Schwarz Gallery
1806 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19103Contact Details
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- 2155634887
- mail@schwarzgallery.com
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Peter Frederick Rothermel ART DEALERS
1817 Nescopeck, Pennsylvania - 1895 Linfield, Pennsylvania. Known for: Genre, history, portrait, religion.
One of America's best known history painters, Peter Rothermel suffered diminished professional reputation when the public's taste turned away from dramatically charged historical and imagined events.... Read full biography
One of America's best known history painters, Peter Rothermel suffered diminished professional reputation when the public's taste turned away from dramatically charged historical and imagined events. He was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, probably in 1817, but there is confusion because his birth... Read full biography
One of America's best known history painters, Peter Rothermel suffered diminished professional reputation when the public's taste turned away from dramatically charged historical and imagined events. He was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, probably in 1817, but there is confusion because his birth date has also been given as 1814 and 1812. He was first trained as a surveyor and then as a sign painter and spent much time studying the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He... Read full biography
One of America's best known history painters, Peter Rothermel suffered diminished professional reputation when the public's taste turned away from dramatically charged historical and imagined events. He was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, probably in 1817, but there is confusion because his birth date has also been given as 1814 and 1812. He was first trained as a surveyor and then as a sign painter and spent much time studying the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was a student of John Rowson Smith and Bass Otis, but later disavowed Otis as being a bad influence on his work. He became a portrait painter in Philadelphia, but turned to history painting, which was then considered the most worthy subject for a... Read full biography
One of America's best known history painters, Peter Rothermel suffered diminished professional reputation when the public's taste turned away from dramatically charged historical and imagined events. He was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, probably in 1817, but there is confusion because his birth date has also been given as 1814 and 1812. He was first trained as a surveyor and then as a sign painter and spent much time studying the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was a student of John Rowson Smith and Bass Otis, but later disavowed Otis as being a bad influence on his work. He became a portrait painter in Philadelphia, but turned to history painting, which was then considered the most worthy subject for a professional artist. One of his most famous paintings is "Patrick Henry in the House of Burgesses of Virginia," which some critics consider... Read full biography
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Greshville Antiques and Fine Art
1041 Reading Avenue, Boyertown, PA 19512Contact Details
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- (610)367-0076
- greshville@aol.com
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