Gilbert Stuart
Gilbert Charles Stuart (born Gilbert Charles Stewart[1] December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter. He was known for painting many portraits of the American Founding Fathers and six Presidents of the United States including George Washington's official portrait. Many of his paintings are in museums in Washington, D.C., London, and in Boston.
Stuart died on July 9, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts from a stroke, aged 72.[2]
Gilbert Stuart Media
Self-portrait, painted in 1778
The Skater, a 1782 portrait of Sir William Grant
Stuart's unfinished 1796 painting of George Washington, also known as the Athenaeum Portrait, his most celebrated and famous work
George Washington (Lansdowne portrait) 1796, an oil on canvas painting now housed in National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Gilbert Stuart painted by Jane Stuart, now housed at the Gilbert Stuart Birthplace
Memorial tablet located in the Boston Common
John H. I. Browere's life mask portrait of Stuart, c. 1825
Gilbert Stuart Issue of 1940
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References
- ↑ "Gilbert Stuart (1775–1828)". Worcester Art Museum. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ↑ McLanathan, Gilbert Stuart, p148
Other websites
Media related to Gilbert Stuart at Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Stuart at the National Gallery of Art, Washington Archived 2006-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Gilbert Stuart Biography, National Gallery of Art Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Gilbert Stuart Museum Website
- Gilbert-Stuart.org 155 works by Gilbert Stuart
- Gilbert Stuart on ArtCyclopedia
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