The art of the Peales in the Philadelphia Museum of Art : adaptations and innovations Carol Eaton Soltis

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soltis, Carol Eaton, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peale family.

Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Art, American.

Art--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Art.

Physical Description:

ix, 334 pages : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia ; New Haven : Philadelphia Museum of Art, in association with Yale University Press, 2017

Summary:

Active from the late 18th through the early 20th century, the Peale family was America's first artistic dynasty. This overview of the art of the Peales documents and interprets more than 160 works in a variety of media from the renowned collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. With discussions of both internationally famous masterworks such as Charles Willson Peale's Staircase Group and lesser-known but equally engaging pictures including Rubens Peale's Magpie Eating Cake, Carol Eaton Soltis traces the family's history and reveals how the Peales' energy, innovation, and entrepreneurship paved the way for generations of American artists. Rigorously researched and generously illustrated, The Art of the Peales is an essential and wide-ranging study that considers the family's substantial output and contextualizes their historical legacy. Examining the different ways that the Peales instructed, influenced, supported, and competed with one another, this book is full of new revelations on this extraordinary family that remained a transformative force in America's cultural life for more than a century.

Contents:

Introduction

A note to the reader

Chapter 1 Family dynamics: the early life and career of Charles Willson Peale

Chapter 2 The grand manner at home

Chapter 3 The varieties of portraiture

Chapter 4 "The Wonderful Works of Nature"

Chapter 5 Family traditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-327) and index.

Local Notes:

HSP Credit Line -- Rembrandt Peale daguerreotype portrait by Samuel Root, Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection [3139]. Page 261.

ISBN:

9780876332771

0876332777

OCLC:

990505905

Publisher Number:

99974839555