American Portraiture (Week 5) Flashcards
Gilbert Stuart, Self Portrait, 1778
similar to West self portrait
Gilbert Stuart, The Skater, 1782
exhibited in England, excels career
portrait in motion
confident, graceful
specific place
Gilbert Stuart, Joshua Reynolds, 1784
elderly, relaxed, informal
powder on jacket
Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, 1795 (Vaughn)
bust length
right side of Washington
unadorned, hides accomplishments
Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, 1795 (Vaughn Portrait)
Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, begun 1795 (Vaughn)
Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, 1796 (The Anthenaeum)
incomplete
not defined by environment or embodiment of America
Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, 1796 (Lansdowne Portrait)
full length
material culture on table
symbolism to represent American freedom, unity
Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington, 1785-89
Giuseppe Ceracchi, George Washington, 1795
Thomas Sully, The Passage of Delaware, 1819
John Vanderlyn, George Washington, 1832
Ralph Earl, Elijah Boardman, 1789
conservative, aristocratic aesthetic
rural merchant
adjusted painting style to wishes of patron
old fashioned portraiture
Ralph Earl, Daniel Boardman, 1789
more similar to Gainsborough
looking backwards
not high style English
Ralph Earl, Esther Boardman, 1789
conservative
John Wesley Jarvis, Mrs. Robert Dickey (Anne Brown), 1807-1810
John Wesley Jarvis, General Andrew Jackson, 1819
Samuel F. B. Morse, Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), 1836-7
Gilbert Stuart
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
Ralph Earl
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
John Wesley Jarvis
Born in England
1785 goes to America
Number one painter in NY, well known
Painting commissions dwindle when Thomas Sully comes to NY, 1808
