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Museums page for Peter Frederick Rothermel ((1817 - 1895)), known for Genre, history, portrait, religion. Showing 12 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1817 Nescopeck, Pennsylvania - 1895 Linfield, Pennsylvania. Known for: Genre, history, portrait, religion.
One of America's best known history painters, Peter Rothermel suffered diminished professional reputation when the public's taste turned away from dramatically charged historical and imagined events.... Read full biography
One of America's best known history painters, Peter Rothermel suffered diminished professional reputation when the public's taste turned away from dramatically charged historical and imagined events. He was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, probably in 1817, but there is confusion because his birth... Read full biography
One of America's best known history painters, Peter Rothermel suffered diminished professional reputation when the public's taste turned away from dramatically charged historical and imagined events. He was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, probably in 1817, but there is confusion because his birth date has also been given as 1814 and 1812. He was first trained as a surveyor and then as a sign painter and spent much time studying the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He... Read full biography
One of America's best known history painters, Peter Rothermel suffered diminished professional reputation when the public's taste turned away from dramatically charged historical and imagined events. He was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, probably in 1817, but there is confusion because his birth date has also been given as 1814 and 1812. He was first trained as a surveyor and then as a sign painter and spent much time studying the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was a student of John Rowson Smith and Bass Otis, but later disavowed Otis as being a bad influence on his work. He became a portrait painter in Philadelphia, but turned to history painting, which was then considered the most worthy subject for a... Read full biography
One of America's best known history painters, Peter Rothermel suffered diminished professional reputation when the public's taste turned away from dramatically charged historical and imagined events. He was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, probably in 1817, but there is confusion because his birth date has also been given as 1814 and 1812. He was first trained as a surveyor and then as a sign painter and spent much time studying the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was a student of John Rowson Smith and Bass Otis, but later disavowed Otis as being a bad influence on his work. He became a portrait painter in Philadelphia, but turned to history painting, which was then considered the most worthy subject for a professional artist. One of his most famous paintings is "Patrick Henry in the House of Burgesses of Virginia," which some critics consider... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (12)
All MuseumsLowe 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 84602-1400National 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 10024Reading Public Museum
500 Museum Road
Reading, PA 19611-1425Red Hill--The Patrick Henry National Memorial
1250 Red Hill Road
Brookneal, VA 24528Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
105 Seminary Street
Pennsburg, PA 18073The Dayton Art Institute
456 Belmonte Park North
Dayton, OH 45405The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006