A remarkable exception was John Singleton Copley (1738-1815). who found his way by himself. Copley was inspired by simple necessity, and imitated nature instead of art.

Object Details Artist John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815 Sitter John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815 Exhibition Label Born Boston, Massachusetts John Adams once proclaimed John ...

Clothing style from the 1700s is on display in a portrait by artist John Singleton Copley that indicates its subject likely was a lawyer. “Portrait of John Gardiner,” which hangs at ...

Out of fashion and in debt, Artist Copley died in 1815, twelve years before his son, John Singleton Jr., became Lord Chancellor of England.

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“John Singleton Copley, R.A. . . . British School,” runs the text inscribed on the frame of The Death of Major Peirson, my very favorite of all his paintings, which hangs in the Tate, hard by ...

Copley moved to England in 1774, where he continued to achieve success with historical and genre paintings. His works are part of collections at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the National ...

The Milwaukee Art Museum announced today that it has acquired a portrait of Alice Hooper - a major colonial American painting - by John Singleton Copley (1738-1815).

Attorney and art historian David Lenefsky discusses the history of the American artists, Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley, writing “Never again would two American painters anywhere ...

John Singleton Copley in America Carrie Rebora. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, $75 (348pp) ISBN 978-0-8109-6492-1 ...