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- His eye for direct observation gave rise to a series of natural portraits that conveyed the nobility and heroism of pioneers of the early American way of life. In producing portraits of Paul Revere, and American founding fathers like Samuel Adams and John Hancock, Copley, albeit inadvertently, documented the building of the American nation.
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His fame during the second half of the nineteenth century comes from his appearance in Longfellow’s poem. Revere’s fame today, however, can be attributed—in part at least—to the remarkable portrait John Singleton Copley painted of the artisan in 1768.
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John Singleton Copley (born July 3, 1738, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died September 9, 1815, London, England) was an American painter of portraits and historical subjects, generally acclaimed as the finest artist of colonial America. John Singleton Copley: painting of Paul Revere Paul Revere holding a silver teapot, painting by John ...
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Paul Revere is Copley’s only finished portrait of an artisan dressed in shirtsleeves and shown at work. Revere is shown half-length, seated behind a highly polished table, and casually attired.
Oct 10, 2016 · John Singleton Copley is today known as the man who painted revolutionary heroes such as Paul Revere and Sam Adams. But when they sat for him they were just his neighbors, not patriots. Copley...
- Alex Ashlock
According to art historian Paul Staiti, Copley was the greatest and most influential painter in colonial America, producing about 350 works of art. With his startling likenesses of persons and things, he came to define a realist art tradition in America.
Paul Revere. Copley's portrait of Paul Revere, the silversmith, and later folk-hero of the American Revolution, saw the artist turn away from his usual merchant subjects.
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