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1741 Chester, Maryland - 1827 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Portrait, figure and historical genre painting.
Born in Chester, Maryland in 1741, Charles Willson Peale became one of the major figures in American art and in other areas such as military figure, naturalist, curator, and inventor. He developed an... Read full biography
Born in Chester, Maryland in 1741, Charles Willson Peale became one of the major figures in American art and in other areas such as military figure, naturalist, curator, and inventor. He developed an art and natural history museum that became world famous, especially for the gallery of artwork that... Read full biography
Born in Chester, Maryland in 1741, Charles Willson Peale became one of the major figures in American art and in other areas such as military figure, naturalist, curator, and inventor. He developed an art and natural history museum that became world famous, especially for the gallery of artwork that had his more than 250 portraits of distinguished Americans. In his home, Peale charged admission to persons to see his depictions of American heroes. By 1788, he opened a natural history museum in... Read full biography
Born in Chester, Maryland in 1741, Charles Willson Peale became one of the major figures in American art and in other areas such as military figure, naturalist, curator, and inventor. He developed an art and natural history museum that became world famous, especially for the gallery of artwork that had his more than 250 portraits of distinguished Americans. In his home, Peale charged admission to persons to see his depictions of American heroes. By 1788, he opened a natural history museum in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, and eventually accumulated over 100,000 items that included paintings, fossils, minerals, stuffed animals, and skeletons. In 1795, he opened his own art academy, which was not a success, and in 1805, he became one of... Read full biography
Born in Chester, Maryland in 1741, Charles Willson Peale became one of the major figures in American art and in other areas such as military figure, naturalist, curator, and inventor. He developed an art and natural history museum that became world famous, especially for the gallery of artwork that had his more than 250 portraits of distinguished Americans. In his home, Peale charged admission to persons to see his depictions of American heroes. By 1788, he opened a natural history museum in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, and eventually accumulated over 100,000 items that included paintings, fossils, minerals, stuffed animals, and skeletons. In 1795, he opened his own art academy, which was not a success, and in 1805, he became one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Academy. His father was a schoolmaster who died prematurely, and Charles grew up as the eldest son in An... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Miniature Art
- •Miniature, Small Scale Painting
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Engraving, Engraver
- •Ivory
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Neo Classical, Neo Classicism
- •Trompe l'oeil
Art Subject
- •American Flag Images
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •George Washington
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Narrative, Story Telling
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Portraits: Notables, Society, Celebrity, Historical and/or Royalty
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Self-Portrait
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Colonial America
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Europe
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Virginia Before 1900
Art Association
- •Artists Fund Society
- •Brooklyn Art Association
Art Teacher
- •Benjamin West
Chronology
- •18th Century
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
Art Collection
- •John J. McDonough Collection
- •Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
- •US Capitol Building, Washington DC
- •Warner Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Artist Has Artist Family Members
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Portrait Miniatures
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •Professional Museum and Art/ or Art Gallerist
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts