Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: (French 1780 – 1867) was a neoclassical painter. He studied with Jacques-Louis David. In 1802 he made his Salon debut, and won the Prix de Rome.

Ingres’s well-known passion for playing the violin as well as his expertise gave rise to a common expression in the French language, “violon d’Ingres”, meaning a second skill beyond the one by which a person is mainly known. A violin player from his youth, he played for a while as second violinist for the orchestra of Toulouse, and was good friends with Franz Liszt.

Ingres’ students include Marie Bracquemond.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Louis Bouche,

who studied with Dimitri Romanovsky,

who studied with Robert Henri,

who studied with William-Adolphe Bouguereau,

who studied with Louis Sage,

who studied with Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

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Norman Rockwell (Amer.1894-1978) Known as “America’s best-loved illustrator,” Rockwell studied at The Art Students League in New York, with Thomas Fogarty, George Bridgman and Frank Vincent DuMond. He created 323 covers for the Saturday Evening Post, one more than his idol and inspiration, J.C. Leyendecker. Although Rockwell did not personally study with him, Howard Pyle was a powerful influence on his development as an artist, and Rockwell had several Pyle paintings hanging in his studio. Rockwell’s best known works are the Four Freedoms created in 1943. Harold Stevenson was one of the five Art Students League WW2 veterans that Rockwell personally selected to study with him in his Vermont studio in 1946.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson, who studied with Norman Rockwell.

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904) was a painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academic Art, and by 1880 he was the world’s most famous living artist. He studied with Paul Delaroche and Charles Gleyre. Between 1864 and 1904, more than 2,000 students received at least some of their art education through Gérôme’s atelier at the École des Beaux-Arts, including Mary Cassatt and George Bridgman. Other students include Thomas Eakins, Abbott Handerson Thayer, J. Alden Weir and Theodore Robinson, who was a close friend of Claude Monet and American Impressionist Theodore Earl Butler. (A distant relative of Meryl Ann’s, Theodore Earl Butler married Monet’s stepdaughter and favorite model, Suzanne Hoschedé.)

Gerome collaborated with his student, Charles Bargue, on the famous Charles Bargue Drawing Course published in 1866 and still used today.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Norman Rockwell,

who studied with George Brant Bridgman,

who studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme.

Jean Léon Gérôme Pygmalion and Galatea Metropolitan Museum of Art

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770) is considered the most celebrated French painter and decorative artist of the 18th century. He studied with Louis Galloche and is known for his idyllic paintings of classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes in the French Rococo style. His students include Jacques-Louis David and Jean-Honoré Fragonard, believed to be a distant relative of Berthe Morisot.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Norman Rockwell,

who studied with George Brant Bridgman,

who studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme,

who studied with Charles Gleyre,

who studied with Louis Hersent,

who studied with Jacques-Louis David,

who studied with François Boucher.

François Boucher Venus Consoling Love National Gallery of Art Wash DC

William-Adolphe Bouguereau: French: 1825-1905) was an academic painter who focused primarily on the female figure and completed over 800 paintings in his lifetime, although many of these are now lost. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects.

Bouguereau studied with Louis Sage, who studied with Jean- Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

Bouguereau’s students include Cecilia Beaux, Arthur Wesley Dow and Henry Ossawa Tanner. He married his best student, Elizabeth Jane Gardner, an accomplished and award-winning artist in her own right.

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William Merritt Chase (American 1849 – 1916) was an impressionist painter and teacher. Along with Robert Henri, who became a rival instructor, Chase was the most important teacher of American artists around the turn of the 20th century.

Chase studied with Lemuel Wilmarth and history painters Karl Theodor von Piloty and Alexander von Wagner.

Chase founded the Chase School of Art in New York in 1896 which later became the Parsons School of Design. He also opened a studio in New York in the Tenth Street Studio Building, home to many important painters of the day, including Winslow Homer, Walter Shirlaw, John La Farge and Hudson River School artists Martin Johnson Heade, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederic Edwin Church. Kahlil Gibran lived on the third story of the building for 20 years.

