Gilbert Stuart Carrie Rebora Barratt and Ellen G. Miles

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barratt, Carrie Rebora

Contributor:

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828

Miles, Ellen Gross, 1941-

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828--Exhibitions.

Stuart, Gilbert.

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828.

Portrait painting, American--18th century--Exhibitions.

Portrait painting, American.

Portrait painting, American--19th century--Exhibitions.

United States--Biography--Portraits--Exhibitions.

United States.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages) illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; [2004]

New Haven Yale University Press [2004]

Biography/History:

Ellen G. Miles is Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Carrie Rebora Barratt is Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture and Manager of The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Summary:

"The most successful and resourceful portraitist of America's early national period, Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) possessed enormous natural talent, which he devoted to the representation of human likeness and character, bringing his witty and irascible manner to bear on each of his works, including his incisive portraits of George Washington. This publication accompanies a retrospective exhibition of Stuart's work, the first since 1967, and takes the standpoint that investigation of Stuart's sitters reveals the artist's practice of portraiture. His clients were facilitators of his progress, and knowledge of them is crucial to interpreting the artist's unique talents. The organization of this study follows Stuart through the eight cities in which he worked: Newport and Scotland (1755-75), London (1775-87), Dublin (1787-93), New York (1793-94), Philadelphia (1794-1803), Washington (1803-5), and Boston (1805-28). A short essay about the artist's experience in each city precedes catalogue entries on more than ninety portraits, all illustrated in color. A special section is devoted to Stuart's celebrated portraits of George Washington."--Jacket

Contents:

Making faces: Gilbert Stuart and his portraits

Stuart in Newport and Scotland (1755-75)

Stuart in London (1775-87)

Stuart in Dublin (1787-93)

Stuart in New York (1793-94)

Stuart in Philadelphia (1794-1803)

Stuart in Washington (1803-5)

Stuart in Boston (1805-28)

Notes:

"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition ... at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 18, 2004-January 16, 2005; and ... at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 27-July 31, 2005"--Title page verso

Exhibition title: Gilbert Stuart

Includes bibliographical references and index

Other Format:

Print version Barratt, Carrie Rebora. Gilbert Stuart

ISBN:

1588391221

9781588391223

1588391248

9781588391247

0300104952

9780300104950

OCLC:

895134865