Anna Claypoole Peale
1812
8.0 x 7.0 cm
James Peale (1749 – 1831)
James Peale (1749-1831), peintre américain renommé pour ses portraits miniatures et ses natures mortes élégantes, notamment celui de George Washington. Une dynastie artistique américaine remarquable.
James Peale trained his daughter Anna Claypoole Peale in the art of painting miniature portraits in watercolor on ivory. She began her career assisting him with his work when his eyesight began to fail, but eventually pursued the medium on her own—as it was, according to her father, "the most suitable employment for a lady." During her lifetime, she completed more than two hundred miniatures, including the two portraits displayed here. In 1824, she and her sister Sarah Miriam Peale were elected academicians at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts—the first women so honored.
À propos de cette œuvre
- Titre: Anna Claypoole Peale
- Artiste: James Peale
- Année: 1812
- Dimensions originales: 8.0 x 7.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Statut du droit d'auteur: Domaine public
- Couleur dominante: Black
- Saturation des couleurs: Monochromatic