George Peter Alexander Healy

American, 1813 - 1894

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American painter (1813–1894)

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George Peter Alexander Healy, Roxana Atwater Wentworth, 1876, oil on canvas, Gift of Lady Vereker, 1970.34.1

Roxana Atwater Wentworth

George Peter Alexander Healy · 1876 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1970.34.1

The head and shoulders of a cleanshaven, light-skinned man with black hair and a lined face is shown against a dark background in this vertical portrait. His body is angled to our right and he looks in that direction with blue-gray eyes under black brows. His hair is combed loosely back from his face but one lock falls onto his forehead, and it curls around the ear we can see. His prominent cheekbones are lightly flushed over hollow cheeks, which create noticeable shadows. He has a long nose, and his thin pink lips are closed. His forehead, the corners of his eyes, and the areas around his mouth and chin are lined with wrinkles. His black suit jacket has wide rounded lapels over a white buttoned shirt. The collar folds over a black bow tie and the two buttons visible on this shirt shine. Next to his left shoulder, on our right, the artist signed and dated the work with red paint: “G.P.A. Healy 1860.”
George Peter Alexander Healy, Abraham Lincoln, 1860, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.22

Abraham Lincoln

George Peter Alexander Healy · 1860 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.79.22

George Peter Alexander Healy, Thomas Jefferson, 1848/1879, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund), 2016.23.10

Thomas Jefferson

George Peter Alexander Healy · 1848/1879 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2016.23.10

Bibliography

1894

  • Healy, George P. A. Reminiscences of a Portrait Painter. Chicago, 1894. Reprint. New York, 1970.

1954

  • de Mare, Marie. G.P.A. Healy, American Artist. New York, 1954.

1968

  • Lewison, Florence. "G.P.A. Healy, 1815[sic]-1894, A Success at Home and Abroad." American Artist 32 (December 1968): 54-59, 69-73.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 298.