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- catalog abstract ""Son of a convicted felon whose early death left the family impoverished, Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) went on to lead a staggeringly full and successful life. A portrait painter who produced an unparalleled body of work, including the iconic The Artist in His Museum, Peale was also a revolutionary soldier, a radical activist, an impresario of moving pictures, a natural historian, an inventor, and the proprietor of one of the first modern museums. His many other interests included a lifelong preoccupation with writing; in fact, his autobiography is one of the first examples of the genre in the United States. David C. Ward's book, with references to the history and culture of the time, is the first full critical biography of Peale. It links the artist's autobiography to his painting, illuminating the man, his art, and his times. Peale emerges for the first time as that particularly American phenomenon: the self-made man." "Recounting many stories and incidents, Ward takes a new look at Peale's complex family life, his artistic career, and his multifaceted cultural ambitions. Before Peale, life histories had been written mainly as religious and confessional documents. Peale, however, produced his secular work to describe not how God made him, but how he worked to make himself. This study, drawing extensively from Peale's life itself documents the development of American independence and individualism. Ultimately Ward addresses Hector St. John de Crevecoeur's great question, "What then is the American, this new man?" as he sheds light on one of these new men and on the formative years in which he lived."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13331889.
- catalog contributor b13331890.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Recounting many stories and incidents, Ward takes a new look at Peale's complex family life, his artistic career, and his multifaceted cultural ambitions. Before Peale, life histories had been written mainly as religious and confessional documents. Peale, however, produced his secular work to describe not how God made him, but how he worked to make himself. This study, drawing extensively from Peale's life itself documents the development of American independence and individualism. Ultimately Ward addresses Hector St. John de Crevecoeur's great question, "What then is the American, this new man?" as he sheds light on one of these new men and on the formative years in which he lived."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Son of a convicted felon whose early death left the family impoverished, Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) went on to lead a staggeringly full and successful life. A portrait painter who produced an unparalleled body of work, including the iconic The Artist in His Museum, Peale was also a revolutionary soldier, a radical activist, an impresario of moving pictures, a natural historian, an inventor, and the proprietor of one of the first modern museums. His many other interests included a lifelong preoccupation with writing; in fact, his autobiography is one of the first examples of the genre in the United States. David C. Ward's book, with references to the history and culture of the time, is the first full critical biography of Peale.".
- catalog description "I: "[W]hy not act the man " -- 1. Forging: Charles Willson Peale and his father -- 2. "This faint spark of genius": fortune, patronage, and Peale's rise as an artist -- 3. "Application will overcome the greatest difficulties": work, career, and identity in Pearle's art and life -- II: "I scru[t]inize the actions of men" -- 4. A good war and a troubled peace: Charles Willson Peale's search for order, 1776-94 -- 5. "The medicinal office of the mind": the Peale museum's mission of reform, 1793-1810 -- 6. "The hygiene of the self": work, writing, and the enlightened body -- III: "It would seem a second creation" -- 7. The struggle against dispersal: work, family, and order in Peale's family portraits -- 8. "I bring forth into public view": Peale's secular apotheosis in The artist in his museum.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "It links the artist's autobiography to his painting, illuminating the man, his art, and his times. Peale emerges for the first time as that particularly American phenomenon: the self-made man."".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 236 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520239601 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "759.13 B 22".
- catalog subject "ND237.P27 W295 2004".
- catalog subject "Painters United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I: "[W]hy not act the man " -- 1. Forging: Charles Willson Peale and his father -- 2. "This faint spark of genius": fortune, patronage, and Peale's rise as an artist -- 3. "Application will overcome the greatest difficulties": work, career, and identity in Pearle's art and life -- II: "I scru[t]inize the actions of men" -- 4. A good war and a troubled peace: Charles Willson Peale's search for order, 1776-94 -- 5. "The medicinal office of the mind": the Peale museum's mission of reform, 1793-1810 -- 6. "The hygiene of the self": work, writing, and the enlightened body -- III: "It would seem a second creation" -- 7. The struggle against dispersal: work, family, and order in Peale's family portraits -- 8. "I bring forth into public view": Peale's secular apotheosis in The artist in his museum.".
- catalog title "Charles Willson Peale : art and selfhood in the early republic / David C. Ward.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".