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Name: John Singleton Copley
Birth Date: July 3, 1738
Death Date: September 9, 1815
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Death: London, England
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: painter, portraitist

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Biography of John Singleton Copley
989 words, approx. 3 pages
The portraits of the American painter John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), outstanding for their realism and psychological penetration, are the finest of the colonial period. In England from 1775, he executed historical paintings as well as portraits....


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Copley, John Singleton
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(born July 3, 1738, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died September 9, 1815, London, England) American painter of portraits and historical subjects, generally acclaimed as the finest artist of colonial America. Little is known of Copley's boyhood. He...
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Copley, John Singleton
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(born July 3, 1738, Boston, Mass.—died Sept. 9, 1815, London, Eng.) U.S. painter of portraits and historical subjects. The stepson of an engraver, he was an accomplished draftsman before age 20 and flourished as a portrait artist in his native...
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John Singleton Copley Information
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John Singleton Copley (1738[1] - 1815) was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portraits of important figures in colonial New England, depicting...


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The Magazine Antiques
Copley in England. (artist John Singleton Copley)
10/01/1995: 3,506 words, approx. 12 pages
American artist John Singleton Copley found a thriving career as a portraitist when he moved to England in 1774. Copley's work is characterized by an extreme attention to detail, such as in his rendering of cloth, surfaces as well as his dramatic narrative style....
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Contemporary Review
John Singleton Copley in America.(Brief Article)
06/01/1996: 655 words, approx. 2 pages
Of all the great Art Museums in the world, the National Gallery of Art in Washington is one of the youngest. Them are certainly several museums in the world and even a few in America that have far grander collections, but there is...
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AP News
Scholars use art to study climate change
11/28/2007: 604 words, approx. 2 pages
The vivid sunsets painted by J.M.W. Turner are revered for their use of color and light and for their influence on the Impressionists. But could they also help global warming experts track climate change?A group of scientists has studied the colors in more than 500...
 


 

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