William Vareika Fine Arts
212 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI 02840Contact Details
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- (401) 849-6149
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John Singleton Copley ART DEALERS
1738 Boston, Massachusetts - 1815 London, England. Known for: Portrait, historical, genre and religious painting.
The crowds who visited the Copley exhibition in Washington and Houston in 1996 were a testimony to the enduring regard in which this artist is still held in his native land. The utterly convincing... Read full biography
The crowds who visited the Copley exhibition in Washington and Houston in 1996 were a testimony to the enduring regard in which this artist is still held in his native land. The utterly convincing realism of his portraits of wealthy Bostonian merchants and landed gentry in the years before the... Read full biography
The crowds who visited the Copley exhibition in Washington and Houston in 1996 were a testimony to the enduring regard in which this artist is still held in his native land. The utterly convincing realism of his portraits of wealthy Bostonian merchants and landed gentry in the years before the American revolution has secured him a lasting fame, a fact which would no doubt have surprised the artist, who had complained that 'fame cannot be durable where pictures are confined to sitting rooms, and... Read full biography
The crowds who visited the Copley exhibition in Washington and Houston in 1996 were a testimony to the enduring regard in which this artist is still held in his native land. The utterly convincing realism of his portraits of wealthy Bostonian merchants and landed gentry in the years before the American revolution has secured him a lasting fame, a fact which would no doubt have surprised the artist, who had complained that 'fame cannot be durable where pictures are confined to sitting rooms, and regarded only for the resemblance they bear to their originals'. His attention to the minutiae of patterned lace, his polished wood and metal surfaces, brilliant fabrics and lustrous pearls, all rendered with a jeweler's precision, made him hugely... Read full biography
The crowds who visited the Copley exhibition in Washington and Houston in 1996 were a testimony to the enduring regard in which this artist is still held in his native land. The utterly convincing realism of his portraits of wealthy Bostonian merchants and landed gentry in the years before the American revolution has secured him a lasting fame, a fact which would no doubt have surprised the artist, who had complained that 'fame cannot be durable where pictures are confined to sitting rooms, and regarded only for the resemblance they bear to their originals'. His attention to the minutiae of patterned lace, his polished wood and metal surfaces, brilliant fabrics and lustrous pearls, all rendered with a jeweler's precision, made him hugely successful at the time and still remains a tangible symbol of the young colony's materialism and self respect. But Copl... Read full biography
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Bonhams
7601 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046Contact Details
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- (415) 503 3345
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