The world: historical and actual . ands mon-etary stability and aconvenient medium ofexchange. The outlook for thematerial thrift ofAmerica, from what-ever point viewed, ismost encouraging. The record of American art is brief. In the longlist of famous painters the first American name isJohn S. Copley, a historical painter, born in Bostonin 1738. His work attracted attention in Englandas early as 1760. The greater part of his life wasspent in London, where he died at the age of seven-ty-eight. Benjamin West, a Pennsylvania Quaker,is better known. He was born in 1738, and studiedhis profession
The world: historical and actual . ands mon-etary stability and aconvenient medium ofexchange. The outlook for thematerial thrift ofAmerica, from what-ever point viewed, ismost encouraging. The record of American art is brief. In the longlist of famous painters the first American name isJohn S. Copley, a historical painter, born in Bostonin 1738. His work attracted attention in Englandas early as 1760. The greater part of his life wasspent in London, where he died at the age of seven-ty-eight. Benjamin West, a Pennsylvania Quaker,is better known. He was born in 1738, and studiedhis profession in Rome, the first American painterenrolled as a student in the Italian school. In 1792he was elected to succeed Sir Joshua Reynolds aspresident of the Royal Academy, London. In his life-time West was ranked among the foremost artists ofall time, but his posthumous reputation is somewhatless conspicuous. Gilbert C. Stuart, a native ofRhode Island, born in 1756, was a great portraitpainter. He painted three portraits of Washington,. ;a xi eJcSi s and tlie standard portraits of many of the eminentmen of that period have came down to us from hiseasel. Stuart died in Boston in 1828. John Trumbull of Connecticut, was born in 1 was the sou of Governor Trumbull, UncleJonathan. Many of his paintings are commemo-rative of American independence and the strug-gle through which it was achieved. Trumbull didmuch for art in connection with his alma mater, YaleCollege. He died in 1843. In 1777 Edward first saw the light of day. This famousminiature painter was a native of Newport, RhodeIsland. As a colorist he was especially died at the early age of thirty. Another name is conspicuous in theannals of Americanait, Washington All-ston, a native of SouthCarolina, where hewas born in was a charm-ing poet and a bril-liant artist. He wasmost at home in delin-eating biblical died in deserves specialconsideration as ahappy
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