Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Amherst College
Po Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002
Po Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002
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Museums page for Robert Field ((1769 - 1819)), known for Portrait, chiefly miniature painting. Showing 6 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1769 England (possibly Gloucestershire) - 1819 Kingston, Jamaica. Known for: Portrait, chiefly miniature painting.
Although the details of Robert Field's early career in England are obscure, it is known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London, in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the... Read full biography
Although the details of Robert Field's early career in England are obscure, it is known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London, in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the United States as part of the influx of British artists and craftsmen enticed by the prosperity of the... Read full biography
Although the details of Robert Field's early career in England are obscure, it is known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London, in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the United States as part of the influx of British artists and craftsmen enticed by the prosperity of the new republic. After settling briefly in Baltimore, Maryland,, he took up residence in the nation's capital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There he immediately joined a group of artists led by Charles... Read full biography
Although the details of Robert Field's early career in England are obscure, it is known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London, in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the United States as part of the influx of British artists and craftsmen enticed by the prosperity of the new republic. After settling briefly in Baltimore, Maryland,, he took up residence in the nation's capital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There he immediately joined a group of artists led by Charles Willson Peale, the noted painter and naturalist, in establishing the Columbianum, or American Academy of the Fine Arts, an organization whose plan, according to Field, was "the most enlarged, liberal and grand of any in the world." . When American-born... Read full biography
Although the details of Robert Field's early career in England are obscure, it is known that he received his early training at the Royal Academy schools, London, in 1790. In 1794 he moved to the United States as part of the influx of British artists and craftsmen enticed by the prosperity of the new republic. After settling briefly in Baltimore, Maryland,, he took up residence in the nation's capital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There he immediately joined a group of artists led by Charles Willson Peale, the noted painter and naturalist, in establishing the Columbianum, or American Academy of the Fine Arts, an organization whose plan, according to Field, was "the most enlarged, liberal and grand of any in the world." . When American-born artists objected to the academy's authoritarian, quasi-monarchical structure - George Washington was to pl... Read full biography
Robert Field - Artist Info
About Robert Field: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsNational Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, ON K1N 9N4
CanadaNational 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 10024White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271