Romanticism and the Rise of the Art Academy (Week 7) Flashcards

Washington Allston, Dead Man Revived by Touching the Bones of the Prophet Elisha, 1811 - 1814
religious scene
sublime - dramatic
neoclassical idealization of bodies

Washington Allston, Self Portrait, 1805
moody, reflective
romantic idea of self
no signs pointing to artist
emphasizing gentleman

Washington Allston, Poor Author and Rich Bookseller, 1811
only known genre he painted
typology
satire on artist patron relationship

Washington Allston, Beatrice, 1819
character from Dante
moody, mysterious
contemporary portraiture with historical precedence

Washington Allston, Moonlit Landscape, 1819
no narrative
framing elements
mood, feeling
unidentifiable location

Washington Allston, Elijah in the Desert, 1818
biblical narrative
vast American landscape
bleak, desolation
abandonment of Elijah
God saved by sending ravens
Washington Allston
Harvard
Studied with Benjamin West, Abroad 1801 - 1808 & 1811 - 1818
mentor/friend to Samuel F.B. Morse
Romantic painter - emotion, sublime
Samuel F.B. Morse
Boston studies with Allston
Allston introduces him to artists in London in 1811
Forms National Academy of Design in 1825, president until 1845
Stops painting in 1837 to work on telegraph
zero impact on American painting
champion of art education and rise of academy

Samuel F.B. Morse, Marquis de Lafayette, 1826

Samuel F.B. Morse, Gallery of the Louvre, 1831 - 1833
mission to educate and elevate Americans
all masterpieces from Louvre
artist trianing by copying works

Samuel F.B. Morse, The Old House of Represenatives, 1822
wanted to be a big deal but wasnt
tiny details of conversations

Samuel F.B. Morse, Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), 1836 - 37
daughter
before marriage portrait
high style, romantic, classical

Samuel F.B. Morse, Niagara Falls from Table Rock, 1835
doesnt conceive space
bad compared to Church
Thomas Sully
Born in England
studies with Benjamin West
Philadelphia in 1810 to become predominant portraitist

Thomas Sully, Mrs. Anna Klapp, 1814

Thomas Sully, Queen Victoria, 1838
Sons of St. George society commission
first American portrait of the new queen
Sully sues bc doesn’t want to give up artists rights to the image
Royal Academy
Founded by Joshua Reynolds in 1768
Columbianum Academy (Philadelphia)
1794, Charles Willson Peale
begining of the rise of the academies
American Academy of Fine Arts
place for artists to exhibit work, meet, and instruct
less emphasis on going to Europe to train
1802, John Trumbull