James Sr Peale (1749-1831)

Aliases: James (1749) Peale; James (der Ältere) Peale

Professions: Portrait painter; Landscape painter; Naval painter; Still life painter; Historical-scenes painter; Miniature painter

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  JAMES PEALE 1749-1831

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  James Peale (1749-1831)

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  Fine Miniature Portrait On Ivory by James Peale

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  James Peale

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James Sr Peale Biography

(b chestertown, md, 1749; d philadelphia, pa, 24 may 1831). painter, brother of (1) charles willson peale. charles encouraged him to become a painter; james also worked as a frame-maker for his brother until the revolution, in which he served as a lieutenant. from 1779 james shared charles’s practice, specializing in miniatures. his early work, occasionally confused with charles’s, shows his brother’s influence. after 1794, his style became clearly his own: more delicate with subtle colour harmonies, softened outlines and free handling; it may be distinguished by a faint violet tone in the shadows and the inconspicuous signature ‘ip’. his miniatures of male subjects are frequently superior to his portraits of women, for example benjamin harwood (1799; baltimore, mus. & lib. md hist.), but his meticulous attention to costume and his success in imparting colour and sparkle to skin and eyes, as in the lovely portrait of mrs john mccluney (1794; washington, dc, n. mus. amer. a.), compensate for drawing deficiencies.

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