<p>Portrays all types of individuals and describes and identifies the artists and sitters</p>

American Colonial Portraits 1700-1776

Arts & Photography

Miles, Ellen Gross

Saunders, Richard H.

History & Criticism

Smithsonian

<p>Includes over 78 examples of portraiture collected from the National Portrait Gallery including Edgar Degas' "Mary Cassatt," Thomas Hart Benton's "Self-Portrait with Rita," and Henry Inman's "Sequoyah."</p>

A Brush with History : Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Carr, Carolyn Kinder

Christman, Margaret C. S.

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Univ Pr of New England

Published in conjunction with a 2005 retrospective exhibition of Stuart's work (the first since 1967), organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (where author Carrie Rebora Barratt is a curator) and the National Portrait Gallery (where Ellen G. Miles is a curator), this volume presents new scholarship on the preeminent portraitist of America's early national period. The text explores Stuart's training and working methods, as well as his relationships with patrons and the importance of the character of his subjects to the development of his style and interpretive choices. Of the 286 illustrations, 110 are in color. The volume is oversize: 9.5x12.5". Distributed by Yale U. Press under ISBN 0-300-10495-2. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Gilbert Stuart

Barratt, Carrie Rebora

Stuart, Gilbert

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The most successful and resourceful portraitist of America's early national period, Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) possessed enormous natural talent, which he devoted to the representation of human likeness and character, bringing his witty and irascible manner to bear on each of his works, including his incisive portraits of George Washington. This publication accompanies a retrospective exhibition of Stuart's work, the first since 1967, and takes the standpoint that investigation of Stuart's sitters reveals the artist's practice of portraiture. His clients were facilitators of his progress, and knowledge of them is crucial to interpreting the artist's unique talents. The organization of this study follows Stuart through the eight cities in which he worked: Newport and Scotland (1755-75), London (1775-87), Dublin (1787-93), New York (1793-94), Philadelphia (1794-1803), Washington (1803-5), and Boston (1805-28). A short essay about the artist's experience in each city precedes catalogue entries on more than ninety portraits, all illustrated in color. A special section is devoted to Stuart's celebrated portraits of George Washington.

Individual Artists

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