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Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter, military officer, scientist, and naturalist.. In 1775, inspired by the American Revolution, Peale moved from his native Maryland to Philadelphia, where he set up a painting studio and joined the Sons of Liberty.
John Ramage (1748 – 24 October 1802) was an Irish American artist, goldsmith, patroller, and second lieutenant.He was best known for painting portrait miniatures, and the first artist to paint a portrait of George Washington after he assumed office as the first President of the United States.
His parents died when he was nine years old and thereafter, he was raised by his older brother, Frederick Fraser. He studied law and practiced until 1818, [1] but afterwards devoted himself to art. He attended the classical academy of Bishop Robert Smith in Charleston along with Thomas Sully. [2]
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:18th-century African-American painters and Category:18th-century Native American painters and Category:18th-century American women painters The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
Henry Pelham (February 14, 1748/49 – 1806) was an American painter, engraver, and cartographer active during the late 18th century. Pelham's many illuminating letters, especially to his half-brother and fellow painter John Singleton Copley , provide an important contemporary perspective of the events of the American Revolution .
The first American exhibition of Allston's work was in 1827 when twelve of his paintings were shown at the Boston Athenæum. [ 10 ] In 1830 Allston married Martha Remington Dana (daughter of Chief Justice Francis Dana ), the sister of the novelist Richard Henry Dana Sr. ; Dana was a cousin of Allston's first wife.
Most of early American art (from the late 18th century through the early 19th century) consists of history painting and especially portraits. As in Colonial America, many of the painters who specialized in portraits were essentially self-taught; notable among them are Joseph Badger, John Brewster Jr., and William Jennys.
John Singleton Copley / ˈ k ɑː p l i / RA (July 3, 1738 [1] – September 9, 1815) was an Anglo-American painter, active in both colonial America and England. He was believed to be born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Anglo-Irish.