The Art of the Peales in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Adaptations and Innovations

Carol Eaton Soltis

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A fascinating overview of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s unparalleled and diverse collection of works by the Peale family, America’s first artistic dynasty

Active from the late 18th through the early 20th century, the Peale family was America’s first artistic dynasty. This overview of the art of the Peales documents and interprets more than 160 works in a variety of media from the renowned collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. With discussions of both internationally famous masterworks such as Charles Willson Peale’s Staircase Group and lesser-known but equally engaging pictures including Rubens Peale’s Magpie Eating Cake, Carol Eaton Soltis traces the family’s history and reveals how the Peales’ energy, innovation, and entrepreneurship paved the way for generations of American artists.
 
Rigorously researched and generously illustrated, The Art of the Peales is an essential and wide-ranging study that considers the family’s substantial output and contextualizes their historical legacy. Examining the different ways that the Peales instructed, influenced, supported, and competed with one another, this book is full of new revelations on this extraordinary family that remained a transformative force in America’s cultural life for more than a century. 

 
 


Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Carol Eaton Soltis is project associate curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
ISBN: 9780300229363
Publication Date: December 19, 2017
Publishing Partner: Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art
344 pages, 9 3/4 x 12 1/8
236 color + b/w illus.
Thomas Sully

Painted Performance

William Keyse Rudolph and Carol Eaton Soltis

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