Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Painters, sculptors and photographers buried in Massachusetts
Wikidata records 189 artists as buried in 76 of the cemeteries we list in Massachusetts. Mount Auburn Cemetery in North Brighton holds the most, with 49. Massachusetts has the 3rd highest count of any state, out of 2,295 nationally.
People recorded as painters, sculptors, photographers, illustrators or visual artists.
189
artists
76
cemeteries
4%
of notable burials in Massachusetts
1910s
the decade with the most deaths (27)
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Best documented
Painters, sculptors and photographers buried in Massachusetts
- E. E. Cummings1894-1962American authorForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Norman Rockwell1894-1978American painter and illustratorStockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, MA
- Winslow Homer1836-1910American landscape painterMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Albert Bierstadt1830-1902American painterRural Cemetery, New Bedford, MA
- Edwin H. Land1909-1991American scientist and inventorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Washington Allston1779-1843American artistOld Burying Ground, West Cambridge/Harvard Square, MA
- William Cranch Bond1789-1859American astronomerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Thomas Curtis1873-1944American athleteMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Daniel Chester French1850-1931American sculptorSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
- Hans Hofmann1880-1966German-American painterSnow Cemetery, Truro, MA
- Charles Dana Gibson1867-1944American artist and illustratorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Harriet Hosmer1830-1908American sculptorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Alvan Clark1804-1887American astronomer and artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Harold Edgerton1903-1990American engineer and inventorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Albert Pinkham Ryder1847-1917American painterRural Cemetery, New Bedford, MA
- Frank Weston Benson1862-1951American painterHarmony Grove Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- Cyrus Edwin Dallin1861-1944American sculptorMount Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington, MA
- Thomas Dewing1851-1938American artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Horatio Greenough1805-1852American artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Edmund Charles Tarbell1862-1938American Impressionist painterCedar Grove Cemetery, Ashmont, MA
- Joseph DeCamp1858-1923American artistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Maria Oakey Dewing1845-1927American painterMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Dennis Miller Bunker1861-1890American artistMilton Cemetery, Milton, MA
- Fitz Henry Lane1804-1865American painter and printmakerOak Grove Cemetery, Gloucester, MA
- Joseph Jefferson1829-1905American actor and painterBay View Cemetery, Sandwich, MA
- Sarah Choate Sears1858-1935American photographerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Clifford Warren Ashley1881-1947American artist, author, sailor, and knot expertOak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, MA
- Thomas Gold Appleton1812-1884American artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- John Leslie Breck1860-1899American artistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Mabel Loomis Todd1856-1932American writer and editorWildwood Cemetery, Amherst Center, MA
- Angel De Cora1871-1919Ho-chunk painter and illustrator who taught art at the early 20th centuryBridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, MA
- James Wallace Black1825-1896American photographerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Orra White Hitchcock1796-1863American botanical artistWest Cemetery, Amherst Center, MA
- William H. Mumler1832-1884American photographerCambridge Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- John Smibert1688-1751American artistGranary Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Slim Aarons1916-2006American photographerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- William Heath1737-1814American politicianForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- William Halsall1841-1919American painterForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- John Joseph Enneking1841-1916American artistFairview Cemetery, Readville, MA
- Benjamin Champney1817-1907United States landscape and still-life painterWoodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, MA
- Francis Blake1850-1913American engineerLinwood Cemetery, Weston, MA
- F. O. C. Darley1822-1888American artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Paul Manship1885-1966American sculptorSeaside Cemetery, Rockport, MA
- Isaiah Thomas1749-1831Massachusetts printer, publisher and journalistRural Cemetery & Crematory, Worcester, MA
- Chester Harding1792-1866American painterSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Charles Callahan Perkins1823-1886American artistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- John Prentiss Benson1865-1947American architect and painterHarmony Grove Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- Hammatt Billings1818-1874American architect and illustratorMilton Cemetery, Milton, MA
- Frederic Porter Vinton1846-1911American painterWoodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA
- Marshall Howard Saville1867-1935American archaeologistBeech Grove Cemetery, Rockport, MA
- Lucien Aigner1901-1999Hungarian photographerElmwood Cemetery, Great Barrington, MA
- Samuel Chamberlain1829-1908American soldier, painter, and authorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Edith Ella Baldwin1870-1920American painter, craftswoman, and writerRural Cemetery & Crematory, Worcester, MA
