Gilbert Stuart

1755–1828

Gilbert Stuart, ‘Portrait of a Man (Self-portrait?)’ c.1782–9
Portrait of a Man (Self-portrait?) c.1782–9
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Biography

Gilbert Charles Stuart (born Stewart; December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter from Rhode Island who is widely considered one of America's foremost portraitists. His best known work is the unfinished portrait of George Washington that is sometimes referred to as The Athenaeum, begun in 1796. Stuart retained the portrait and used it to paint 130 copies which he sold for $100 each. The image of George Washington featured in the painting has appeared on the United States one-dollar bill for more than a century and on various U.S. postage stamps of the 19th century and early 20th century.

Stuart produced portraits of more than 1,000 people, including the first six Presidents. His work can be found today at art museums throughout the United States and the United Kingdom, most notably the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Frick Collection in New York City, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the National Portrait Gallery, London, Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

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Artworks

Gilbert Stuart, ‘Portrait of a Man (Self-portrait?)’ c.1782–9

Gilbert Stuart Portrait of a Man (Self-portrait?)

c.1782–9
Gilbert Stuart, ‘Benjamin West, P.R.A.’ ?exhibited 1781

Gilbert Stuart Benjamin West, P.R.A.

?exhibited 1781
Gilbert Stuart, ‘William Woollett the Engraver’ exhibited 1783

Gilbert Stuart William Woollett the Engraver

exhibited 1783

Artist as subject

Gilbert Stuart, ‘Portrait of a Man (Self-portrait?)’ c.1782–9

Gilbert Stuart Portrait of a Man (Self-portrait?)

c.1782–9
attributed to Sir Martin Archer Shee, ‘Gilbert Stuart’ ?1788

Attributed to Sir Martin Archer Shee Gilbert Stuart

?1788

Features

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Thomas Gainsborough’s ‘Lost’ Portrait of Auguste Vestris

Martin Postle

The subject of this paper is a portrait of the celebrated eighteenth-century dancer, Auguste Vestris, acquired by Tate in 1955 ...

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