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Gilbert Stuart Biography - Daily Dose of Art

Gilbert Stuart was an American portrait artist who lived from 1755 to 1828. He is considered America's foremost portrait painter.

Artist Biography & Facts Gilbert Stuart - askART

Likely America's best-known portrait painter, Gilbert Stuart is difficult to track biographically because so many parts of his life have been embellished or ...

Gilbert Stuart Biography & Facts - American Revolution

Though commissioned by Washington (along with one of his wife, Martha), Stuart retained the portrait and used it to paint 130 copies which he sold for $100 each ...

Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) - Art UK

American portrait painter. With Copley he was the outstanding American portraitist of his period and he is regarded as the creator of a distinctively American ...

Gilbert Stuart

Gilbert Stuart is widely considered to be one of America's foremost portraitists. His best known work, the unfinished portrait of George Washington.

Gilbert Stuart - 57 artworks - painting - WikiArt

Gilbert Charles Stuart (born Stewart; December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter from Rhode Island who is widely considered one of America's ...

Gilbert Stuart - Artists - Spellman Gallery

When the mill failed, the Stewart family moved to Newport, Rhode Island where the young Gilbert took early training from local portraitist Samuel King. In 1769, ...

Who is Gilbert Stuart|Artist Biography|VISART - YouTube

Gilbert Charles Stuart was an American painter from Rhode Island who is widely considered one of America's foremost portraitists.

Gilbert Stuart's Lansdowne Portrait (article) - Khan Academy

On the brink of the American Revolutionary War, Stuart decided it was time to pursue serious artistic instruction, and so, in 1775, he sailed for London and the ...

Gilbert Stuart | Encyclopedia.com

Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), American painter, was the classical portraitist of the early republic, painting likenesses that hovered between meticulous ...

Gilbert Stuart Art Prints | Canvas, Paper & Cards - Encore Editions

Before his death in 1828 at the age of seventy-two, Stuart retained many followers and students and was well-known as a pleasant conversationalist. Despite his ...

Gilbert Stuart Paints George Washington | National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery's collections feature Gilbert Stuart's two life portraits of George Washington and his only portrait of Martha Washington.

The Patriot Painters, Part 2: Gilbert Stuart, 1755-1828

His father, Gilbert Stuart, Sr., had come to Rhode Island from his native Scotland in the early 1750s at the behest of a local entrepreneur to ...

Women & a few children by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828)

Gilbert Stuart was born in Rhode Island in 1755, and died in Boston, Massachusettes in 1828. He fled the colonies in fear of the American Revolution.

16 Facts About Gilbert Stuart's 'Lansdowne Portrait' - Mental Floss

As the American Revolution approached, the Rhode Island-born painter fled to England to escape the conflict. There and in Ireland, he developed ...

TIL Loyalist artist Gilbert Stuart returned to America after the ... - Reddit

Lansdowne may have placed the order prior to the artist's 1793 departure for the United States. Stuart lived and worked in New York City for a ...

Stuart, Gilbert Charles | Dictionary of Irish Biography

Stuart is celebrated in the USA particularly for his portraits of George Washington, but also for portraits of Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, painted ...

Gilbert Stuart an American Artist - Fun and Educational Kids Yoga ...

This yoga flow will take kids back through History to the 1800s. Explore what a home back then was like and learn about one of America's ...

George Washington Portrait by Gilbert Stuart - Mount Vernon

When Gilbert Stuart put brush to canvas during George Washington's presidency, he painted the image most recognized today.

Gilbert Stuart at Auction - Art History News

Among his students were his children Charles Gilbert (1787-1813) and Jane (1812-1888). One indication of Stuart's popularity is the number ...