Colonial and Revolutionary Art, Part II

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Colonial and Revolutionary Art, Part II

• William Fremd High School
• American Studies

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Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary American Art

• Conveys American interpretations of historical
  events
• Demonstrates attempts to convey a sense of
  American history and culture separate from Europe
• Shows neo-classical influence

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Charles Wilson Peale Exhuming the First
American Mastodon, 1806-08
Studied under Benjamin West also John Singleton
Copley
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Charles Wilson Peale, "Self Portrait of the
Artist in His Museum," 1822
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Charles Wilson Peale The Staircase Group
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Edward Savage The Washington Family
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Post-Revolutionary Paintings
Benjamin West
Self-Portrait
Penns Treaty with the Indians
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Benjamin West Signing of the Preliminary
Treaty of Peace in 1782,"  1783-4
Pictured John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin
Franklin, William Temple Franklin, and Henry
Laurens.
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John Trumbull At the Battle of Bunker Hill
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John Trumbull Declaration of Independence
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Portraits of George Washington
Charles Wilson Peale George Washington
Gilbert Stuart George Washington, 1796
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George Washington Portraits by Gilbert Stuart
1795
1796
1821
1796
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John Adams Portraits by Gilbert Stuart
1824
1798
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The First Two First Ladies by Gilbert Stuart
Abigail Adams, 1800-1814
Martha Washington, 1796
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The Next Three Presidents by Gilbert Stuart
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
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Constantino Brunidi The Apotheosis of George
Washington, 1865
Americans are everywhere given the message that
they can look up to George Washington, but for
those who walk through the Rotunda of the
Capitol, the figurative becomes literal. Gazing
upward to the dome, one sees Washington floating
far overhead, a life-sized and heavenly vision.
Constantino Brunidis "The Apotheosis of George
Washington" looms above. The old General and
first President sits in majesty, flanked on the
right by the Goddess of Liberty and on his left
by a winged figure of Fame sounding a trumpet and
holding a palm frond aloft in a symbol of
victory. Thirteen female figures stand in a
semi-circle around Washington, representing the
thirteen original states. On the outer ring of
the canopy, six allegorical groupings surround
him, representing classical images of
agriculture, arts and sciences, commerce, war,
mechanics, and marine.
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The Apotheosis of George Washington, Artist
Unknown
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Samuel Jennings Liberty Displaying the Arts
and Sciences
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Unknown The Sargent Family, 1800