Rembrandt Peale by Evan

Evan Vicic
Peifer
Mod Fic
October 21, 2007
Rembrandt Peale
Rembrandt Peale was a well known portrait painter in the late 1700s-mid 1800s. He became very successful and renowned because of his portraits, which were very accurate and detailed. His most famous portrait is one of the 79 drafts of George Washington, which sold to congress for $82,000. He is still remembered for his excellent work.
Rembrandt Peale was born in 1778 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was the second son of Charles Willson Peale, who was a painter himself In Rembrandt's early life, his lather taught him how to paint because of skill showed in the art. By the time he was 17 years old, he was already very good and had painted a portrait of George Washington.
In 1796 he went to work in South Carolina. He was employed there until 1801 when he went to be taught in England by a man named Benjamin West. Rembrandt only remained there for two years, and then he found employment in the United States. In 1807 and 1809 he went to Paris to paint portraits of two of the French, and to look at the art there.
When he got back to the United States in 1910, he opened a studio in Philadelphia, and opened similar studios around the states until 1929. During that year he went to France, and then to Italy for over a year. Less then 2 years later, he went to work in London. England, and a year after that, he put his works in an exhibit at the Royal Academy. Sadly, his son died, and this forced him to return to the U.S.
After that tragedy, he stayed in the states establishing himself as the president of the American Academy, and one of the first members of the National Academy of Design. For the rest of his life he continued to paint. He also gave a few lectures and taught those interested in the craft of painting portraits. His portraits are still on exhibit today, including the one of George Washington in the White House.

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