colonial and revolutionary art making a new nation, part i american studies william fremd high...
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Colonial and Revolutionary Art
Making A New Nation, Part I
American StudiesWilliam Fremd High School
Earliest Art in Colonial Life
• Art should be considered an artifact of history, not as a document.
• Art was notably absent for the first 50-60 years of colonial life. Why?
Thomas Smith: Self-Portrait, 1680
Limners• Someone who
draws for a specific, private audience
• Primary occupation was home decorating (furniture, etc.); portraiture was a sideline
• Frequently anonymous (unsigned)
Anonymous: The Mason Children, 1670 (attributed to the Freake painter)
Anonymous: Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary, ca. 1670
Anonymous: Anne Pollard
Joshua Johnson:
Portrait of Sea Captain
John Murphy, 1810
Joshua Johnson was the first
distinguished African-
American painter.
Ralph Earl: Roger
Sherman
Ralph Earl:
Portrait of A Man
with A Gun
I have so much land!!!
Robert Feke: Sir Isaac Royall and Family
SisterSister-in -law
Daughter
Wife
Wealth
John Hesselius: Charles Calvert and Colored Slave, 1761
Justus Engelhardt Kuhn: Henry Darnall III as A Child
18th Century Painting
• Drastic improvements in technique: depth, perception
• Artists were more well trained.
John Singleton Copley: Paul Revere
John Singleton Copley: The Gore Children
John Singleton
Copley: Mr. and
Mrs. Mifflin
John Singleton
Copley: Mrs.
Seymour Fort
John Singleto
n Copley: Boy and Squirrel
John Singleton Copley: Watson and the Shark
How is this style different from the others we
have seen so far?