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American Portraiture (Week 5) Flashcards

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Gilbert Stuart, Self Portrait, 1778

similar to West self portrait

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Gilbert Stuart, The Skater, 1782

exhibited in England, excels career

portrait in motion

confident, graceful

specific place

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Gilbert Stuart, Joshua Reynolds, 1784

elderly, relaxed, informal

powder on jacket

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Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, 1795 (Vaughn)

bust length

right side of Washington

unadorned, hides accomplishments

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Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, 1795 (Vaughn Portrait)

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Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, begun 1795 (Vaughn)

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Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, 1796 (The Anthenaeum)

incomplete

not defined by environment or embodiment of America

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Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, 1796 (Lansdowne Portrait)

full length

material culture on table

symbolism to represent American freedom, unity

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Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington, 1785-89

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Giuseppe Ceracchi, George Washington, 1795

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Thomas Sully, The Passage of Delaware, 1819

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John Vanderlyn, George Washington, 1832

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Ralph Earl, Elijah Boardman, 1789

conservative, aristocratic aesthetic

rural merchant

adjusted painting style to wishes of patron

old fashioned portraiture

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Ralph Earl, Daniel Boardman, 1789

more similar to Gainsborough

looking backwards

not high style English

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Ralph Earl, Esther Boardman, 1789

conservative

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John Wesley Jarvis, Mrs. Robert Dickey (Anne Brown), 1807-1810

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John Wesley Jarvis, General Andrew Jackson, 1819

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Samuel F. B. Morse, Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), 1836-7

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Gilbert Stuart

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Tries to go to Scotland but Cosmo Alexander dies and returns to Newport 1773

Trains with Benjamin West 1776/7

Returns to NY in 1793

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Ralph Earl

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Studies with Benjamin West 1778

Returns to America 1785

premier portraitist of the Connecticut River Valley

ability to paint according to sitter’s wishes

conservative aristocracy portraits for rural CT over high style English portraits

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John Wesley Jarvis

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Born in England

1785 goes to America

Number one painter in NY, well known

Painting commissions dwindle when Thomas Sully comes to NY, 1808

Fine Art 1650 - 1850 (10 decks)

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