- Samuel McIntire1757-1811American architectCharter Street Cemetery, Salem, MA
- George Henry Seeley1880-1955American photographerStockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, MA
- Clifton Johnson1865-1940American writer, illustrator, and photographerHockanum Cemetery, South Hadley, MA
- Walker Hancock1901-1998American artist and Monuments ManSeaside Cemetery, Rockport, MA
- Joseph Badger1708-1765American artistKings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Christopher Pearse Cranch1813-1892American writer and artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Walter Lofthouse Dean1854-1912Marine-landscape painterLowell Cemetery, Lowell, MA
- Helen M. Knowlton1832-1918American artist, instructor and authorRural Cemetery & Crematory, Worcester, MA
- Nathan C. Wyeth1870-1963American architectMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- William S. Soule1836-1908American photographerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Elmer Chickering1857-1915American photographerMount Hope Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr.1917-2010American photographerNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Francis Edgar Stanley1849-1918American businessmanNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Augustus Lukeman1872-1935American artistStockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, MA
- Alexander Pope1849-1924American artistCedar Grove Cemetery, Ashmont, MA
- Darius Cobb1834-1919American artistWoodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA
- Edmund H. Garrett1853-1929American painter, illustrator and authorNeedham Cemetery, Needham, MA
- Louis Kronberg1872-1965American artistTemple Emanuel Cemetery, Wakefield, MA
- Dorothy Lake Gregory1893-1975American artist; etcher, illustrator, oil painterProvincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, MA
- Norris Church Mailer1949-2010American writer; widow of Norman MailerProvincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, MA
- Henrik Major1889-1948Hungarian-American caricaturistProvincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, MA
- Gerrit Beneker1882-1934American illustrator and painterSnow Cemetery, Truro, MA
- John Elliott1858-1925American-British painterMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Katherine Stieglitz1898-1971American photographer; daughter of Alfred StieglitzMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Thomas Ridgeway Gould1818-1881American artistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Adolph Robert Kraus1850-1901German-American sculptorFairview Cemetery, Readville, MA
- Charles Connick1875-1945American artistNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Lucius Beebe1902-1966American writer and photographerLakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, MA
- Mary Ogden Abbott1894-1981American artist and woodworkerMount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, MA
- Edith Loring Peirce Getchell1855-1940Painter and etcherHillside Cemetery, Auburn, MA
- Frank Hill Smith1842-1904American artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- William Henry Furness Jr.1827-1867American painterMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Emma Kaan1860-1949American artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Frank Thayer Merrill1848-1936American illustratorForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Marianne Dwight Orvis1816-1901American writerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Leslie Ronald Jones1886-1967American photographerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Marta Adams1891-1978German-born sculptor, painterMount Feake Cemetery, Waltham, MA
- Hermann Dudley Murphy1867-1945American painterWildwood Cemetery, Winchester, MA
- Edward Augustus Brackett1818-1908American sculptorWildwood Cemetery, Winchester, MA
- Jessie Holliday1884-1915British artistNew Town Cemetery, Nantucket, MA
- Harriette Merrifield Forbes1856-1951American author, artist, gardener and botanical collectorPine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, MA
- Thomas Allen1849-1924American painterWoodlawn Cemetery, Princeton, MA
- Suzanne Chapman1904-1990American artistWestview Cemetery, Bedford, MA
- John Ery Coleman1923-1993ArtistTyringham Cemetery, Lee, MA
- Louise Herreshoff1876-1967American painter and ceramics collectorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Ross Turner1847-1915American painterMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- James Henry Blake1845-1941American zoologist and illustratorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Susan Minns1839-1938American philanthropist, benefactor, and collectorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Louis K. Harlow1850-1913American painter, illustrator, and authorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Mabel Elwes1878-1950British artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Edna F. Hart1889-1955American children's book illustratorGreenlawn Cemetery, Salem, MA
- Clara E. Atwood1874-1963American illustratorLowell Cemetery, Lowell, MA
- Edith F. Butler1888-1975American artist and children's book illustratorSwampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, MA
- Ludvig Sandøe Ipsen1840-1920Danish-American architect, illustrator and designerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Elizabeth Howard Bartol1842-1927American painter, draftsman, and sculptor, 1842-1927Forest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Amelia Peabody1890-1984American philanthropist, sculptor and breederForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Melbourne Brindle1904-1995Australian-American illustrator and painterForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Edward Knobel1839-1908American botanical and zoological illustratorBrookdale Cemetery, Dedham, MA
