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John Singleton Copley (July 3, 1738 – September 9, 1815) was an American artist of the colonial period, famous for his portraits of important figures in colonial New England. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, his portraits were innovative in that they tended to portray their subjects with artifacts that were indicative of their lives.
In 1774, Copley migrated to England to continue painting there. He began to specialize in historical narrative scenes which are sometimes dismissed by critics as lacking the vibrancy of his earlier portraits and joined the influential artistic institution, the Royal Academy of Art. Copley demonstrated a genius, in both his American and British periods, for rendering surface textures and capturing emotional immediacy. He died in London in 1815 and is buried in Highgate Cemetery.
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http://twitpic.com/nj0pb - #picFriday Museum of Fine Arts; Watson and the Shark, by John Singleton Copley Boston MA
dr_alarcon (Carlos) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:55:39 -0000
http://twitpic.com/nj0pb - #picFriday Museum of Fine Arts; Watson and the Shark, by John Singleton Copley Boston MA
Henry Pelham by John Singleton Copley: See More: Art by John Singleton Copley : Museuma http://bit.ly/cuF4u
museuma (Sanjeev Narang) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:01:46 -0000
Henry Pelham by John Singleton Copley: See More: Art by John Singleton Copley : Museuma http://bit.ly/cuF4u
http://twitpic.com/ms01z - Statue of John Singleton Copley in Copley Square, taken during Bookfest today.
Jen_M_Stewart (Jen_M_Stewart) Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:19:24 -0000
http://twitpic.com/ms01z - Statue of John Singleton Copley in Copley Square, taken during Bookfest today.
Copley, John Singleton - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Learn about the renowned American portraitist John Singleton Copley and his paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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