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Jane Stuart (1812 [ a] – April 27, 1888 [ b]) was an American painter, best known for her miniature paintings and portraits, [ 2] particularly those made of George Washington. [ 3] She worked on and later copied portraits made by her father, Gilbert Stuart, and created her own portraits.
Apr 23, 2018 · The face of our first president, George Washington, has become familiar due to the immortalizing portrait of him painted by Gilbert Stuart in the mid-18th century. What isn’t familiar is the name Jane Stuart, Gilbert’s daughter, who was a painter herself.
Stuart, Jane (1812–1888) American artist who is best known for her copies of her father's famous paintings, one of which is hung in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Boston.
Oct 22, 2013 · One of the more colorful people in 19th century Newport was Jane Stuart (1812-1888), portraitist and youngest daughter of artist Gilbert Stuart. With limited means in Boston, Jane supported herself by completing her father’s unfinished portraits while studying art under her brother Charles and other instructors.
Jane Stuart. (American, 1812 - 1888) Jane Stuart, the youngest child of Gilbert Stuart, was not instructed by her father because he felt she should succeed by her own merits. She exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum sporadically form 1827 to 1870.
Inducted: 2011. Born: 1812. Died: 1888. Artists & Painters. Jane Stuart was Newport’s first woman portraitist, following in the illustrious footsteps of her famous father Gilbert Stuart. Jane was the youngest of his twelve children and his tenth daughter.
JANE STUART. 1812-1888. Portrait, miniature, and genre artist Jane Stuart was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1812, the daughter of famous portraitist Gilbert Stuart. Jane learned painting from her father as a child, mainly by assisting him as he gave instruction to his students.