- George Merwangee White1849-1915American artistHarmony Grove Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- Lester George Hornby1882-1956American painterPine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, MA
- Phoebe A. Jenks1847-1907ArtistMount Hope Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Elbridge Kingsley1842-1918American painter and engraverOld Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, MA
- Albion Harris Bicknell1837-1915American painter and etcherForestdale Cemetery, Malden, MA
- Edward C. Dana1852-1897American photographerWoodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, MA
- Josephine Bruce1866-1943American illustrator of children's publicationsWoodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA
- Eugene C. Fitsch1892-1972French-American painter and engraverBrewster Cemetery, Brewster, MA
- H. Marshall Gardiner1883-1942Canadian American photographer and postcard publisherProspect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, MA
- George H. Van Norman1861-1924Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Henry Williams1787-1830American painter, born 1787Granary Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Miriam MacMillan1905-1987American sailor and photographerProvincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, MA
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blake1894-1981American painterAgawam Cemetery, Onset, MA
- Edgar Parker1840-1892American artistMount Prospect Cemetery, Bridgewater, MA
- Robert Verity Clem1933-2010American bird & landscape painterPeoples Cemetery, Chatham, MA
- William H. W. Bicknell1860-1947American painter and printmakerSnow Cemetery, Truro, MA
- Rosamond B. Loring1889-1950American bookbinder and artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Alfred Quinton Collins1833-1903American painter and illustratorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Benjamin Smith Rotch1817-1882American painterMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Henry Greenough1807-1883American architect and artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Howard Gardiner Cushing1869-1916American painterMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- John Briggs Potter1864-1949American painterMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Augustus L. Jansson1866-1931ArtistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Mary Jane Derby1807-1892American painterMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Jonathan Mason1795-1884American artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Ethel Clare Brown1875-1953American writer and illustratorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Elisabeth Weber-Fülöp1883-1966Hungarian-born painterMayflower Cemetery, South Duxbury, MA
- George K. Proctor1837-1882American photographer and stereo card publisherCentral Cemetery, Beverly, MA
- Elizabeth B Comins1846-1922American writer and artistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Emma Lewis Coleman1853-1942American photographer and authorForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Sarah J. F. Johnston1850-1925American painter, 1850-1925Holyhood Cemetery, Chestnut Hill, MA
- John S. Moulton1849-1914American photographer (ca. 1849-1914)Harmony Grove Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- Thomas Hewes Hinckley1813-1896American painterMilton Cemetery, Milton, MA
- Augustus Ephraim Alden1837-1914American photographerCambridge Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Franklin Harrison Miller1843-1911American painterOak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, MA
- Charles William Ralston1925-1999(1925-1999) American television editorCentral Cemetery, East Bridgewater, MA
- Clayton Stone Harris1863-1901American photographerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, MA
- Edith F. Foster1863-1951American author and illustratorLakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, MA
- William Reynolds Beal1914-1995American actor, artist, and television producerBeech Grove Cemetery, Rockport, MA
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 189. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1750s1
- 1760s1
- 1810s2
- 1830s2
- 1840s1
- 1850s4
- 1860s6
- 1870s3
- 1880s11
- 1890s11
- 1900s17
- 1910s27
- 1920s15
- 1930s14
- 1940s20
- 1950s12
- 1960s13
- 1970s6
- 1980s6
- 1990s10
- 2000s1
- 2010s5
By recorded year of death, for the 188 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Mount Auburn Cemetery · North Brighton, MA49
- Forest Hills Cemetery · Roslindale, MA19
- Harmony Grove Cemetery · Peabody, MA5
- Milton Cemetery · Milton, MA4
- Rural Cemetery · New Bedford, MA4
- Provincetown Cemetery · Provincetown, MA4
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Everett, MA3
- Cedar Grove Cemetery · Ashmont, MA3
- Newton Cemetery · Newton, MA3
- Snow Cemetery · Truro, MA3
- Stockbridge Cemetery · Stockbridge, MA3
- Cambridge Cemetery · North Brighton, MA3
- Wildwood Cemetery · Winchester, MA3
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Roslindale, MA3
- Mount Feake Cemetery · Waltham, MA3
- Lowell Cemetery · Lowell, MA3
- Rural Cemetery & Crematory · Worcester, MA3
- Central Cemetery · Beverly, MA3
- Granary Burying Ground · Boston, MA2
- Lakeside Cemetery · Wakefield, MA2
- Fairview Cemetery · Readville, MA2
- Pine Grove Cemetery · Lynn, MA2
- Springfield Cemetery · Springfield, MA2
- Wildwood Cemetery · Amherst Center, MA2
- Prospect Hill Cemetery · Nantucket, MA2
Top 25 of 76 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Massachusetts
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Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.