Charles Willson Peale

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Charles Willson Peale
(self-portrait, 1822).

Charles Willson Peale (born April 15, 1741 in St. Paul's Parish in Queen Anne's County , Province of Maryland , † February 22, 1827 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American portrait and landscape painter .

Life

After his apprenticeship as a saddler , he took painting lessons with John Singleton Copley in Boston, the undisputed most important portrait and landscape painter of the time, after which he went to London and studied with Benjamin West for three years . From 1776 he lived in Philadelphia, where he later lived in the Belfield Estate . Peales works are known for a very high level of detail and an observation of light and its effect.

Peale and his son Rembrandt Peale were among the founders of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . The painter and his wife Elizabeth de Peyster Peale had 17 children, including his other sons Raphael Peale, Rubens Peale and Titian Peale , who also painted. He was also involved in founding the Philadelphia Museum of Natural History and was interested in paleontology .

Reception in the art of the 20th century

Together with those of Frederic Remington , Peale's works formed a basis for the early abstract works of Roy Lichtenstein , who greatly alienated them.

literature

Web links

Commons : Charles Willson Peale  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b William Hauptman, Corinne Currat, Dominique Hoeltschi: Peindre l'Amérique - Les artistes du Nouveau Monde 1830-1900 (catalog d'exposition) . In: La Bibliothèque des Arts . 1st edition. Fondation de l'Hermitage , Lausanne 2014, ISBN 978-2-88453-186-3 , p. 169 .
personal data
SURNAME Peale, Charles Willson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American portrait and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1741
PLACE OF BIRTH Queen Anne's County
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1827
Place of death Philadelphia , Pennsylvania