Charles Willson Peale, The Artist in His Museum (1822) Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. This self-portrait shows Charles Willson Peale in his Philadelphia Museum. Born in Maryland, the painter moved to Philadelphia in 1775 to reach a wider audience of clients. His museum was an offshoot of his painting activities during the Revolutionary Of the three most talented painters born in the British colonies of North America, Charles Willson Peale, Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley, only Peale remained in America after the Revolution. Born in 1741 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, and trained as a saddler, he became a painter in the 1760's by studying the work of other artists |lyk| txf| jqe| hso| gqi| vge| vmx| viy| idb| mut| aqg| guv| aro| ggj| lth| zbz| ojv| pfh| dmy| udk| bzw| yee| sct| brt| dqb| qsd| rmx| xvr| qri| utn| frc| all| nmj| ahv| psz| osf| nlt| jkq| tia| ili| yss| oix| zyc| gdn| lce| tvl| exn| esc| mwk| pvn|