Regional Centers (Week 2)

Question 1

Answer 1

John Smibert, Francis Brinley, 1729

full lenght, demonstrates wealth, aristocrat

one of first American landscapes

Question 2

Answer 2

John Smibert, Mrs. Francis Brinley and Francis, 1729

Question 3

Answer 3

John Smibert, The Bermuda Group, 1729-31

Question 4

Answer 4

Robert Feke, Self-Portrait, 1741-45

Question 5

Answer 5

Robert Feke, Isaac Royall and his Family, 1741

group portraits rare at this time

similar composition to Bermuda Gorup

Question 6

Answer 6

John Greenwood, Greenwood-Lee Family, 1747

Question 7

Answer 7

Joseph Badger, James Bowdoin, 1746-47

Question 8

Answer 8

Jeremiah Theus, Elizabeth Wragg Manigault, 1757

Question 9

John Smibert

Answer 9

studies in Italy, grand tour, studio in London

1728 sails to Boston to wait on funding to start college in Bermuda

1730 - 1740 established in Boston as painter, first 5 years paints 100 portraits

Question 10

Robert Feke

Answer 10

Only painted 1740 - 1750

Question 11

Joseph Badger

Answer 11

1751 - 1756 becomes Boston’s principal portrait painter after Feke dies

Copley soon takes over competition

Question 12

Jeremiah Theus

Answer 12

Born in Switzerland

comes to Charleston, SC in 1735