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Charles Wilson Peale Artist in the Museum oil painting


Artist in the Museum
Painting ID::  50495
Charles Wilson Peale
Artist in the Museum
mk212 1822 Oil on canvas 263.5x200.1cm

   
   
     

Charles Wilson Peale Georg Washington oil painting


Georg Washington
Painting ID::  50507
Charles Wilson Peale
Georg Washington
mk212 c.1780-82 Oil on canvas 127x101.6cn

   
   
     

Charles Wilson Peale Henry Knox by Peale oil painting


Henry Knox by Peale
Painting ID::  73380
Charles Wilson Peale
Henry Knox by Peale
Date ca. 1784 cyf

   
   
     

Charles Wilson Peale Adobe Church oil painting


Adobe Church
Painting ID::  74096
Charles Wilson Peale
Adobe Church
Adobe Church" by Cordelia Wilson, oil painting Date undated, ca. 1915-1920s cyf

   
   
     

Charles Wilson Peale Portrait of James Peale oil painting


Portrait of James Peale
Painting ID::  76133
Charles Wilson Peale
Portrait of James Peale
Date 1822(1822) Medium painting cyf

   
   
     

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     Charles Wilson Peale
     1741-1827 Charles Wilson Peale Galleries Finding that he had a talent for painting, especially portraitures, Peale studied for a time under John Hesselius and John Singleton Copley. Friends eventually raised enough money for him to travel to England to take instruction from Benjamin West. Peale studied with West for two years beginning in 1767, afterward returning to America and settling in Annapolis, Maryland. There, he taught painting to his younger brother, James Peale, who in time also became a noted artist. Peale's enthusiasm for the nascent national government brought him to the capital, Philadelphia, in 1776, where he painted portraits of American notables and visitors from overseas. His estate, which is on the campus of La Salle University in Philadelphia, can still be visited. He also raised troops for the War of Independence and eventually gained the rank of captain in the Pennsylvania militia by 1777, having participated in several battles. While in the field, he continued to paint, doing miniature portraits of various officers in the Continental Army. He produced enlarged versions of these in later years. He served in the Pennsylvania state assembly in 1779-1780, after which he returned to painting full-time. Peale painted in the trompe l'oeil style,[1] and was quite prolific as an artist. While he did portraits of scores of historic figures (such as John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton), he is probably best known for his portraits of George Washington. The first time Washington ever sat for a portrait was with Peale in 1772, and there would be six other sittings; using these seven as models, Peale produced altogether close to 60 portraits of Washington. In January 2005, a full length portrait of "Washington at Princeton" from 1779 sold for $21.3 million dollars - setting a record for the highest price paid for an American portrait. Peale had a great interest in natural history, and organized the first U.S. scientific expedition in 1801. These two major interests combined in his founding of what became the Philadelphia Museum, and was later renamed the Peale Museum. This museum is considered the first. It housed a diverse collection of botanical, biological, and archaeological specimens. Most notably, the museum contained a large variety of birds which Peale himself acquired, and it was the first to display North American mammoth bones. The display of the mammoth bones entered Peale into a long standing debate between Thomas Jefferson and Comte de Buffon. Buffon argued that Europe was superior to the Americas biologically, which was illustrated through the size of animals found there. Jefferson referenced the existence of these mammoths (which he believed still roamed northern regions of the continent) as evidence for a greater biodiversity in America. Peale's display of these bones drew attention from Europe, as did his method of re-assembling large skeletal specimens in three dimensions. The museum was among the first to adopt Linnaean taxonomy. This system drew a stark contrast between Peale's museum and his competitors who presented their artifacts as mysterious oddities of the natural world. The museum underwent several moves during its existence. At various times it was located in several prominent buildings including Independence Hall and the original home of the American Philosophical Association. The museum would eventually fail in large part because Peale was unsuccessful at obtaining government funding. After his death, the museum was sold to, and split up by, showmen P. T. Barnum and Moses Kimball.

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