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Painting in American colonial period consisted mainly of [[portraits|portraits]]. John Smibert, America's first well-trained artist, landed at Newport in 1729. Robert Feke painted the beauty of the aristocratic yearnings of Colonial society. [[Benjamin West]] (1738 - 1820) was a [[Neoclassical]] [[painter]]; West emerged as Europe's foremost history painter, dropping the allegorical trappings from classical antiquity that had been the norm and basing his work on historical research. <ref> [http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/amer.shtm AMERICAN PAINTING.] </ref> Benjamin West had an important leadership and influence on later artists; he had a long list of American students that later became famous painters.

Painting in American colonial period consisted mainly of [[portraits|portraits]]. John Smibert, America's first well-trained artist, landed at Newport in 1729. Robert Feke painted the beauty of the aristocratic yearnings of Colonial society. [[Benjamin West]] (1738 - 1820) was a [[Neoclassical]] [[painter]]; West emerged as Europe's foremost history painter, dropping the allegorical trappings from classical antiquity that had been the norm and basing his work on historical research. <ref> [http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/amer.shtm AMERICAN PAINTING.] </ref> Benjamin West had an important leadership and influence on later artists; he had a long list of American students that later became famous painters.

[[Charles Willson Peale]] was the patriarch of the [[The Peale Family]], the First Family of American art; portrait painter, Charles Willson Peale exerted a major influence on American painting through his own work and that of his sons, brothers and nieces; [[Rembrandt Peale]], his son, was also a remarkable painter; they contributed in a large way to the growth of American artistic interests and institutions. <ref> [http://www.artnet.com/library/06/0659/T065922.asp ] </ref>

[[Charles Willson Peale]] was the patriarch of the [[The Peale Family]], the First Family of American art; portrait painter, Charles Willson Peale exerted a major influence on American painting through his own work and that of his sons, brothers and nieces; [[Rembrandt Peale]], his son, was also a remarkable painter; they contributed in a large way to the growth of American artistic interests and institutions.  

[[Gilbert Stuart]] and John Singleton Copley painted emblematic portraits. Stuart, who studied with Benjamin West in London, revitalized the concept of "Grand Manner" portraiture; his Skater is invigorated with a sense of immediacy and activity. [[John Trumbull]] is known as the artist of the [[American Revolution]].

[[Gilbert Stuart]] and John Singleton Copley painted emblematic portraits. Stuart, who studied with Benjamin West in London, revitalized the concept of "Grand Manner" portraiture; his Skater is invigorated with a sense of immediacy and activity. [[John Trumbull]] is known as the artist of the [[American Revolution]].