A partial list of Artists of interest to us, mostly, but not all, working prior to 1960 in The British Virgin Islands (specifically Anegada, Jost Van Dyke, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda) and The U.S. Virgin Islands (specifically St. Croix, St. Johns, and St. Thomas):

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

B

Maurice Becker (1889-1975), American, in U.S. Virgin Islands 1917 (Bio here)

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C

Emil Carlson (1853-1932), Danish/American active in St. Thomas 1913-1916

Andreas Riis Carstensen (1844-1906), Danish, active in the Danish West Indies ca. 1870-1873

Charles Shepard Chapman (1879-1962) American, active in Bermuda 1906; active in the U.S. Virgin Islands mid-1920s

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D

Jack Delano (1914-1997), Ukrainian/American, active in Puerto Rico 1941, 1946-1997; active in St. Thomas 1941

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E

Henry Stephens Eddy (1878-1944), American, painted in Tortola, B.V.I.

Charles Hawes (1909-1998) American, active in the U.S. Virgin Islands mid-1950s-1990s

Fritz Henle (1909-1993), German, photographer active in the Caribbean, 1940s-1990, settled in St. Croix in 1958.

Astrid Holm (1876-1937), Danish, active in the Danish West Indies ca.1914

Consuelo Kanaga (1894-1978) American, active in St. Croix ca. 1963

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L

Hugo Larsen (1875-1950), Danish, active in the Danish West Indies 1904 -1907

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M

Fritz Sigfried Georg Melbye (1826-1869), Danish, active in the Caribbean 1840s-1860s, including St. Thomas (1849), St. Croix (1852), Cuba (ca. 1864), the Dominican Republic (ca. 1864), and Jamaica (1865)

Richard Edward Miller (1875-1943), American, active in the U.S. Virgin Islands ca. mid-1920s, including St. Thomas

Edouard de Montule (1792-1828), French, active in the Caribbean ca. 1817, including the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and St. Thomas

Franklin Townsend Morgan (1883-1965), American, active in the U.S. Virgin Islands 1936-1937

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Danish-French, born on the island of St. Thomas (now in the U.S. Virgin Islands, but then a colony in the Danish West Indies), in the Caribbean circa 1850-1855

Charlotte Amelie Sannom (1846-1923), Danish, active in the Danish West Indies ca. early 1900s

Robert Hermann Schombergk (1804-1865), German, active in the Caribbean ca. 1828-1850s, including Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, and St. Thomas

Ira Harrington Smith (1915-1992), American, active in the U.S. Virgin Islands, ca. 1940s-1992

Frederick Von Scholton (1796-1853), Danish, active in the Danish West Indies 1820s-1840s

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W

Charles Wilimovsky (1885-1974), active/lived in Missouri, Illinois, California, and the Virgin Islands

Charles Herbert Woodbury (1864-1940), American, active in the Caribbean, primarily 1920s-1930s, including Grenada (1905), St. Kitts (1926),

Dominica (1927, 1937-38), Nevis (1928), St. Lucia (1928), St. Thomas (1928), St. Croix (1929), and Barbados and Monserrat (dates uncertain)