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The presidential portrait of Bill Clinton was the first of such portraits to be painted by an African American, Simmie Knox. [15] [16] Before that, a portrait was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution.
Pages in category "American portrait painters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 489 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Pages in category "Portraits by American artists" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Most of early American art (from the late 18th century through the early 19th century) consists of history painting and especially portraits. As in Colonial America, many of the painters who specialized in portraits were essentially self-taught; notable among them are Joseph Badger, John Brewster Jr., and William Jennys.
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is a historic art museum in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded in 1962 and opened in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous Americans. Along with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the museum is housed in the historic Old Patent Office Building.
Jane Stuart (1812–1888), portrait painter; 1813 Joseph Goodhue Chandler (1813–1884), portrait painter; Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888), lithographer; George Peter Alexander Healy (1813–1894), portrait painter; Asahel Lynde Powers (1813–1843), portrait painter; William Ranney (1813–1857), painter; 1814 Edward Bailey (1814–1903 ...
The L.A.-based artist Adam Davis is touring his "Black Magic" show around the U.S. in his pursuit to make 20,000 tintype portraits of Black Americans.
Gilbert Stuart (né Stewart; December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter born in the Rhode Island Colony who is widely considered one of America's foremost portraitists. [2] His best-known work is an unfinished portrait of George Washington, begun in 1796, which is usually referred to as the Athenaeum Portrait. Stuart retained ...