18th-century American painters
Some of best 18th-century American painters:
Raphaelle Peale
Raphaelle Peale (sometimes spelled Raphael Peale) (February 17, 1774 – March 4, 1825) is considered the first professional American painter of still-life.
Sarah Bushnell Perkins
Sarah Bushnell Perkins, later Grosvenor (1771–1831) was an amateur American pastellist. Born in Plainfield, Connecticut, Perkins was the daughter of Dr. Elisha Perkins, one of the proprietors of the Plainfield Academy, which school she may have attended. The pastels which are known by her hand date from the 1790s and mainly depict members of her...
Johann Conrad Gilbert
Johann Conrad Gilbert (1734–1812) was an American fraktur artist. An emigrant from Germany, Gilbert ultimately decided in Berks County, Pennsylvania. By profession he was a Lutheran schoolmaster posted to several churches in Berks and Schuylkill Counties. He was married and had a large family; at his death he left his relations Bible, with "writings therein",...
John Valentine Haidt
John Valentine Haidt (an anglicanization of Johann Valentin Haidt) (1700–1780) was a German-born American painter and Moravian preacher in Pennsylvania.
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