Artists from Philadelphia
78 painters in the Artifact World Gallery corpus were born in Philadelphia, United States (1728–1974), across 937 public-domain works. Their work spans Abstract Expressionism, American Impressionism, Academic Art and more. Ranked by fame — the most-recognized names first, each linking to their works and life dates.
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Why Philadelphia mattered
- 1805–1900
Eakins and the Pennsylvania Academy tradition
Representative works
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The Chess Players Thomas Eakins -
The American School Matthew Pratt -
Fanciful Landscape Thomas Doughty -
Indian Summer William Trost Richards -
Natural Arch at Capri William Stanley Haseltine -
Mr. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes Cecilia Beaux -
Santa Maria della Salute, Sunset William Stanley Haseltine -
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull) Thomas Eakins -
Surf on Rocks William Trost Richards -
Mrs. Mary Arthur Thomas Eakins -
The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog Thomas Eakins -
Cadwallader Colden and His Grandson Warren De Lancey Matthew Pratt -
Mrs. Richard Galloway John Hesselius -
"King Lear," Act I, Scene I Edwin Austin Abbey -
The Blue Envelope John F. Peto -
Charles Sheeler and Nina Allender Morton Livingston Schamberg -
Still Life with Oranges and Goblet of Wine John F. Peto -
The Old Violin John F. Peto -
Mrs. Thomas Larcombe (Anna Smith) Anna Claypoole Peale -
On the Hudson Thomas Doughty -
Mrs. Clark Henry Benbridge -
The Writing Master Thomas Eakins -
Central Park, Winter William James Glackens -
A River Glimpse Thomas Doughty
Movements from Philadelphia
Artists
- Thomas Eakins 63 works
- Matthew Pratt 7 works
- William Trost Richards 42 works
- Cecilia Beaux 8 works
- William Stanley Haseltine 26 works
- John Hesselius 11 works
- Edwin Austin Abbey 8 works
- Thomas Doughty 42 works
- William James Glackens 25 works
- Anna Claypoole Peale 10 works
- Henry Benbridge 10 works
- John Carlin 10 works
- John A. Woodside 2 works
- John F. Peto 26 works
- Colin Campbell Cooper 2 works
- John F. Francis 12 works
- Walter Elmer Schofield 2 works
- Annie Traquair Lang 1 works
- Walter Gould 1 works
- William Warner Jr. 1 works
- Morton Livingston Schamberg 7 works
- Charles Sheeler 15 works
- Thomas Alexander Harrison 2 works
- Xanthus Russell Smith 1 works
- Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson 5 works
- Felix Octavius Carr Darley 7 works
- Milne Ramsey 2 works
- Rubens Peale 2 works
- Joseph Pennell 417 works
- Charles Deas 4 works
- Ann Sophia Towne Darrah 1 works
- Benjamin Smith Rotch 1 works
- Julius LeBlanc Stewart 4 works
- L. Birge Harrison 2 works
- William Sartain 3 works
- Harry C. Edwards 1 works
- Edward Kern 1 works
- Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts 1 works
- Maxfield Parrish 2 works
- Adolphe Borie 1 works
- George Oberteuffer 1 works
- Frank K. M. Rehn 2 works
- Stuart Davis 15 works
- Lisa Yuskavage 14 works
- Jake Berthot 12 works
- Man Ray 10 works
- Thomas Chimes 3 works
- Joseph Hirsch 2 works
- Arthur B. Carles 1 works
- Sarai Sherman 1 works
- Merritt 15 works
- John Ernest 1 works
- William Anastasi 8 works
- Barbara Chase-Riboud 4 works
- Gabriel Kohn 2 works
- Richard Stankiewicz 1 works
- John Edward Dowell 5 works
- Jacob Landau 4 works
- Howardena Pindell 3 works
- Sonia Gechtoff 3 works
- Julian Hoeber 2 works
- Karen Kilimnik 2 works
- Sideo Fromboluti 2 works
- Spencer Sweeney 2 works
- Cheryl Goldsleger 1 works
- Elyn Zimmerman 1 works
- Jane Piper 1 works
- Albert Rosenthal 16 works
- Sylvia Wald 4 works
- Dan Walsh 2 works
- Sarah Crowner 2 works
- Benton Spruance 1 works
- Ce Roser 1 works
- George Biddle 1 works
- Lois Lane 1 works
- Martha Wilson 1 works
- Sheri Martinelli 1 works
- Sidney Goodman 1 works
