Charles Sidney Raleigh was born in Gloucester, England and began his career as a merchant seaman. Taken ill on a return voyage from Rio de Janeiro, he convalesced in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he remained for the rest of his life. Entirely self-taught, the artist set up his first studio there in 1877, embarking on what was to be an ... MORE

Though born in London, T. Addison Richards is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished mid-nineteenth century American landscape painters of the South. The son of a Baptist minister, the artist and his family sailed for America in 1831 and settled in Hudson, New York before moving to Penfield, Georgia in 1838. Once in Georgia, Richards ... MORE