Book of the artists American artist life, comprising biographical and critical sketches of American artists: preceded by an historical account of the rise and progress of art in America . ingfield, just beyond Darby, wrote Gait, fiftyyears ago, in which he first saw the hght, still stands, an object of vener-ation to those who are curious in such matters. When we connect, infancy, Wests humble birthplace with his cathedral tomb, and revive thedetails of his life, we recognize a singular exception to the fortunes of ourearly native artists, most of whom had so long, a confii6t with adversecircu
Book of the artists American artist life, comprising biographical and critical sketches of American artists: preceded by an historical account of the rise and progress of art in America . ingfield, just beyond Darby, wrote Gait, fiftyyears ago, in which he first saw the hght, still stands, an object of vener-ation to those who are curious in such matters. When we connect, infancy, Wests humble birthplace with his cathedral tomb, and revive thedetails of his life, we recognize a singular exception to the fortunes of ourearly native artists, most of whom had so long, a confii6t with adversecircumstances. Indeed, the comfort he enjoyed may somewhat accountfor the absence of intensity and aspiration in his genius ; spirituality isthe offspring of deep experience ; he suffered no trying ordeal—he was notdisciplined and elevated by the battle of life : his success was too easilyachieved ; order, calmness, and regularity marked his experience not lessthan his chara6ter. It is an anomalous fact in American artist-hfe thatour earliest painter was the most prosperous. * Lives of British Sculptors, Painters, and Architects. By Allan Cunningham. 3 vols. NewYork: 1832-34. HARLES GILBERT STUART was born in Narragan-sett, R. I., in 1756, and died at Boston in 1828. A recentvisitor to liis natal spot thus describes the locahty : Atthe liead of Petaquamscott Pond, in Rhode Island, shutin on all sides but the south by hills, stands a high, old-fashioned, gambrel-roofed, low-portaled, and massive house,wearing the appearance of a good old age. Here was the birthplaceand early home of Gilbert Stuart. We entered the house on the west by a door level with the top of thebank, which slopes so rapidly to the east as to allow of a basement onthat side wholly out of ground, and now given up to the pigs and poultryraised on the place. There is little to attra6l attention on either ceihngs are low, the fireplace wide and flaring, and the stairs areboth steep and contrafted.
Size: 1581px × 1581px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade18, booksubjectart, booksubjectartists
