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1767 Annapolis, Maryland - 1822 Richmond County, Virginia. Known for: Portrait paiting of dignitaries, and folk painting.
Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Charles Peale Polk was orphaned at age ten and grew up in Philadelphia with his prominent artist uncle, Charles Willson Peale. He learned to paint from him. From 1787 to... Read full biography
Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Charles Peale Polk was orphaned at age ten and grew up in Philadelphia with his prominent artist uncle, Charles Willson Peale. He learned to paint from him. From 1787 to 1818, he tried to earn a living as a portrait artist and commercial sign painter, moving back and... Read full biography
Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Charles Peale Polk was orphaned at age ten and grew up in Philadelphia with his prominent artist uncle, Charles Willson Peale. He learned to paint from him. From 1787 to 1818, he tried to earn a living as a portrait artist and commercial sign painter, moving back and forth between Philadelphia and Baltimore. His specialty became portraits of Revolutionary heroes such as George Washington, General Lafayette and Benjamin Franklin. He made many copies of these... Read full biography
Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Charles Peale Polk was orphaned at age ten and grew up in Philadelphia with his prominent artist uncle, Charles Willson Peale. He learned to paint from him. From 1787 to 1818, he tried to earn a living as a portrait artist and commercial sign painter, moving back and forth between Philadelphia and Baltimore. His specialty became portraits of Revolutionary heroes such as George Washington, General Lafayette and Benjamin Franklin. He made many copies of these originals, which he offered for sale. The copies he made of Washington, over 50, were from an original done from life by Charles Willson Peale. His most famous work was his Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, painted at Monticello in 1799. He stayed in Virginia... Read full biography
Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Charles Peale Polk was orphaned at age ten and grew up in Philadelphia with his prominent artist uncle, Charles Willson Peale. He learned to paint from him. From 1787 to 1818, he tried to earn a living as a portrait artist and commercial sign painter, moving back and forth between Philadelphia and Baltimore. His specialty became portraits of Revolutionary heroes such as George Washington, General Lafayette and Benjamin Franklin. He made many copies of these originals, which he offered for sale. The copies he made of Washington, over 50, were from an original done from life by Charles Willson Peale. His most famous work was his Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, painted at Monticello in 1799. He stayed in Virginia about a year, working in Richmond and Winchester in addition to Monticello.... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Classical Realist
Art Subject
- •George Washington
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Thomas Jefferson
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Colonial America
- •Virginia Before 1900
- •Washington DC Before 1900
- •West Virginia Before 1920
Art Teacher
- •Charles Willson Peale
Chronology
- •18th Century
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
Art Collection
- •Warner Collection
Added Description
- •Copy Artist, Copyist
- •Member of Artist Family of Multi-Generations
- •Portrait Specialty