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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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About Charles Willson Peale: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (54)
All MuseumsArt Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45202Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
Bentonville, AR 72712Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Dumbarton House
2715 Que Street Nw
Washington, DC 20007-3071Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, FAMSF
50 Hagiwara
Tea Garden Drive-Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118Fogg 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 74127-2100High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
45 Macculloch Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960Maryland Historical Society
201 West Monument Street
Balti.Orgmore, MD 21201-4674Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Amherst College
Po Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002Memorial Art Gallery
University of Rochester
500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607-1415Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Montclair Art Museum
3 South Mountain Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042-1747Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Paseo del Prado, 8
Madrid, SpainMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet
Po Box 6826
Houston, TX 77005National 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 Orleans Museum of Art
One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park
P.O. Box 19123
New Orleans, LA 70124New York Graphic Society
129 Glover St.
Norwalk, CT 06850New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Newfields
4000 Michigan Road
Indianapolis, IN 46208-4196Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OKCMOA
415 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73102Old Salem Museums and Gardens
P.O. Box 10310
Winston-Salem, NC 27108-0310Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives
Po Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101Redwood Library and Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840Reynolda House-Museum of American Art
Museum of American Art
Po Box 11765
Winston-Salem, NC 27116San Antonio Museum of Art
200 West Jones Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78215-1406Springfield Museum of Art
107 Cliff Park Road
Springfield, OH 45501Telfair Museum of Art
Po Box 10081
Savannah, GA 31412The Art Museum, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1018The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106-1797The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Dayton Art Institute
456 Belmonte Park North
Dayton, OH 45405The Masonic Library And Museum Of Pennsylvania
One North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum
225 Holliday Street
Baltimore, MD 21202The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102The State Museum of Pennsylvania
3rd And North Streets
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0024Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006Winterthur Museum, Garden,& Library
Route 52 Kennett Pike
Winterthur, DE 19735Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609-3196Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271