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1827 New York, New York - 1902 Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Known for: Portrait, still life, birds.
A specialist in portraiture and still life, Mary Jane Peale was one of the last of the famous Peale family of Philadelphia to paint those subjects. She was born in New York City, and was the daughter... Read full biography
A specialist in portraiture and still life, Mary Jane Peale was one of the last of the famous Peale family of Philadelphia to paint those subjects. She was born in New York City, and was the daughter of Rubens Peale who had a museum in New York. However, she spent most of her life in Philadelphia.... Read full biography
A specialist in portraiture and still life, Mary Jane Peale was one of the last of the famous Peale family of Philadelphia to paint those subjects. She was born in New York City, and was the daughter of Rubens Peale who had a museum in New York. However, she spent most of her life in Philadelphia. She was also the granddaughter of painter Charles Willson Peale, and the niece of portraitist Rembrandt Peale, with whom she took her first lessons and then studied with Thomas Sully. While living at... Read full biography
A specialist in portraiture and still life, Mary Jane Peale was one of the last of the famous Peale family of Philadelphia to paint those subjects. She was born in New York City, and was the daughter of Rubens Peale who had a museum in New York. However, she spent most of her life in Philadelphia. She was also the granddaughter of painter Charles Willson Peale, and the niece of portraitist Rembrandt Peale, with whom she took her first lessons and then studied with Thomas Sully. While living at the family home in Pottsville, rural Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1856-1858, and her teacher there was Thomas Eakins. Her father, Rubens, started painting in 1855, late in his life,... Read full biography
A specialist in portraiture and still life, Mary Jane Peale was one of the last of the famous Peale family of Philadelphia to paint those subjects. She was born in New York City, and was the daughter of Rubens Peale who had a museum in New York. However, she spent most of her life in Philadelphia. She was also the granddaughter of painter Charles Willson Peale, and the niece of portraitist Rembrandt Peale, with whom she took her first lessons and then studied with Thomas Sully. While living at the family home in Pottsville, rural Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1856-1858, and her teacher there was Thomas Eakins. Her father, Rubens, started painting in 1855, late in his life, and it is thought learned from his daughter as they worked side by side. When her mother, Eliza Burd Patterson Peale, died in 1864... Read full biography