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1783 Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England - 1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Portrait, historical, and landscape painting.
A teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Thomas Sully became one of the foremost early 19th-century portrait painters, known for painting pretty faces on his subjects, often... Read full biography
A teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Thomas Sully became one of the foremost early 19th-century portrait painters, known for painting pretty faces on his subjects, often disregarding reality. He was the son of English actors and was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. He came to... Read full biography
A teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Thomas Sully became one of the foremost early 19th-century portrait painters, known for painting pretty faces on his subjects, often disregarding reality. He was the son of English actors and was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. He came to Philadelphia in 1792 when he was nine years old. Sully showed early drawing talent and first studied with his older brother, Lawrence, a miniature painter. To earn money, he tried unsuccessfully to have... Read full biography
A teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Thomas Sully became one of the foremost early 19th-century portrait painters, known for painting pretty faces on his subjects, often disregarding reality. He was the son of English actors and was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. He came to Philadelphia in 1792 when he was nine years old. Sully showed early drawing talent and first studied with his older brother, Lawrence, a miniature painter. To earn money, he tried unsuccessfully to have a career in insurance but then turned full time to painting and was able to be critiqued by Gilbert Stuart in Boston. He embraced Stuart's interest in classical styles, but favored pretty colors and opaque and glossy surfaces. Like Stuart, his... Read full biography
A teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Thomas Sully became one of the foremost early 19th-century portrait painters, known for painting pretty faces on his subjects, often disregarding reality. He was the son of English actors and was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. He came to Philadelphia in 1792 when he was nine years old. Sully showed early drawing talent and first studied with his older brother, Lawrence, a miniature painter. To earn money, he tried unsuccessfully to have a career in insurance but then turned full time to painting and was able to be critiqued by Gilbert Stuart in Boston. He embraced Stuart's interest in classical styles, but favored pretty colors and opaque and glossy surfaces. Like Stuart, his subjects appear heroic and seem to have a sense of purpose. In 1801, he moved with Lawrence's family to Virginia, but... Read full biography
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- A Portrait of America: The Nation & OhioFebruary 2007Novak, Barbara; Louis ZonaAmerican Art Review
- Hamilton College's Alumni CollectorApril 2002Shapiro, Michael EAmerican Art Review
- San Antonio Museum of ArtDecember 2001Scott, Gerry D IIIAmerican Art Review
- Fanny Kemble's New YorkOctober 2001Deak, GloriaThe Magazine Antiques
- Thomas and Blanch Sully in LondonSeptember 2000Barratt, Carrie ReboraThe Magazine Antiques
- The Farnsworth Art MuseumJune 2000Gerdts, William (essays) etc.American Art Review
- Treasures from the SmithsonianApril 2000Severens, Martha RAmerican Art Review
- The VerdictOctober 1999Kotz, Mary LynARTnews
- Coming of AgeMay 1999Wall, Donna DorianArt & Antiques
- Treasures from Westmoreland MuseumFebruary 1999O'Toole, Judith/ Carla HerlingAmerican Art Review
- New World ArdorMay 1998Helmbreck, ValerieArt & Antiques
- Patrick Henry: Sentinel for theMarch 1996Rasmussen, WilliamAmerican Art Review
- Thomas Sully's Mother and ChildAugust 1995Gerdts, William HAmerican Art Review
- Greenville (SC) County Museum /ArtNovember 1994Severens, MarthaThe Magazine Antiques