Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Featured50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Newport, RI 02840
Page loaded successfully. Showing museums for Charles Bird King.
Artist Museums
Museums page for Charles Bird King ((1785 - 1862)), known for Indian portrait, genre and still-life painting. Showing 27 museum collections and exhibitions.
Charles Bird King MUSEUMS
1785 Newport, Rhode Island - 1862 Washington, District Of Columbia. Known for: Indian portrait, genre and still-life painting.
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Charles Bird King became famous for his portraits of distinguished Native Americans. He studied with Samuel King, colonial painter, and then at age 15, ran away to New... Read full biography
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Charles Bird King became famous for his portraits of distinguished Native Americans. He studied with Samuel King, colonial painter, and then at age 15, ran away to New York City where he worked in the studio of Edward Savage. From 1805 to 1812, he lived in London,... Read full biography
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Charles Bird King became famous for his portraits of distinguished Native Americans. He studied with Samuel King, colonial painter, and then at age 15, ran away to New York City where he worked in the studio of Edward Savage. From 1805 to 1812, he lived in London, studying with Benjamin West and sharing a studio with Thomas Sully. In 1816, he settled in Washington D.C., becoming the city's first significant resident artist. He did portraits of politicians and then... Read full biography
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Charles Bird King became famous for his portraits of distinguished Native Americans. He studied with Samuel King, colonial painter, and then at age 15, ran away to New York City where he worked in the studio of Edward Savage. From 1805 to 1812, he lived in London, studying with Benjamin West and sharing a studio with Thomas Sully. In 1816, he settled in Washington D.C., becoming the city's first significant resident artist. He did portraits of politicians and then spent 16 years on a commission to paint members of a five-tribe Indian delegation, which came to the city in 1821. The results became the basis of the National Indian Portrait Gallery. The originals burned, but lithography copies remain. He did an... Read full biography
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Charles Bird King became famous for his portraits of distinguished Native Americans. He studied with Samuel King, colonial painter, and then at age 15, ran away to New York City where he worked in the studio of Edward Savage. From 1805 to 1812, he lived in London, studying with Benjamin West and sharing a studio with Thomas Sully. In 1816, he settled in Washington D.C., becoming the city's first significant resident artist. He did portraits of politicians and then spent 16 years on a commission to paint members of a five-tribe Indian delegation, which came to the city in 1821. The results became the basis of the National Indian Portrait Gallery. The originals burned, but lithography copies remain. He did an occasional still life, some of them in trompe l'oeil style including The Vanity of an Artist'... Read full biography
Charles Bird King - Artist Info
About Charles Bird King: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (27)
All MuseumsArkansas Museum of Fine Arts
501 East 9th Street
Po Box 2137
Little Rock, AR 72202Boston Athenaeum
10 1/2 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Buffalo Bill Center of the West
720 Sheridan Ave
Cody, WY 82414Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
Bentonville, AR 72712Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians-Western Art
500 West Washington
Indianapolis, IN 46204Fogg Art Museum: Harvard University Art Museums
Harvard University
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138Helmerich Cntr. for American Research, Gilcrease Museum,Univ. of Tulsa
1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road
Tulsa, OK 74127-2100Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146Museum of Art at Brigham Young University
North Campus Drive
Box 23300
Provo, UT 84602-1400Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
1700 Ne 63rd Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73111National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Old Salem Museums and Gardens
P.O. Box 10310
Winston-Salem, NC 27108-0310Reading Public Museum
500 Museum Road
Reading, PA 19611-1425Stark Museum of Art
712 Green Avenue
Orange, TX 77630The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306Tucson Museum of Art
140 N. Main Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85718White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271