Gilbert Stuart Master Portrait Painter

Author : Monticello West
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312273275
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gilbert Stuart: Master Portrait Painter written by Monticello West and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our founding fathers (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson et al) were always one step ahead of history and having an artist of such immense talents as Gilbert Stuart to paint their portraits has made the images of our founding fathers indelible in the minds of the modern reader. As a TJ enthusiast I often wonder how amazing it must of been to have "sat" for Gilbert Stuart a known storyteller and have your portrait painted. Mr. Jefferson was a favorite portrait sitter and this book is a lovely trip down memory lane (circa 18th century) to read about the fascinating story behind the portraits and the artist.

Author : Richard B. K. McLanathan
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gilbert Stuart written by Richard B. K. McLanathan and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1986 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and works of the father of American portraiture.

Author : Carrie Rebora Barratt
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588391221
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gilbert Stuart written by Carrie Rebora Barratt and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2004 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : John Hill Morgan
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gilbert Stuart And His Pupils written by John Hill Morgan and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1969-10-21 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Thomas Whitley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gilbert Stuart written by William Thomas Whitley and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Estill Curtis Pennington
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813126126
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lessons in Likeness written by Estill Curtis Pennington and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2011 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1802, when the young Kentucky artist William Edward West began to paint portraits while on a downriver journey, and 1920, when the last of Frank Duveneck's students worked in Louisville, a large number of notable portrait artists were active in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley. In Lessons in Likeness: Portrait Painters in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley, 1802-1920, Estill Curtis Pennington charts the course of those artists as they painted a variety of sitters drawn from both urban and rural society. The work is illustrated, when possible, from The Filson Historical Society collection of some four hundred portraits representing one of the most extensive holdings available for study in the region. Portraiture involves artists and subjects, known as sitters, and is an art that combines elements of biography, aesthetics, and cultural history. Private portraits often attract an oral history that enlivens the more colorful aspects of local tradition and culture. Public portraits of towering figures such as George Washington, Henry Clay, and Abraham Lincoln were often reproduced in printed format to satisfy popular demand and subsequently attained an iconic, timeless status. Lessons in Likeness is organized in two parts. Part One, the cultural chronology, serves as a backdrop to the biographies of the portrait artists. This section identifies stylistic sources and significant historical moments that influenced the artists and their milieus. Rather than working in isolation, portrait artists were connected to the world around them and influenced by prevailing trends in their trade. Early in the nineteenth century, for instance, Matthew Jouett journeyed to Boston for study with Gilbert Stuart, and upon his return to Kentucky painted in a style that subsequently influenced an entire generation. Later artists, notably Oliver Frazer and William Edward West, studied the lessons of Thomas Sully in Philadelphia. Sully popularized the lush, warmly colored, and highly flattering style of portraiture practiced by many of the itinerant artists whose careers were facilitated by the introduction of steam and rail travel. The Civil War provoked a dramatic shift in the cultural terrain, further augmented by the rise of photography and the emergence of academic art centers. Painters who had previously worked with a master painter, or learned on their own, were now able to study at established schools, especially in Cincinnati, which became one of the leading centers for the teaching of art in late nineteenth-century America. Several of the teachers there, Frank Duveneck and Thomas Satterwhite Noble in particular, had firsthand experience with avant-garde European styles, notably the realism and naturalism practiced in Munich and Paris in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and then taught in the art schools of New York and Philadelphia. Part Two profiles the artists from this area and period who have appeared in previous art historical literature and have an identifiable body of work represented in public and private collections. Individual biographies provide details of the artists' lives, sources for further study, and locations of works in public collections.

Author : George Champlin Mason
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Works of Gilbert Stuart written by George Champlin Mason and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dorinda Evans
Publisher : Princeton Univ Department of Art &
ISBN 13 : 9780691059457
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Genius of Gilbert Stuart written by Dorinda Evans and published by Princeton Univ Department of Art &. This book was released on 1999 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably the most gifted American portraitist of the late-18th and early 19th centuries, Gilbert Stuart is perhaps best known for his "Athenaeum" portrait of George Washington. This book explores Stuart's life and times, and presents his famous paintings as well as many never before published. 16 color plates. 103 halftones.

Author : James Thomas Flexner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486279572
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Old Masters written by James Thomas Flexner and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1967-01-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Charls Willson Peale, and Gilbert Stuart.

Author : Charles Edwards Lester
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Artists of America: a Series of Biographical Sketches of American Artists written by Charles Edwards Lester and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: