Digiacomantonio. I wanted to end the series with something instructive, of course, but also, not light and frothy by any means, but something a little less serious. For those of you to respond to competitiveness, i have a couple door prizes i will give out at the end to people who can answer a couple questions that might occur during the talk, but mostly this is going to be visual. We are going to wade through two centuries of works of art, mostly paintings, some statuary of George Washington portrayed in art. I should say a little bit about myself. I said i am chief historian, i am not an art historian, but anyone who appreciates the of doing city history, understands you have to work with art understands that is how people express themselves when they are at their best and sometimes their worst, as well see. When i taught a course at Gw University on George Washington, i made sure there was one lecture on George Washington in the art and i refined it a little bit for todays purposes,
Located on the National Mall in washington, d. C. , the National Gallery of art was a gift to the American People from andrew mellon, who served as treasury secretary from 1920 to 1932. We visit the museum to learn about early american portrait paintings. In this program we feature the work of Gilbert Stuart. His unfinished portrait of George Washington is the image on the one dollar bill. Dianne hello, i am Dianne Stephens from the National Gallery of art. John is an artist who is well known for his history paintings in america, not as much portraiture. He aspired to be a history painter, then he eventually went to england and spent a couple of years with Benjamin West. West was an amazing figure who welcomed almost every painter that we are going to talk about today. They learned the art of history painting, came back to the colonies this is his portrait of Alexander Hamilton who was washingtons aid to camp. It is interesting that here , Alexander Hamilton is hanging next to Gilbert
Night. Y located on the National Mall in washington, d. C. , the National Gallery of art was a gift to the american whole from Andrew Mellon served as treasury secretary from 1921 to 1932 hearing up next come in the second of a twopart program, we visit the museum to learn about early american portrait tainting. In this program, we feature the work of Gilbert Stuart, whose unfinished work of George Washington is the image on the 100 bill. Dianne hello, i am Dianne Stephens from the National Gallery of art. John is an artist who is well known for his history paintings in america, not as much portraiture. He aspired to be a history painter, then he eventually went to england and spent a couple of years with Benjamin West. West was an amazing figure who welcomed almost every painter that we are going to talk about today. They learned the art of history painting, came back to the colonies this is his portrait of Alexander Hamilton who was washingtons it is interesting that here Alexander H
Massachusetts merchant and political figure. He was 82 when this was painted. Copleys shown him just as he was. Youll notice the way hes painted the face and the hands is a little different. This is 12 years later. Copleys changed his technique, so the hands are painted with al little bit more fluid paint and in the face as well. Its easier to show the details, so copley is changing and developing as he goes along through his career in boston. Il so copleys portraits of men po show you these very substantial realistic figures that look ial comfortable in their setting an you have a sense that they had, these two men especially, that , theyve had successful lives and theyre in a good place. His paintings of women sometimee are just so ravishingly beautiful in their attention to fabric and texture and the o beauty of the skin, like this portrait of Anne Fairchild bowler. Ms. Metcalfe bowler. This was painted in 1763, so about the same time he was proac painting epes sergeant, but its a t
On the 1 bill. Dianne hello, i am Dianne Stephens from the National Gallery of art. John trumbull is an artist who is well known for his history paintings in america, not as much portraiture. He aspired to be a history painter and then, he eventually went to england and spent a couple of years with Benjamin West. Benjamin west was an amazing figure who welcomed almost every painter that we are going to talk about today. They learned the art of history painting, came back to the colonies this is his portrait of Alexander Hamilton who was aide. Gton it is interesting that here Alexander Hamilton is hanging next to Gilbert Stuarts portrait of john jay. Madison, john jay, and Alexander Hamilton wrote the federalist papers. Also, in 1794, john jay invited Alexander Hamilton to be a part of the Treaty Commission in london. So there is quite a connection between these two men. Who knew they would hang next to each other in the National Gallery . Looking at John Jay Reeves leads us to Gilbert