Gilbert Stuart

Gilbert Stuart
Gilbert Stuart, Public domain

(1755–1828) amerikansk konstnär

Gilbert Stuart (USA, 1755–1828) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Gilbert Stuart belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.

Gilbert Stuart was born in North Kingstown and died in Boston. Gilbert Stuart studied under Cosmo Alexander. Gilbert Stuart worked in Dublin, Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia. Wikidata associates Gilbert Stuart with Neoclassicism. The students included Thomas Sully.

The best-known works include ‘John Jones of Frankley’, ‘Mrs. Stephen Peabody’, and ‘Lansdowne Portrait’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait and portrait painting. The catalogue has 250 works by Gilbert Stuart with free images. The dated works span the years 1772–1826. Works by Gilbert Stuart are held by several collections, among them Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, and Andrew W. Mellon collection.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include James, Sr. Peale, Ralph Earl, Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu, Philibert-Louis Debucourt, and Henry Bone.