Past Exhibition

Gilbert Stuart, Portraitist of the Young Republic

This is a portrait of a man shown from the waist up. He is seated, facing slightly to the left but looking directly at the viewer. The man has light gray hair styled back from his face, with curls visible at the sides. His skin is fair with slightly pink cheeks. He is wearing a formal outfit: a dark jacket with a white high-collared shirt underneath with ruffled edges. He holds a small object, possibly a box, in his hands which are placed in his lap. There is a red cloth or curtain behind him, with rolls of parchment or cloth on a table nearby. The wall behind him is a muted green.
Gilbert Stuart, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1784, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1942.8.21

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    Ground Floor, Central Gallery
This is a portrait of a man shown from the waist up. He is seated, facing slightly to the left but looking directly at the viewer. The man has light gray hair styled back from his face, with curls visible at the sides. His skin is fair with slightly pink cheeks. He is wearing a formal outfit: a dark jacket with a white high-collared shirt underneath with ruffled edges. He holds a small object, possibly a box, in his hands which are placed in his lap. There is a red cloth or curtain behind him, with rolls of parchment or cloth on a table nearby. The wall behind him is a muted green.
Gilbert Stuart, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1784, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1942.8.21

Overview: Fifth in the series of solo shows devoted to American artists (George Bellows, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, John Singleton Copley), the project was suggested by Senator Claiborne Pell since Gilbert Stuart was born and had lived in the Rhode Island colony from 1755-1775. The exhibition was limited to 54 examples of Stuart's formal portraits.

Organization: Cosponsored by the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design; at the National Gallery the exhibition was coordinated and the catalogue edited by William P. Campbell.

Attendance: 116,372

Catalog: Gilbert Stuart, Portraitist of the Young Republic 1755-1828, by Edgar P. Richardson. Providence: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1967.

Other Venues:

  • Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 09/09/1967–10/15/1967

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