Attorney and art historian David Lenefsky discusses the history of the American artists, Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley, writing “Never again would two American painters anywhere ...

That boy was John Singleton Copley, who became, by the 1760s, colonial America’s premier painter. His brush captured the faces of his neighbors -- ordinary men like Paul Revere, John Hancock ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. John Adams once proclaimed John Singleton Copley to be “the greatest Master, that ever was in America.” As a teenager, ...

Articles about the American painter John Singleton Copley, known for his detailed and realistic portraits of colonial Americans.

Americans have long thought of the Boston-born painter John Singleton Copley as a founding father, one who happened to wield a paintbrush instead of a quill. Among the first great artists born in ...

The younger John Singleton Copley was born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, in 1772, likely on Beacon Hill in a house that was on or near the current site of 41-42 Beacon Street.

The Museum is currently exhibiting a rarely-seen pastel portrait by John Singleton Copley, arguably the greatest portrait painter of colonial America. For the Bowdoin community, this opportunity is ...

John Singleton Copley painted some of Boston's most famous revolutionaries and founding fathers like John Hancock, Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. Those paintings have become part of our collective ...

MOST painters, inspired at first by the work of others, find their way by imitating what they have seen on canvas. A remarkable exception was John Singleton Copley (1738-1815). who found his way by ...

Clothing style from the 1700s is on display in a portrait by artist John Singleton Copley that indicates its subject likely was a lawyer. “Portrait of John Gardiner,” which hangs at ...

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