History of the Collection: Early St. Louis Artists
The
St. Louis Mercantile Library
An
Early Haven for Art in St. Louis
EARLY ST. LOUIS ARTISTS
Following is a short-name list of artists who passed through St. Louis when the Library was young, on their way to immortality in depicting the story of Western America:
Sources – City Directories, the Mercantile Library’s special files, and the writings of John Francis McDermott and others; dates reflect times by which listed artists flourished in the city. Often, only the last name is given in an ad, a notice, a letter. The list is a tantalizing reminder of St. Louis as an art center and hopefully will serve as an opportunity for further research.
1796
Joseph Warin
1809
Christopher F. Schewe
1812
Francis M. Guyol
1819
John Vos
1820
John J. Douberman
Chester Harding
James O. Lewis
Jeremiah Paul
1826
Charles Alexandre LeSueur
1828
Basil Hall
1829
Peter Rindisbacher
James G. Sawkins
1830
Antonio Mondelli
1831
A. Nickell
1832
George Catlin
Leon Pomarede
1833
Karl Bodmer
1834
Barker
H.G. Fette
B.W. Jenks
1835
George Caleb Bingham
1836
William R. Herve
G. Markham
M.E. Mynerts
Charles Soule
1837
Mary H. Mauro
Daniel Steele
Mrs. Daniel Steele
1838
J. Phillip Gerke
Paul Kane
T.H. Stevenson
1839
J. Atwood
E.M. Clifford
Marchant
Martin
1840
John Banvard
H. Bridport
Charles Deas
Nicolas Point
J.C. Wild
1841
Charles E. Bowes
Bromie
Fronpuffer
Hicke
Mrs. H.L Hoffman
C.R. Parker
John R. Smith
Mrs. Charles Thomas
Trego
Vansnith
1842
Bremmer
Debolle
Emmanuel J. DeFranca
C. Freligh
Mrs. E. Holden
S. Wise
1843
John J. Audobon
William C. Cooper
P. Ord
1844
A. Andrews
C. Mayer
1845
C. Carpenter
James Carson
Thomas B. Harris
Henry Lewis
Sam Stockwell
James F. Wilkins
1846
Sarah Peale
W.R. Simpson
1847
W.P. Cowperthwaite
Donnell
Freeman
F. Kurz
John Lee
Stout
Miss F. Sweeney
1848
Herman D. Canfield
Seth Eastman
Shelton S. Fogus
Mrs. Merrick
L. Waite
A.S. Waugh
Wilgus
1849
G.I. Barnett
F.T. Boyle
James Sidney Brown
W. Coggswell
A.J. Conant
T.W. Dodge
George C. Eichbaum
Peter Grummen
Matt Hastings
C. Hoffman
Henry C. Isaacs
Edward Kern
Lamasson
Mayer
Murdock
J.R. Meeker
Alfred J. Miller
G. Mueller
Thomas S. Noble
L. Patniel
Fred. Piercy
Powers
John Reid
E. Robyn
Paulus Roetter
Louis Schultze
Seymour
J.M. Stanley
Mme. Subit
Van Name
1850
George St. P. Brewer
P. Dreesbach
Fasel
Charles Wimar
1851
Bauer
Heade
Frank B. Mayer
Charles Rogers
T.B. Thorpe
FOR FURTHER READING:
American Frontier Life: Early Western Paintings and Prints. New York: Abbeville, 1987.
Art and the Excited Spirit: America in the Romantic Period. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1972.
Judith A. Barter and Lynn E. Springer. Currents of Expansion: Paintings in the Midwest, 1820-1940. St. Louis Art Museum, 1977.
Engravings and Lithographs for a Mississippi River Metropolis. Columbia: University of Missouri, 1989.
Elizabeth Johns. American Genre Painting: the Politics of Everyday Life. New Haven: Yale, 1991.
Nancy Rash. The Painting and Politics of George Caleb Bingham. New Haven: Yale, 1991.
Perry Rathbone, ed. Westward the Way; the Character and Development of the Louisiana Territory as Seen by Artists and Writers of the Nineteenth Century. St. Louis: City Art Museum, 1954.