Malbone, Edward Greene

American Miniaturist, 1777-1807 .American miniature painter. Like his boyhood friend Washington Allston, he was encouraged in his artistic pursuits by Samuel King, who lent him engravings to study. In autumn 1794 Malbone set himself up as a miniature painter in Providence, RI, where he worked for two years, achieving almost immediate success. His earliest miniatures, such as that supposedly of Nicholas Brown (1794; New York, NY Hist. Soc.), although somewhat primitive, demonstrate his precosity. The sitters' faces are modelled with a stippling technique and chiselled planes; their outlines are distinct and crisp. These first compositions all include a conventional portrait background, usually a red curtain pulled back to reveal a blue sky. Despite the laboured technique, they are lively, direct and sensitive. During the second half of the 1790s Malbone travelled the eastern USA in search of commissions. He renewed his friendship with Allston in Boston and later visited New York and Philadelphia. In 1801 he was in Charleston, SC, where he befriended the miniature painter Charles Fraser, on whose work he had a strong influence. He developed a brilliant technique of delicate, barely perceptible crosshatching, using interwoven lines of pale colours to create graceful forms.
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Malbone, Edward Greene Portrait of Washington Allston oil


Portrait of Washington Allston
Painting ID::  19260 		Portrait of Washington Allston
Watercolor on ivory Prior to 1801 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
   
   
     
Malbone, Edward Greene Robert Macomb et Mary Cornell Pell oil


Robert Macomb et Mary Cornell Pell
Painting ID::  31679 		Robert Macomb et Mary Cornell Pell
mk75 1806 Chaque Portrait huile sur ivoire 9.5x7.6cm
mk75 1806 Chaque_Portrait huile_sur_ivoire 9.5x7.6cm
   
   
     
Malbone, Edward Greene Eliza lzard oil


Eliza lzard
Painting ID::  31972 		Eliza lzard
mk77 1801 Watercolor on ivory 2 7/8x2 5/16in
mk77 1801 Watercolor_on_ivory 2_7/8x2_5/16in
   
   
     
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     American Miniaturist, 1777-1807 .American miniature painter. Like his boyhood friend Washington Allston, he was encouraged in his artistic pursuits by Samuel King, who lent him engravings to study. In autumn 1794 Malbone set himself up as a miniature painter in Providence, RI, where he worked for two years, achieving almost immediate success. His earliest miniatures, such as that supposedly of Nicholas Brown (1794; New York, NY Hist. Soc.), although somewhat primitive, demonstrate his precosity. The sitters' faces are modelled with a stippling technique and chiselled planes; their outlines are distinct and crisp. These first compositions all include a conventional portrait background, usually a red curtain pulled back to reveal a blue sky. Despite the laboured technique, they are lively, direct and sensitive. During the second half of the 1790s Malbone travelled the eastern USA in search of commissions. He renewed his friendship with Allston in Boston and later visited New York and Philadelphia. In 1801 he was in Charleston, SC, where he befriended the miniature painter Charles Fraser, on whose work he had a strong influence. He developed a brilliant technique of delicate, barely perceptible crosshatching, using interwoven lines of pale colours to create graceful forms.

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