Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . few suc-cesses in the War of 1812. These three pictures gave anexcellent idea of the art of this early historical painter andrepresent his best work. As the most important of the later group of artists,several canvases by Thomas Sully were exhibited. Sullysbest period terminated about 1835, and brought the goldenage of American portrait painting to an end. The por-traits of William Chamberlain, Joseph A. Dougan (illus-trated), James Hogg and Theodore Gourdin are examplesof his best work. Thomas Sully (1783-1872), though born in Englandcame to this country a boy of n
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . few suc-cesses in the War of 1812. These three pictures gave anexcellent idea of the art of this early historical painter andrepresent his best work. As the most important of the later group of artists,several canvases by Thomas Sully were exhibited. Sullysbest period terminated about 1835, and brought the goldenage of American portrait painting to an end. The por-traits of William Chamberlain, Joseph A. Dougan (illus-trated), James Hogg and Theodore Gourdin are examplesof his best work. Thomas Sully (1783-1872), though born in Englandcame to this country a boy of nine and resided here througheighty years. With the exception of one year spent underthe instruction of West—1809-10—he received his educa-tion here and his reputation rests upon his American his long life of eighty-nine years he was to seeAmerican art reach its zenith and decline into the era ofthe story-telling picture of the Diisseldorf School, walnutfurniture and other Victorian abominations. Born in the. z ^ < n! z li o Q o UJ _1 O < ?K 2 JQ UJ I) I I H Q 2 Z < ^ (J) 4j LU h < » h I W O a. Q UJ E h w Z < D E o UJ I I h H *. ^ closing year of the Revolution he was to live almost to seethe Centennial Exposition of 1876 which was to awakenagain the artistic sense of this country; he was to live tosee portraiture decline until most were content with theSilhouette or Daguerreotype with which to transmit theirlikenesses to posterity; he was to see the fashion of the dayrequire as art The Ideal Head, as exemplified in theGift Books from 1830 to 1860, and occasionally evenSully bowed to the popular demand. Two examples of thisbranch of Sullys art were shown,—The Country Girl, aportrait of Elizabeth Cook, and the Spanish Mantilla. The romance of the life of Chester Harding might al-most be said to be typical of the struggles of many of ourearly painters whose artistic sense triumphed over the hardenvironment of their lives. From his autobiography,
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