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1769 England (possibly Gloucestershire) - 1819 Kingston, Jamaica. Known for: Portrait, chiefly miniature painting.
Although the details of Robert Field's early career in England are obscure, it is known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London, in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the... Read full biography
Although the details of Robert Field's early career in England are obscure, it is known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London, in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the United States as part of the influx of British artists and craftsmen enticed by the prosperity of the... Read full biography
Although the details of Robert Field's early career in England are obscure, it is known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London, in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the United States as part of the influx of British artists and craftsmen enticed by the prosperity of the new republic. After settling briefly in Baltimore, Maryland,, he took up residence in the nation's capital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There he immediately joined a group of artists led by Charles... Read full biography
Although the details of Robert Field's early career in England are obscure, it is known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London, in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the United States as part of the influx of British artists and craftsmen enticed by the prosperity of the new republic. After settling briefly in Baltimore, Maryland,, he took up residence in the nation's capital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There he immediately joined a group of artists led by Charles Willson Peale, the noted painter and naturalist, in establishing the Columbianum, or American Academy of the Fine Arts, an organization whose plan, according to Field, was "the most enlarged, liberal and grand of any in the world." . When American-born... Read full biography
Although the details of Robert Field's early career in England are obscure, it is known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London, in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the United States as part of the influx of British artists and craftsmen enticed by the prosperity of the new republic. After settling briefly in Baltimore, Maryland,, he took up residence in the nation's capital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There he immediately joined a group of artists led by Charles Willson Peale, the noted painter and naturalist, in establishing the Columbianum, or American Academy of the Fine Arts, an organization whose plan, according to Field, was "the most enlarged, liberal and grand of any in the world." . When American-born artists objected to the academy's authoritarian, quasi-monarchical structure - George Washington was to pl... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesDictionary of Canadian Biography Online (University of Toronto)
2000Paikowsky, Sandra0 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesA Nation's Pride Art in the White House
1992Kloss, William (et al)375 pages (color)Masterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada
1990Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward)230 pages (color)Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990Gerdts, William H421 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings472 pagesA Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988Reid, Dennis418 pages (color)The Portrait in Britain and America with Biographical Dictionary of Portraitists 1680-1914
1987Simon, Robin255 pages (color)Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesNational Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985Smithsonian Institution461 pagesAmerican Portrait Prints Tenth Annual American Print Conference
1984Reaves, Wendy Wick285 pagesAmerican Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist
1982
(Exhibition catalog)Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff213 pagesAmerica in Print 1796-1941
1981
(Exhibition catalog)Hirschl & Adler Galleries128 pages (color)Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel736 pagesThe Fine Arts in America
1979Taylor, Joshua C264 pagesAmerican Art at Amherst: A Summary Catalogue of the Collection At the Mead Art Gallery Amherst College
1977
(Exhibition catalog)Shepard, Lewis A; David Paley, Frank Trapp252 pages (color)America as Art
1976Taylor, Joshua C320 pages (color)Catalogue of American Paintings in British Public Collections
1974Gidley, Mick58 pagesA Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974MacDonald, Colin, S.3,667 pagesA Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973Reid, Dennis319 pages (color)Early American Portrait Draughtsmen in Crayons
1970Bolton, Theodore111 pagesPainting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966Harper, J Russell443 pagesThe New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957Groce, George; David Wallace759 pagesPrivately Owned Selection from Collections in Washington Area
1952
(Exhibition catalog)Corcoran Gallery of Art64 pagesAmerican Portraits Catalogue of Portraits in Oil, Miniature, Sculptures
1941New York Historical Society367 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesA Critical Introduction to American Painting
1931Barker, Virgil52 pagesA History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States (Revised edition from 1834)
1918Dunlap, William418 pages