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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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COPLEY, John Singleton Portrait of Rebecca Boylston (mk08) oil on canvas


Portrait of Rebecca Boylston (mk08)
Portrait of Rebecca Boylston (mk08)
Painting ID::  21943 		  1767 Oil on canvas, 127x101.6cm Boston,Museum of Fine Arts
  1767 Oil on canvas, 127x101.6cm Boston,Museum of Fine Arts

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COPLEY, John Singleton The Death of Major Peirson (mk08) oil on canvas


The Death of Major Peirson (mk08)
The Death of Major Peirson (mk08)
Painting ID::  21944 		  c.1782-1784 Oil on canvas, 247x366cm London,Tate Gallery
  c.1782-1784 Oil on canvas, 247x366cm London,Tate Gallery

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COPLEY, John Singleton Self Portrait oil on canvas


Self Portrait
Self Portrait
Painting ID::  64558 		  1784 Oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington Artist:COPLEY, John Singleton Title: Self Portrait, 1751-1800, English , painting , portrait
  1784 Oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington Artist:COPLEY, John Singleton Title: Self Portrait, 1751-1800, English , painting , portrait

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COPLEY, John Singleton Portrait of Dorothy Quincy oil on canvas


Portrait of Dorothy Quincy
Portrait of Dorothy Quincy
Painting ID::  77065 		  Date ca. 1772(1772) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 127 ?? 100 cm (50 ?? 39.4 in) cyf
  Date ca. 1772(1772) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 127 ?? 100 cm (50 ?? 39.4 in) cyf

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COPLEY, John Singleton Paul Revere oil on canvas


Paul Revere
Paul Revere
Painting ID::  83013 		  1768(1768) Medium English: Oil on canvas Dimensions English: 35 x 28 1/2" (88.9 x 72.3 cm) cyf
  1768(1768) Medium English: Oil on canvas Dimensions English: 35 x 28 1/2" (88.9 x 72.3 cm) cyf

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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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