Gilbert Stuart
1755-1828 Gilbert Stuart was born in North Kingston, R.I., on Dec. 3, 1755. At the age of 13 or 14 he studied art with the Scottish painter Cosmo Alexander in Newport. With Alexander he made a tour of the South and a journey to Edinburgh, where Alexander died in 1772. For about a year Stuart remained, poverty-stricken, in Scotland, but finally, working as a sailor, he managed to get back to America. There he executed a few portraits in a hard limner fashion. With the Revolutionary War threatening, his family, who had Tory sympathies, fled to Nova Scotia, and Stuart sailed for London, where he remained from 1775 to 1787. For the first 4 or 5 years, Stuart served as the first assistant of American expatriate painter Benjamin West, who had rescued him from poverty. From the first, Stuart showed an interest only in portraiture and had no desire to go into the branch of history painting West practiced. After his apprenticeship, Stuart became London's leading portrait painter, next to Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough, whose style he emulated, as in a rare full-length portrait of William Grant of Congalton as The Skater (ca. 1782). For a while Stuart lived in splendor, but being a bad businessman and a profligate spender, he was in constant debt. He lived in Ireland from 1787 to 1792 and then returned to America to make a fortune,

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Gilbert Stuart the skater oil painting


the skater
mk247 1777,oil on canvas,96.25x58 in,245.5x147.4 cm,national gallery of art,washington,dc,usa
Painting ID::  56143
Gilbert Stuart
the skater
mk247 1777,oil on canvas,96.25x58 in,245.5x147.4 cm,national gallery of art,washington,dc,usa
   
   
     

Gilbert Stuart george washington oil painting


george washington
mk247 1796,oil on canvas,96.25x60.25 in,244.5x153 cm,brooklyn museum of art,brooklyn,ny,usa
Painting ID::  56162
Gilbert Stuart
george washington
mk247 1796,oil on canvas,96.25x60.25 in,244.5x153 cm,brooklyn museum of art,brooklyn,ny,usa
   
   
     

Gilbert Stuart A Self Portrait of Gilbert Stuart, Painted in 1778 oil painting


A Self Portrait of Gilbert Stuart, Painted in 1778
A Self Portrait of Gilbert Stuart, Painted in 1778
Painting ID::  60936
Gilbert Stuart
A Self Portrait of Gilbert Stuart, Painted in 1778
A Self Portrait of Gilbert Stuart, Painted in 1778
   
   
     

Gilbert Stuart The Skater, oil painting


The Skater,
The Skater, 1782, a portrait of William Grant
Painting ID::  60937
Gilbert Stuart
The Skater,
The Skater, 1782, a portrait of William Grant
   
   
     

Gilbert Stuart Gilbert Stuart unfinished 1796 painting of George Washington oil painting


Gilbert Stuart unfinished 1796 painting of George Washington
Gilbert Stuart's unfinished 1796 painting of George Washington, also known as The Athenaeum, is his most celebrated and famous work.
Painting ID::  60938
Gilbert Stuart
Gilbert Stuart unfinished 1796 painting of George Washington
Gilbert Stuart's unfinished 1796 painting of George Washington, also known as The Athenaeum, is his most celebrated and famous work.
   
   
     

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     1755-1828 Gilbert Stuart was born in North Kingston, R.I., on Dec. 3, 1755. At the age of 13 or 14 he studied art with the Scottish painter Cosmo Alexander in Newport. With Alexander he made a tour of the South and a journey to Edinburgh, where Alexander died in 1772. For about a year Stuart remained, poverty-stricken, in Scotland, but finally, working as a sailor, he managed to get back to America. There he executed a few portraits in a hard limner fashion. With the Revolutionary War threatening, his family, who had Tory sympathies, fled to Nova Scotia, and Stuart sailed for London, where he remained from 1775 to 1787. For the first 4 or 5 years, Stuart served as the first assistant of American expatriate painter Benjamin West, who had rescued him from poverty. From the first, Stuart showed an interest only in portraiture and had no desire to go into the branch of history painting West practiced. After his apprenticeship, Stuart became London's leading portrait painter, next to Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough, whose style he emulated, as in a rare full-length portrait of William Grant of Congalton as The Skater (ca. 1782). For a while Stuart lived in splendor, but being a bad businessman and a profligate spender, he was in constant debt. He lived in Ireland from 1787 to 1792 and then returned to America to make a fortune,

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