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With strengths in historical painting and sculpture, the collection demonstrates the evolution of a distinctly American point of view in artistic representation. From early American portraiture to the splendor of the Gilded Age, the High’s nineteenth-century collection includes excellent examples in landscape and portraiture in addition to one of the largest holdings of American neoclassical marble sculpture. The High holds works by the nation’s most progressive artists of the modern age, including the newly emerging groups of abstract painters, artists concerned with social justice and reform, and artists rooted in figural and narrative works featuring the American scene. | With strengths in historical painting and sculpture, the collection demonstrates the evolution of a distinctly American point of view in artistic representation. From early American portraiture to the splendor of the Gilded Age, the High’s nineteenth-century collection includes excellent examples in landscape and portraiture in addition to one of the largest holdings of American neoclassical marble sculpture. The High holds works by the nation’s most progressive artists of the modern age, including the newly emerging groups of abstract painters, artists concerned with social justice and reform, and artists rooted in figural and narrative works featuring the American scene. | ||
=====An American dynasty: the Peale family of painters===== | |||
[https://www.christies.com/en/stories/the-peale-family-of-painters-ae2dafed624e43059ab36804fe44274a by CHRISTIE'S 13/12/22] | |||
A Renaissance man who studied under John Singleton Copley and Benjamin West, Charles Willson Peale was best known for his portraits of Revolutionary War heroes and the development of one of the nation’s first museums. He also founded two art academies and was a passionate educator — a practice he shared with his extended family, which included his 17 children. From this forerunner grew an artistic dynasty that established the Peales as some of the premier artists working in the nation’s early years. | |||
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