Anna Claypoole Peale
1812
8.0 x 7.0 cm
Джеймс Пейл (1749 – 1831)
Джеймс Пейл (1749–1831) был американским художником, известным своими изысканными миниатюрами и яркими пейзажами эпохи Просвещения. Брат Чарльса Уильяма Пейла сыграл ключевую роль в формировании американского искусства.
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.
Об этом произведении
- Название: Anna Claypoole Peale
- Художник: Джеймс Пейл
- Год: 1812
- Размер оригинала: 8.0 x 7.0 cm
- Формат: Portrait
- Правовой статус: Общественное достояние
- Основной цвет: Black
- Насыщенность цвета: Monochromatic