America's Distinguished Artists

a national registry of historic artists

Deceased American artists and artisans of note who created representational art are indexed in this catalogue by last name in alphabetical order. There are references to Resource Library texts and those from other sites. Click on letters below to access the alphabetical index.

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(above, Benjamin Osro, Portrait of Two Young Sisters in a Landscape, oil on canvas, 38 x 42 inches, Skinners. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

 

Abby Tyler Oakes from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author)

Thornton Oakley from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Thornton Oakley from Wikipedia

Violet Oakley from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist) also see Violet Oakley from Wikipedia

Chiura Obata from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist)

George Oberteuffer from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see George F. Oberteuffer from George Stern Fine Arts

Smith O'Brien from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Smith O'Brien from California State Parks

 

Leonard Ochtman from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Leonard Ochtman from Wikipedia

Andrew O'Connor from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Andrew O'Connor from Wikipedia

Dennis O'Connor from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Dennis O'Connor from The Los Angeles Times

Martha Odum from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Martha Odum from RedAndBlack.com

Augusta Denk Oelschig from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Augusta Denk Oelschig from The Johnson Collection

 

Johannes Adam Simon Oertel from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Johannes Adam Simon Oertel from Wikipedia

Ellen Ogden from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist)

Eliot O'Hara from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist) also see Eliot O'Hara from Annex Galleries Fine Prints

Marguerite Ohman from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist)

George E. Ohr from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see George E. Ohr from Wikipedia

Georgia O'Keeffe from Resource Library articles (dedicated solely to this artist)

 

Benji Okubo from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Benji Okubo from Wikipedia

Miné Okubo from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Miné Okubo from Wikipedia

Elizabeth Olds from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Elizabeth Olds from Wikipedia

Angela O'Leary from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Angela O'Leary from Bert Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

Ivan G. Olinsky from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Ivan G. Olinsky from Smithsonian American Art Museum

Nathan Oliveira from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist)

 

Edith Walker Oliver from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author)

Myron A. Oliver from Resource Library biography dedicated to this artist by a named author

Thomas Clarkson Oliver from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist)

Albert Byron Olson from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author)

Eleanor Rogers Onderdonk from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist) also see Eleanor Rogers Onderdonk from Texas State Historical Association

Julian Onderdonk from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist) also see Julian Onderdonk from Wikipedia

Robert Onderdonk from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Robert Jenkins Onderdonk from Wikipedia

John O'Neil from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see John O'Neil from Wikipedia

Rose O'Niell from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Rose Cecil O'Neill from Wikipedia

Dennis Oppenheim from Resource Library articles (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Dennis Oppenheim from Wikipedia

 

Alfred T. Ordway from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Alfred T. Ordway from Wikipedia

Gregory Orloff from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Gregory Orloff from Illinois Historical Art Project

Lillian Orlowsky from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Lillian Orlowsky from Provincetown Artist Registry

W. L. Ormsby from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist)

Louis Orr from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Louis Orr from Brier Hill Gallery

 

H. Willard Ortlip from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see H. Willard Ortlip from Four Generations Art

Arthur Osborne from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist)

Samuel Stillman Osgood from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Samuel Stillman Osgood from Wikipedia

John O'Shea from Resource Library biography dedicated to this artist by a named author, also see John O'Shea from Crocker Art Museum

 

Edmund Henry Osthaus from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Edmund Henry Osthaus from William Secord Gallery

Abbo Ostrowsky from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Abbo Ostrowsky from YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Timothy O'Sullivan from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Timothy H. O'Sullivan from Wikipedia

 

(above: Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Admiral David Dixon Porter on the Deck of His Flagship the "Malver" After the Victory at Ft. Fisher, North Carolina, 1865, albumen silver, 9.7 x 7.6 inches, Getty Center. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

Arthur Osver from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Arthur Osver from St. Louis Magazine

Bass Otis from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Bass Otis from Wikipedia

William Louis Otte from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see William L. Otte from Sullivan Goss, Ltd.

Thomas P. Otter from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Thomas P. Otter from James A. Michener Art Museum

George M. Ottinger from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see George M. Ottinger from University of Utah Marriott Library and Utah Artists Project

Daniel Otto from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Daniel Otto also see Daniel Otto from Wikipedia

Johann Heinrich Otto from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Johann Heinrich Otto from Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Paul Outerbridge from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist) also see Paul Outerbridge, Jr. from Wikipedia

Mary Overbeck from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Mary Frances Overbeck from Waynet, Inc.

Robert Overby from Resource Library article (dedicated solely to this artist)

Robert Emmett Owen from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist) also see Robert Emmett Owen from Vose Galleries

Rose Owens from Resource Library article (not solely dedicated to this artist)

Wataru Oye from Resource Library essay (not solely dedicated to this artist by a named author) also see Yutaka Oye from wataruoye.com

 

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