Gilbert Stuart

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Sarah Goodridge: portrait of Gilbert Stuart

Gilbert Stuart: portrait of George Washington

Gilbert Stuart: portrait of Catherine Brass Yates

Mrs. Dolly Madison, by Gilbert Stuart.Gilbert Stuart, who was born in Rhode Island but spent nearly twenty years abroad, found preeminent popularity with his fluid and luminous society portraits.

First lady Dolley Madison

Gilbert Stuart: portrait of George Washington

George Washington

Henry Lee, portrait by Gilbert Stuart; in a private collection

Portrait painting by Gilbert Stuart of James Madison, shown from the waist up wearing a dark coat and white cravat, set against a dark, muted background.

Gilbert Stuart: portrait of John Adams

Sarah Goodridge: portrait of Gilbert Stuart — Sarah Goodridge: portrait of Gilbert Stuart Gilbert Stuart, watercolor on ivory by Sarah Goodridge, c. 1825; in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Gilbert Stuart

American painter

Also known as: Gilbert Charles Stuart

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Gilbert Stuart (born December 3, 1755, Saunderstown, Rhode Island colony [now in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, U.S.]—died July 9, 1828, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) was one of the great portrait painters of his era and the creator of a distinctively American portrait style. Stuart grew up in Newport, Rhode Island, where he learned the rudiments of painting. In 1775 he went to London and entered the studio of the expatriate American artist Benjamin West, with whom...

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