Comments on: Feel Art Again: Charles Willson Peale

By: Therese

Therese — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:00:59 +0000

Although I had “encountered” Peale over the years, I never knew just how multi-talented he was! I look forward to the other installments.

By: kate

kate — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:15:28 +0000

Great choice! A very talented man, and, you’re right, a very well-connected one too. It’s amazing to think of all the important people he met!

My favorite self-portrait of his is the one where he is very young and in his “uniform” for the Revolutionary War. I read that he painted it at the request of his wife, who thought him very handsome in it. And–perhaps he had a sympathetic brush–I have to agree that he was a very good looking young man. :)

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:37:48 +0000

If you are ever in philadelphia, about a block from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell is the Second Bank of the United States which is now a free museum that contains a large portrait gallery and a number of Peale’s Paintings. Many of the images are common and easily recognized. It is like walking through a high school text book

By: AndrÃ©a

AndrÃ©a — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:25:36 +0000

Bob: Back in November, I posted Trumbull’s “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis” (www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9634). I’ll add Gilbert Stuart to my list of suggestions, though!

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:48:23 +0000

Awesome! As a history teacher with picture-packed PowerPoints, I am very familiar with Peale’s work. Maybe something on John Trumbull or Gilbert Stuart next…or have they already been arted-again?

By: christina

christina — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:53:55 +0000

It’s so funny that you bring up “The Artist in His Museum.” I just presented my MFA Dramaturgy thesis last night and one of my images for my extended metaphor of dramaturgy and a theatrical Wunderkammer was that painting. Coikindink? I think not.