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Un portrait de Gilbert Stuart offert au Reynolda House Museum

20/3/20 - Acquisition - Winston-Salem (Caroline du Nord), Reynolda House Museum of American Art - Peintre Américain, Gilbert Stuart se forma auprès du portraitiste Cosmo Alexander qu’il accompagna en Ecosse en 1772. Il se rendit ensuite en Angleterre et y vécut de 1775 à 1792. Là, il découvrit l’art de Reynolds, de Romney, de Gainsborough, et devint l’élève de Benjamin West en 1776. Stuart s’imposa comme portraitiste sur la scène artistique anglaise, il exposa à la Royal Academy à partir de 1777 et se fit véritablement remarquer en 1782 pour son Patineur (Portrait de Mr. Grant). Il retourna en Amérique en 1793 où réalisa plusieurs portraits de George Washington.

Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828)
Anna Dorothea Foster et Charlotte Anna Dick, 1790-1791
Huile sur toile

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