COPLEY, John Singleton
American Colonial Era Painter, 1738-1815 American portrait painter, b. Boston. Copley is considered the greatest of the American old masters. He studied with his stepfather, Peter Pelham, and undoubtedly frequented the studios of Smibert and Feke. At 20 he was already a successful portrait painter with a mature style remarkable for its brilliance, clarity, and forthright characterization. In 1766 his Boy with the Squirrel was exhibited in London and won the admiration of Benjamin West, who urged him to come to England. However, he remained in America for eight years longer and worked in New York City and Philadelphia as well as in Boston. In 1774 Copley visited Italy and then settled in London, where he spent the remainder of his life, enjoying many honors and the patronage of a distinguished clientele. In England his style gained in subtlety and polish but lost most of the vigor and individuality of his early work. He continued to paint portraits but enlarged his repertoire to include the enormous historical paintings that constituted the chief basis of his fame abroad. His large historical painting The Death of Lord Chatham (Tate Gall., London) gained him admittance to the Royal Academy. His rendering of a contemporary disaster, Brook Watson and the Shark (Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston), stands as a unique forerunner of romantic horror painting. Today Copley's reputation rests largely upon his early American portraits, which are treasured not only for their splendid pictorial qualities but also as the most powerful graphic record of their time and place. Portraits such as those of Nicholas Boylston and Mrs. Thomas Boylston (Harvard), Daniel Hubbard (Art Inst., Chicago), Governor Mifflin and Mrs. Mifflin (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia), and Paul Revere (Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston) are priceless documents in which the life of a whole society seems mirrored.
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COPLEY, John Singleton The Copley Family dsf oil painting


The Copley Family dsf
c. 1776 Oil on canvas, 184,4 x 229,7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Painting ID::  6142 		COPLEY, John Singleton
The Copley Family dsf
c. 1776 Oil on canvas, 184,4 x 229,7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
   
   
     
COPLEY, John Singleton Paul Revere dsf oil painting


Paul Revere dsf
1768-70 Oil on canvas, 87,5 x 71,5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Painting ID::  6143 		COPLEY, John Singleton
Paul Revere dsf
1768-70 Oil on canvas, 87,5 x 71,5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
   
   
     
COPLEY, John Singleton Self Portrait dfg oil painting


Self Portrait dfg
1784 Oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
Painting ID::  6144 		COPLEY, John Singleton
Self Portrait dfg
1784 Oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
   
   
     
COPLEY, John Singleton Brook Watson and the Shark sdf oil painting


Brook Watson and the Shark sdf
1778 Oil on canvas, 182 x 230 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Painting ID::  6145 		COPLEY, John Singleton
Brook Watson and the Shark sdf
1778 Oil on canvas, 182 x 230 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
   
   
     
COPLEY, John Singleton Mrs John Winthrop dfg oil painting


Mrs John Winthrop dfg
1773 Oil on canvas, 90,2 x 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Painting ID::  6146 		COPLEY, John Singleton
Mrs John Winthrop dfg
1773 Oil on canvas, 90,2 x 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
   
   
     
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     American Colonial Era Painter, 1738-1815 American portrait painter, b. Boston. Copley is considered the greatest of the American old masters. He studied with his stepfather, Peter Pelham, and undoubtedly frequented the studios of Smibert and Feke. At 20 he was already a successful portrait painter with a mature style remarkable for its brilliance, clarity, and forthright characterization. In 1766 his Boy with the Squirrel was exhibited in London and won the admiration of Benjamin West, who urged him to come to England. However, he remained in America for eight years longer and worked in New York City and Philadelphia as well as in Boston. In 1774 Copley visited Italy and then settled in London, where he spent the remainder of his life, enjoying many honors and the patronage of a distinguished clientele. In England his style gained in subtlety and polish but lost most of the vigor and individuality of his early work. He continued to paint portraits but enlarged his repertoire to include the enormous historical paintings that constituted the chief basis of his fame abroad. His large historical painting The Death of Lord Chatham (Tate Gall., London) gained him admittance to the Royal Academy. His rendering of a contemporary disaster, Brook Watson and the Shark (Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston), stands as a unique forerunner of romantic horror painting. Today Copley's reputation rests largely upon his early American portraits, which are treasured not only for their splendid pictorial qualities but also as the most powerful graphic record of their time and place. Portraits such as those of Nicholas Boylston and Mrs. Thomas Boylston (Harvard), Daniel Hubbard (Art Inst., Chicago), Governor Mifflin and Mrs. Mifflin (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia), and Paul Revere (Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston) are priceless documents in which the life of a whole society seems mirrored.

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