DNR - Artists and Illustrators

These artists and illustrators have associations with Michigan, but were not born here.

Name	Michigan Connection	Birthplace	Date
Alten, Mathias J.	Second-generation Impressionist painter; immigrated to Grand Rapids at age 17	Germany	1871-1938
Bertoia, Harry	Sculptor; came to Michigan in 1930	San Lorenzo, Italy	1915-1978
Honoré, Paul	Painter (muralist), printmaker (woodcuts); Attended Cass Technical and John P. Wicker's School of Fine Arts in Detroit; left Michigan in 1940 (see Honoré's Natural Resources mural)	Crawford County, PA	1885-1956
Hopkin, Robert	Painter (marine, landscape), interior decorator; came to Detroit in 1843	Glasgow, Scotland	1832-1909
Ives, Lewis Thomas	Portrait artist; worked in Detroit 1832-94	Rochester (?), NY	1833-1894
Ponsen, Tunis	Painter; emigrated to Michigan in 1913, moved to Chicago in 1931. See some of his paintings.	Wageningen, The Netherlands	1891-1968
Saarinen, Loja	Textile artist, sculptor; came to Cranbrook with husband Eliel in 1924; founded weaving department at Cranbrook	Helsingfors, Finland	1879-1963
Stanley, John Mix	Painter (portraits, Western scenes); moved to Michigan in 1834	Canandaigna, NY	1814-1872