John Trumbull
From Conservapedia
John Trumbull (Lebanon, Connecticut, 6 June, 1756 - New York City, 10 Nov., 1843) American painter. He is known as the artist of the American Revolution (millions of American schoolchildren have seen the Revolution through his eyes).
Trumbull portraits include those of Thomas Jefferson (1788), George Washington (1790), George Clinton (1791), Alexander Hamilton (1792) and John Adams (1797).
Some of his paintings hang in the United States Capitol, the Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
- His pieces, as far as they are executed, meet the warm applause of all who have seen them. The greatness of the design, and the masterly execution of the Work equally interest the man of a capacious mind and the approving eye of the Connoisseur. He has spared no pains in obtaining from the life the likenesses of those characters, French as well as American, who bore a conspicuous part in our Revolution; and the success with which his efforts have been crowned will form no small part of the value of his pieces. Letter from George Washington to Lafayette, November 21, 1791. (in George Washington Papers, 1741-1799)
See also
External links
- John Trumbull: Artist of the Revolution Archiving Early America.
- John Trumbull Online Artcyclopedia.
