lexington, KY
January 15, 1892 Peoria, IL
1865 Rock Island, IL
April 15, 1877 Akron, OH
Unknown
July 9, 1874 Sterling, IL
May 2, 1865 Sweden
February 6, 1867 Canfield, OH
1877 Chicago
June 12, 1895 Chicago
March 15, 1887 Wilmette, IL
May 23, 1895 Chicago
February 4, 1862 Norris, IL
Unknown date, St. Peters Port, England
December 23, 1876 Matteson, IL
1867 Aurora, IL
August 26, 1897 W. Germany
February 2, 1868 Geneva, IL
March 3, 1876 Coldwater, MI
September 10, 1885 Chicago
1808 London
Unknown
May 24, 1882 Evansville, IN
December 25, 1851 Burton, MS
December 25, 1851 Mississippi
June 5, 1870 Greensburg, PA
October 24, 1888 Putney, VT
1848 Quebec, Canada
August 21, 1894 Waco, TX
Detroit, MI
Adrian, MI
May 15, 1872 East Orange, NJ
Unknown
Unknown
April 8, 1884 Cincinnati, OH
Unknown
March 1872 Stavanger, Norway
? McLeansboro, IL
March 8, 1880 Chicago
July 30, 1858 Cologne
December 4, 1868 MO
Unknown
1876 Ypsilanti, MI
?ca. 1832 Pennsylvania
Unknown
Unknown
April 14, 1890 Kiev, Russia
November 25, 1827 Oriskany, NY
1865 Nashville, TN
1865 Galesburg, IL
July 8, 1866 Albia, IA
? Chicago
September 11, 1888 Audin Court, France
April 25, 1878 McGregor, IA
April 4, 1885 Wildbad, Germany
Unknown
August 2, 1936 Albuquerque, NM
July 25, 1934 Harvey, IL
April 25, 1951 Wilmette
1911 Evanston
After 1901 Chicago
December 171924 Hancock County, Illinois
1907 Nauvoo, IL
1944 Osceola County, FL
February 9, 1944 Kalamazoo, MI
December 26, 1927 Earlville
1974
May 2, 1911 Union City, MO
October 21, 1950 Chicago
After 1920 Chicago?
1891 Winsted, CT
September 1969 Stotesbury, MO
February 18, 1944 Ravinia, IL
After 1940 Chicago?
March 19, 1969 Des Plaines, IL
After 1910 Chicago?
November 13, 1961 Chicago
August 1928 Woodstock, NY
October 19, 1947 Pasadena, CA
April 1, 1947 Elmhurst, IL
October 9, 1905 Madrid
July 21, 1942 Chicago
After 1940 Chicago/Saugatuck?
After 1933 Chicago/E. Glouceste?
After 1910 Rockford?
After 1897 Chicago?
November 12, 1968 Chicago
After 1859 Chicago?
After 1884 Chicago?
March 18, 1924 Chicago
c.1922 Hampton Wick, SW London, UK
After 1908 Chicago?
After 1900 Evanston?
After 1904 Austin, IL?
November 3, 1961, Peru, IL
After 1917 Oak Park?
After 1931 Evanston?
After 1901 Chicago
April 22, 1971 Momence, IL
December 24, 1972 Waukegan, IL
After 1884 Chicago?
February 21, 1938 Peoria, IL
December 1967 Lafayette, IN
December 30, 1941 Chicago
After 1904 Chicago
After 1875 Quincy, IL?
September 26, 1967 Highland Park, IL
January 6, 1967 Evanston, IL
After 1929 Chicago/Glencoe?
March 15, 1974 Chicago
December 1962 Oak Park?
After 1926 Chicago/Urbana?
February 1975 Eldon, MO
March 9, 1984, Lexington, KY
February 8, 1954 Peoria, IL
1948 Paris, France?/Rock Island?
July 6, 1953 Chicago, IL
After 1855 Chicago?
October 27, 1944 Mexico City
June 9, 1938 Chicago
May 23, 1940 Champaign, IL
1972 Oak Park, IL
After 1919 Chicago?
January 9, 1950 Chicago
After 1923 Chicago?
May 1, 1924 Laguna Beach, CA
September 17, 1949 Chicago
After 1904 Chicago?
August 1942 Providence, Rhode Island
December 9 1969 Evanston, IL
April 14, 1951 Santa Barbara, CA
June 16, 1956 Highland Park, IL
October 1974 Torrance, CA
June 18, 1888 Shobonier, IL
After 1884 Chicago?
October 1964 Not reported
December 30, 1889 El Paso, TX
December 30, 1889 El Paso, TX
January 1, 1950 Nashville, IN
May 17, 1953 Greenfield, MA?
After 1898 Chicago?
January 16, 1948 Chicago
After 1913 Chicago?
February 4, 1923 Chicago
May 2, 1919 Chicago
After 1925 Oak Park, IL?
After 1897 Chicago?
January 15, 1945 Chicago
After 1883 Chicago?
1958 Chicago
After 1925 Chicago?
August 25, 1944 Chicago
1965 Chicago?
June 14, 1936 Chicago
After 1927 Chicago?
After 1916 Chicago?
After 1903 Aurora, IL?
After 1885 Chicago?
After 1899 Chicago?
March 17, 1944 Chicago
After 1906 Elgin, IL?
February 5, 1921 Chicago, IL
1945 Joliet, IL
September 26, 1952 Evanston, IL
May 13, 1910 Chicago
After 1940 Elgin, IL
October 10, 1962 Elgin, IL
September 1967 Waynesville, NC
After 1915 Chicago?