The Luce Foundation Center for American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum presents this short biography and photographic portrait of William H. Johnson, the influential African-American painter participant in the Harlem...

From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a portrait photograph and biography for the American painter, Ivan Albright.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Joshua Johnson is described here along with information on his contributions to art. Johnson is the "earliest documented" African American painter.

The Luce Foundation Center for American Art presents the African-American painter and Harlem Renaissance figure, Jacob Lawrence, with a short biography, image, and description of his work on view in the collection and a video interview...

The Luce Foundation Center for American Art presents the American realist illustrator and painter Norman Rockwell. A biography, photograph portrait, and image of work on view in the collection with a map to locate it are included.

The artwork of Lia Cook, textile painter is profiled. Cook has a unique way of "weaving paintings" by dying silk cords, painting linen threads, and weaving them together to create figures and motifs.

The painting career of John Henry Twachtman is discussed in this biography. Also provided are images of five of Twachtman's works.

The Web Museum profiles the work of the American painter John Singleton Copley (1738-1815).

A brief profile of American painter Willard L. Metcalf.

Biographical information on British-born American painter Thomas Sully, with links to his works in the Smithsonian's collection.

ArtCyclopedia's complete list of painters of children from the 19th and 20th centuries to the present. There are links to the artists' biography and works.

The Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum is made possible through a generous gift from the Henry Luce Foundation and presents thirty-five hundred art and craft objects from American Art to the public. This page...

From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a self-portrait and biography for Charles Willson Peale, monumental portrait painter of George Washington and the man responsible for opening America?s first...

The Luce Foundation Center for American Art presents a biographical, multi-media take on the abstract expressionist painter Adolph Gottlieb. The New York native Gottlieb was a central figure in the development of American abstract art.

The Luce Foundation Center for American Art in the Smithsonian American Art Museum presents this short biography and photographic portrait of the Jewish-American social realist painter Ben Shahn. A link to a Shahn piece on view and where...

The Luce Foundation Center for American Art presents a photograph portrait and biography of American modern artist, George Tooker. A link to an image and description of a Tooker work on view as well as how to find it in the museum are...

From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a portrait photograph and biography of Rembrandt Peale, the early American portrait painter and most of famous of the Peale brothers family of artists.

From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a portrait photograph and biography for the color field painter Kenneth Noland.

This sample "exhibit" from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art offers a short biography of colonial painter and portrait artist John Singleton Copley. Includes links to six different paintings, each with an informative caption.

An in-depth resource about art movements and the artists involved in them. This particular page tackles artists of the American West. There is a chronological list of artists, with links to famous works and biographies.

A brief encyclopedia article about the influential African-American painter Henry Tanner.

Learn about Grafton Tyler Brown, the most successful African American artist in the 19th Century west, who lived his adult life as a white man.

Biographical account covers the life and career of Jacob Lawrence, African-American painter of the 20th century.

Biographical account covers the life and career of American painter Helen Frankenthaler, a transitional artist between Abstract Expressionism and color-field painting.