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Howard, Hugh, 1952-
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Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
George Washington.
Portrait painting, American -- 18th century.
Portraits.
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The painter's chair ...
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The painter's chair :
George
Washington
and the making of American art / Hugh Howard.
by
Howard, Hugh, 1952-
Subjects
Washington
,
George
, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
Washington
,
George
, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
George
Washington
.
Portrait painting, American -- 18th century.
Portraits.
Publisher Info:
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
xix, 297 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
RDA Types:
text
unmediated
volume
ISBN:
1596912448
9781596912441
Contents:
The players -- A
Washington
timeline -- An accidental gallery -- The first likeness -- The General -- The finest statuary of the world -- Remembering the founding father -- Friends & family: Martha Dandridge Custis
Washington
-- Tobias Lear -- Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis Lewis --
George
Washington
"Wash" Parke Custis -- Dr. James Craik -- William Lee -- The Marquis de Lafayette -- The artists: John Smibert -- John Singleton Copley -- Charles Willson Peale -- Colonel John Trumbull -- Benjamin West -- Gilbert Stuart -- Jean-Antoine Houdon -- Edward Savage -- Rembrandt Peale.
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From the Publisher: An eloquent new look at the beginnings of the American republic-through the portraits of its first icon,
George
Washington
, and the painters who defined him. "I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painter's pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck-no dray moves more readily to the Thill, than I do to the Painters Chair."--George
Washington
, May 16, 1785. When
George
Washington
was born, the New World had virtually no artists. Over the course of his life and career, a cultural transformation would occur. Virtually everyone regarded
Washington
as America's indispensable man, and the early painters and sculptors were no exception. Hugh Howard brings to life the founding fathers of American painting, and the elusive
Washington
himself, through the history of their portraits. We meet Charles Willson Peale, the comrade-in-arms; John Trumbull, the aristocrat; Benjamin West, the mentor; and Gilbert Stuart, the brilliant wastrel and most gifted painter of his day. Howard's narrative traces
Washington
's interaction with these and other artists, while offering a fresh and intimate portrait of the first president. The Painter's Chair is an engaging narrative of how America's first painters toiled to create an art worthy of the new republic, and of the hero whom they turned into an icon.
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