List of American artists before 1900

This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking. == Born before 1800 == John White (c. 1540 – c. 1606), artist-illustrator, surveyor Thomas Smith (c. 1650 – c. 1691), painter John Smybert (1688–1751), painter Robert Feke (c. 1705/1707–1750), painter Joseph Badger (c. 1707/1708–1765), painter Jeremiah Theus (1716–1774), painter Patience Wright (1725–1786), sculptor John Hesselius (1728–1778), painter John Singleton Copley (c. 1738–1815), painter Benjamin West (1738–1820), painter Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827), painter Henry Benbridge (1743–1812), painter James Peale (1749–1831), painter Ralph Earl (1751–1801), painter Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828), painter John Trumbull (1756–1843), painter William Rush (1756–1833), sculptor Christian Gullager (1759-1826), painter James Earl (1761–1796), painter Mather Brown (1761–1831), painter Edward Savage (1761–1817), painter John Brewster Jr.

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