American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century
American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century

Author: National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13:

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The energy and optimism of the new nation are abundantly apparent in this catalogue. It features some of the icons of American art, such as John Singleton Copley's The Copley Family and Gilbert Stuart's portraits of the first five presidents. Numerous paintings, including Benjamin West's Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), are discussed from a new perspective, the result of information culled from letters, wills, and other previously unpublished documents. The author offers new interpretations of some works, among them Charles Willson Peale's portrait of the Baltimore couple Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming. The volume is richly illustrated, with carefully selected comparative illustrations.

British Models of Art Collecting and the American Response
British Models of Art Collecting and the American Response

Author: Dr Inge Reist

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2014-10-28

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 147243806X

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This collection of fourteen essays by distinguished art and cultural historians examine points of similarity and difference in British and American art collecting. Half the essays examine the trends that dominated the British art collecting scene of the nineteenth century. Others focus on American collectors, using biographical sketches and case studies to demonstrate how collectors in the United States embellished the British model to develop their own, often philanthropic approach to art collecting.