Chase’s students include Georgia O’Keeffe, George Bellows, Howard Chandler Christy, Adele Goodman Clark and Theodore Earl Butler (Theodore Butler is a distant relative of Meryl Ann Butler. He was a close friend of Claude Monet, and married Monet’s stepdaughter and favorite model, Suzanne Hoschedé.)

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Louis Bouche,

who studied with Dimitri Romanovsky,

who studied with William Merritt Chase.

Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748 –1825) was the preeminent painter of the Neoclassical era, which marked a change in taste away from the frivolity of Rococo, (which had been championed by his teacher, François Boucher) and toward a cerebral and classical austerity. David also studied with Joseph-Marie Vien. In 2008, a record $7.2 million was paid for his Portrait of Ramel de Nogaret (1820) at a Christie’s auction.

David’s students include Francois-Edouard Picot, Antoine-Jean Gros and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Norman Rockwell,

who studied with George Brant Bridgman,

who studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme,

who studied with Charles Gleyre,

who studied with Louis Hersent,

who studied with Jacques-Louis David.

Jacques-Louis David Death of Socrates. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Frank. J. Reilly (Amer. 1906–1967) studied at the Art Student’s League of New York with Frank Vincent DuMond and George Bridgman, and he apprenticed with Dean Cornwell. He taught at the Grand Central School of Art, Pratt Institute, Moore College of Art and 28 years at the Art Students League of New York (ASL). His classes at the League were so popular that, at one point, they accounted for half the school’s income.

He established the Frank J. Reilly School of Art in the early sixties, where he taught until his death in 1967.

Reilly scientifically analyzed the elements of art, distilling them into formulas for successful picture-making. He created the iconic Frank Reilly Palette (ca. 1933), which employs a grouping of pre-mixed paints in strings of values based on the Munsell Color System. This palette saves time while the model is posing and offers much more control of values.

Reilly’s students include: Harold R. Stevenson, Jack Faragasso, Charles Reid, Doug Higgins, Michael Aviano, Ralph Garafola and Peter Max, who notes that one day when he walked into Reilly’s class and saw Norman Rockwell sitting there.

Frank Reilly died before he completed his intended book, but several students have published books based on Reilly’s methods, including: “The Student’s Guide to Painting” by Jack Faragasso, “The Frank Reilly School of Art” by Doug Higgins and “Frank J. Reilly: The Elements of Painting” by Ralph Garafola.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson, who studied with Frank J. Reilly.

Frank Reilly Teaching and Life Palette 2

Robert Henri was born Robert Henry Cozad (American 1865 – 1929) He was a painter, teacher and a distant cousin of Mary Cassatt. He studied at the Académie Julian under the academic realist William-Adolphe Bouguereau, but came to admire the work of the Impressionists. He also studied under American Impressionist Robert Vonnoh and developed forceful brushwork and intense color effects.

Henri pioneered the Ashcan School of American realism, depicting urban life in uncompromising reality, and was an organizer of the independent artists’ exhibition group,“The Eight.” In the spring of 1929, Henri was named as one of the top three living American artists by the Arts Council of New York.

From 1915 to 1927, he was a popular and influential teacher at the Art Students League of New York. his students included Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, George Bellows and Adele Goodman Clark.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Louis Bouche,

who studied with Dimitri Romanovsky,

who studied with Robert Henri.

Howard Pyle (Amer. 1853–1911) was an illustrator and author, often called the Father of American Illustration.

Many of the books he wrote and illustrated, including the Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, and The Story of King Arthur and his Knights, are still in print, over a century later. He invented the flamboyant, gypsy-style pirate costume that Hollywood adopted, which can be seen in Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates.

At a time when women were rarely allowed in any art classes, Pyle’s classes often had more female students than male. His students were some of the best of the Golden Age Illustrators, and include N.C. Wyeth, Elenore Abbott, Harvey Dunn, Violet Oakley, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Jessie Willcox Smith, Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle, Allen Tupper True and Frank Schoonover.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Frank J. Reilly,

who studied with Dean Cornwell,

who studied with Harvey Dunn,

who studied with Howard Pyle.

