American History Painters
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American History Painters
Around 1780, shortly after the close of America's richest source of history begging to be painted, the "handful" of American painters capable of rising to the demands of this calling amounted to John Trumbull, Thomas Sully, Gilbert Stuart, John Singleton Copley, and Benjamin West. [1]
Washington Crossing the Delaware River by Emanuel Leutze. This painting is considered the most famous icon of American history.
Death of General Wolfe Benjamin West
Declaration of Independence John Trumbull
Washington Family, 1796. Edward Savage
George Washington portrait Gilbert Stuart
General Andrew Jackson John Wesley Jarvis
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians Benjamin West
See also
Abraham Lincoln by John Wesley Jarvis, 1861.
- American Painting
- Gallery of American Masterpieces
- Gallery of American Heroes
- American landscapes painting
- Historical Painting
- History Painters
- History of painting
- Best American Still Life Painters
George Washington (Patriae Pater) by Rembrandt Peale.
External links
Benjamin Franklin by French painter Jean Baptiste Greuze.
Battle of Wilson's Creek; mural in the Missouri State Capitol by N.C. Wyeth, 1920.
