The Worlds of Jacob Eichholtz: Portrait Painter of the Early Republic
Автор: [автор не указан] Год: 2003 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 176 ISBN: 0974016209 Book DescriptionThe Worlds of Jacob Eichholtz explores the life and times of an oft-overlooked figure in early American art. Jacob Eichholtz (1776?1842) began his career in the metal trades but with much practice, some encouragement from his friend Thomas Sully, and a few weeks instruction from America?s preeminent portraitist, Gilbert Stuart, he transformed himself into one of the nation?s most productive portrait painters. Eichholtz worked primarily in the Middle Atlantic region from his homes in Lancaster and Philadelphia. While Stuart and Sully concentrated on the elite of American society, Eichholtz captured the images of a rising middle class with its craftsmen, merchants, doctors, lawyers, and their families. From a lifetime that spanned the American Revolution to the Industrial Revolution, and a career that produced more than 800 paintings, Eichholtz offers a collective portrait of early American culture in the first half of the nineteenth century. The...