Howard Pyle The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

Jules Joseph Lefebvre (French, 1836-1911) was a figure painter and instructor who studied with Léon Cogniet. He taught over 1500 students at the Académie Julian, many of whom were Americans, including Frank Vincent Dumond, Kenyon Cox and Edmund Tarbell.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Norman Rockwell,

who studied with Frank Vincent DuMond,

who studied with Jules Joseph Lefebvre.

Harold Stevenson studied with Frank J. Reilly,

who studied with Frank Vincent DuMond,

who studied with Jules Joseph Lefebvre.

Jules Joseph Lefebvre Grisélidis Musée des Beaux Arts de Rouen

George Brant Bridgman (Canadian-Amer.,1865-1943) was a painter, writer, and instructor. He taught anatomy and figure drawing at the Art Students League of New York for 45 years, reportedly to 70,000 students.

He studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme. His student Norman Rockwell said Bridgman was one of the biggest influences in his education. Bridgman’s other students include: Robert Beverly Hale, Andrew Loomis, and Mahonri Young.

Bridgman’s anatomy books have been in print for over 100 years and are still available.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Norman Rockwell,

who studied with George Brant Bridgman.

Robert Beverly Hale (Amer. 1901-1985) was an artist and curator of American paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. He studied at the Art Students League under George Bridgman and William McNulty and at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Hale was the nephew of prominent Boston artist Ellen Day Hale (Harriet Beecher Stowe and Charlotte Perkins Gilman were their relatives.)

Hale taught artistic anatomy at the Art Students League of New York for over 40 years. As he lectured, Hale sketched the anatomical features on the drawing surface behind him—his charcoal was secured in a long extender and he often famously drew over his shoulder as he faced the class!

He is the author of the iconic book Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Robert Beverly Hale.

Meryl Ann also attended lectures with Hale at the Art Students League.

Frank Vincent DuMond (Amer. 1865–1951) was one of the most influential teacher-painters in 20th-century America. He studied at the Art Students League under Carroll Beckwith and William Sartain, and at the Académie Julian, with Benjamin Constant, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, and Gustav Boulanger. DuMond taught thousands of students at the Art Students League over 50 years, including Norman Rockwell, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Frank J. Reilly.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Norman Rockwell,

who studied with Frank Vincent DuMond.

Harold Stevenson also studied with Frank J. Reilly,

who studied with Frank Vincent DuMond.

Frank Vincent DuMond Iris Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish 1841-1920) A member of the Madrazo art dynasty, his first lessons came from his father Federico de Madrazo and grandfather José de Madrazo y Agudo (former Director of the Prado Museum.) He later studied in France with Léon Cogniet. His style was influenced by his friend, Alfred Stevens.

He was a frequent exhibitor at the Paris Salon, and won a major medal at the Exposition Universelle (1889)

Famous during his lifetime, he painted many portraits for wealthy patrons. He often visited New York to sell his paintings, the Vanderbilt family was among his clients there.

Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat was one of his students.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Frank J. Reilly,

who studied with Frank Vincent DuMond,

who studied with William Sartain,

who studied with Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat,

who studied with Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta.

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta Aline Masson with a White Mantilla Musée del Prado

Harold Ransom Stevenson (Amer. 1924-1985) studied at the Art Student’s League with Frank Reilly, Robert Beverly Hale, Louis Bouche and John Groth. He was one of five students who were also WW2 veterans who were selected by Norman Rockwell to study with him at his Vermont studio.

Stevenson was a designer of model airplanes, (some of his plans can be downloaded here) and he specialized in model airplane illustration before opening The Stevenson Academy of Traditional Art in Sea Cliff, NY, where he taught along with his artist-wife, Alma Gallanos, a former Art Director for Colgate-Palmolive.

Meryl Ann Butler studied at The Stevenson Academy of Traditional Art from 1968-1971 and attended the Stevenson’s New Renaissance Atelier from January 1972-September 1974.

