Augustus Rogers (d. 1871)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A contemporary report, published in 1856, states that Augustus Rogers (d. 1871) established himself in Boston in 1840, after working for some years in New York.
John R. Wendt & Co. (1853-1871)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Johann Rudolph Wendt (1826-1907) was born in Osnabrück, Germany. Early in 1842, at the age of fifteen, he was apprenticed to the Osnabrück master goldsmith Dietrich Heinrich Stadt II.
Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)
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Andō Hiroshige was born Tokutaro Ando in Edo (now Tōkyō ) in 1797. In his early teens he entered the leading print studio, the Utagawa. He was given the name Hiroshige soon after, and eventually granted the right to use the Utagawa name, which is why he is also referred to as Utagawa Hiroshige.
Charles Francois Daubigny (1817-1878)
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The engraver and painter Charles-François Daubigny came from an artistic family—his father, Edmond-François Daubigny, was his first teacher.
George B. Sharp (1819-1904)
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George B. Sharp was born in Ireland in 1819 and immigrated to the United States at a young age where he apprenticed in the jewelry and silverware trade.
Yinka Shonibare (b. 1962)
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Yinka Shonibare MBE was born in London in 1962 and raised in Nigeria. He returned to England to attend school and remained there. He is recognized as one of today's leading artists exploring the intersections of culture, politics, and identity in the post-colonial world. In 2005 Shonibare became a Member of the Order of the British Empire, a designation he invariably places after his name.
Charles Atlas (b. 1958)
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Charles Atlas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1958, and has lived and worked in New York City since the early 1970s.
Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)
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Eugène Delacroix looms over any discussion of art in 19th-century France.
Phil Collins (b. 1970)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Phil Collins (British, b. 1970) was born in in Runcorn, England, and received a BA in English literature and drama from the University of Manchester and an MA in fine art from the University of Ulster, Belfast. He was part of the London-based performance group Max Factory.
Bill Viola (b. 1951)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
"I happen to use video because I live in the last part of the twentieth century, and the medium of video (or television) is clearly the most relevant visual art form in contemporary life...One of my sources of inspiration has been the thirteenth-century Persian poet and mystic, Rumi. He once wrote, "New organs of perception come into being as a result of necessity.