Artists

Gilbert Stuart

Posted Nov 2, 2009 at 17:42 CET in Artists, Fashion, Paintings, and People.

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Self portrait, 1785.

Gilbert Stuart was an American portrait painter who lived between 1755 and 1828.

Gilbert Stuart on Wikipedia.

Gilbert Stuart (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) at Amazon.

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Ralph Earl

Posted Nov 2, 2009 at 15:07 CET in Artists, Fashion, Paintings, and People.

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Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, 1787.

I discovered American portrait painter Ralph Earl through the great blog 18th century American women which I’ve featured here earlier. I love his slightly naive paintings with great attention to costume and detail, and depicting one of my favourite fashion periods, the late 1780s and early 1790s.

Ralph Earl on Wikipedia.

A short Ralph Earl article at Bolton Community News.

An extensive biography of Ralph Earl at Worcester Art Museum.

Ralph Earl: The Face of the Young Republic on Amazon.

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Updated artist posts

Posted Jul 6, 2009 at 23:46 CEST in Artists, People, and The blog.

I updated some of the old artist posts with more paintings and better quality pictures.

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Alexander Roslin

Thomas Gainsborough

François Boucher

Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Michel Garnier

Louis-Léopold Boilly

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Johann Zoffany

Pehr Hilleström

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John Downman

Posted Jul 2, 2009 at 13:28 CEST in Artists, Drawings and prints, Fashion, Georgiana, Paintings, and People.

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Portrait of a lady said to be Lady Bessborough.

John Downman was an English portrait painter and he’s one of my favourite 18th century artists. He made lots of beautiful little portrait drawings.

As always, let me know if you know where to find more or bigger pictures or perhaps know of a book featuring his work.

John Downman on Wikipedia.

John Downman on Answers.com.

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Jean-Frederic Schall

Posted Jul 1, 2009 at 22:50 CEST in Artists, Fashion, Paintings, and People.

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Portrait of a lady, said to be Marie-Madeleine Guimard, called Mademoiselle Guimard, ballerina of the Paris Opéra.

I can’t find any information about the artist Jean-Frederic Schall on the internet, but he did a lot of paintings of dancers, as well as romantic and erotic paintings. Most of the paintings I’ve seen seem to be made in the 1780s. He did some lovely paintings and if you have any tips on where to find more paintings and information do let me know.

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