Other Stevenson-Gallanos atelier students include current practicing artists William Jonas, Sharon Sprung, Roger Goode and Paul Bachem; as well as late artists Robert Stark, Jr. and Attila Hejja.

Charles Gleyre (Swiss, 1806–1874), studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Louis Hersent and was active mainly in Paris. He took over the studio of Paul Delaroche in 1843. His students include Jean-Léon Gérôme, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Frédéric Bazille, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Norman Rockwell,

who studied with George Brant Bridgman,

who studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme,

who studied with Charles Gleyre.

Charles Gleyre The Evening Hymn Walker Art Gallery

Franz Xaver Winterhalter (20 April 1805 – 8 July 1873) was a German painter and portrait artist, known for his flattering portraits of royalty and upper-class society in the mid-19th century. He studied at the Academy of Arts in Munich with Peter von Cornelius (1783–1867) and also with portraitist Joseph Karl Stieler (1781–1858).

Winterhalter was an internationally sought after portrait painter, his subjects included Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Napoleon and the Empress Eugenie, Franz Joseph I and Empress Elizabeth of Austria, Grand Duke Leopold of Baden and his wife, and Madame Rimsky-Korsakov, among many others. His wide international patronage was rivaled only by Rubens and van Dyck.

Spanish artist, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, studied with Winterhalter in Paris.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Norman Rockwell

who studied with Frank Vincent DuMond

who studied with William Sartain

who studied with Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat

who studied with Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta

who studied with Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz

who studied with Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (French, 1824–1888) was a French figure painter and Academic artist and teacher known for his Classical and Orientalist subjects. He first studied with Pierre-Jules Jollivet and then at the atelier of Paul Delaroche where he met and befriended fellow student Jean-Léon Gérôme. Boulanger’s students included: Marie Bashkirtseff, Thomas Dewing, Arthur Wesley Dow, Childe Hassam, Gari Melchers, Willard Metcalf, Alphonse Mucha, and Edmund C. Tarbell.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Norman Rockwell,

who studied with George Brant Bridgman,

who studied with Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger

Gustave Boulanger Un repas chez Lucullus Triclinium d’été

Alexandre Cabanel (French:1823 – 1889) entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of seventeen, and studied with François-Édouard Picot. His students include Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, Pierre Auguste Cot, Kenyon Cox, Jules Bastien-Lepage and Henri Regnault.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,
who studied with Norman Rockwell,
who studied with Frank Vincent DuMond,
who studied with Jules Joseph Lefebvre,
who studied with Alexandre Cabanel.

Harold Stevenson studied with Frank Reilly,
who studied with Frank Vincent DuMond,
who studied with Jules Joseph Lefebvre,
who studied with Alexandre Cabanel.

François-Édouard Picot (French, 1786-1868) painted mythological, religious and historical subjects. He studied with François-André Vincent and Jacques-Louis David and won the Prix de Rome painting scholarship in 1813. His students include William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Alexandre Cabanel.

Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,

who studied with Norman Rockwell,

who studied with Frank Vincent DuMond,

who studied with Jules Joseph Lefebvre,

who studied with Alexandre Cabanel,

who studied with François-Édouard Picot.

Harold Stevenson also studied with Frank J. Reilly,

who studied with Frank Vincent DuMond,

who studied with Jules Joseph Lefebvre,

who studied with Alexandre Cabanel,

who studied with François-Édouard Picot.

François Édouard Picot L'Amour et Psyché Louvre.

Ocean View Arts

Artistic Lineage

What is an Artistic Lineage?

The sum total of your art education is the pedigree of the traits and understandings passed down through generations of art instruction.

Just as the standard genealogical family tree traces your genetic traits through your parents, to your grandparents and beyond; an artistic family tree traces the “DNA” of the threads of your knowledge back through your instructors, to their instructors, and so on. Just as your great-great grandparents have contributed to your biology, the art instructors several levels back have contributed to your knowledge.

This Artistic Lineage chart at right sheds light on the inspiring connections that students of Ocean View Arts (and the Stevenson Academy) have with some of the greatest artists in history. Artwork by many of them can be seen below.

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Norman Rockwell