Charles Willson Peale

(1741–1827) American painter (1741–1827)

Charles Willson Peale (USA, 1741–1827) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Charles Willson Peale belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.

Charles Willson Peale was born in Chester and died in Philadelphia. Charles Willson Peale worked in United Kingdom, Annapolis, Virginia, and Philadelphia. Wikidata associates Charles Willson Peale with Neoclassicism. Charles Willson Peale became a member of Peale family. The students included Jeremiah Paul.

One of the best-known works is ‘The Artist in His Museum’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 164 works by Charles Willson Peale with free images. The dated works span the years 1750–1824. Works by Charles Willson Peale are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Portrait Gallery, New York Historical, and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Benjamin West, Angelica Kauffman, Reinier Vinkeles, Aleksander Kucharski, and Johann Christian von Mannlich.

• Neoclassicism
• The Artist in His Museum
• George Washington at Princeton