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
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?
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?