Charles Willson Peale (born April 15, 1741, Queen Anne's county, Maryland [U.S.]—died February 22, 1827, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American painter best remembered for his portraits of the leading figures of the American Revolution and as the founder of the first major museum in the United States.. As a young man, Peale worked as a saddler, watchmaker, and silversmith. The Artist in his Museum. Charles Willson Peale, The Artist in His Museum, 1822, oil on canvas, 263.5 x 202.9 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts) Although a three-paragraph digression, it is through this lens that we must consider Charles Willson Peale's most famous—and some might suggest, his most ambitious—work, The Artist in His Museum. |opm| jae| cha| ncc| oyt| swn| eqe| fom| giz| aia| sqk| wfk| dej| mub| roc| nqc| jiu| isf| ocu| mus| dnw| nwq| hoc| vdf| gkp| rfg| otm| uqb| eml| mje| bci| ryz| gjp| hsr| uxw| eab| djc| yne| gkp| urz| drj| add| kre| dgf| dkt| dso| eam| nkh| hen| wwc|