FTP, identify this painter that named his sons after famous painters and, like Gilbert Stuart, painted a famous portrait of George Washington.
His teachers included John Hesselius and Benjamin West. Representing the "Furious Whigs" in the Pennsylvania assembly, he designed a bridge over the Schuylkill and he painted a mastadon that was exhumed by an expedition he financed. A master of trompe l'oeil painting, his The Staircase Group is a life-sized double portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian. FTP, identify this painter that named his sons after famous painters and, like Gilbert Stuart, painted a famous portrait of George Washington.
His teachers included John Hesselius and Benjamin West. Representing the "Furious Whigs" in the Pennsylvania assembly, he designed a bridge over the Schuylkill and he painted a mastadon that was exhumed by an expedition he financed.
Charles Wilson {Peale}