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George Peter Alexander Healy (July 15, 1813 – June 24, 1894) was an American portrait painter. He was one of the most prolific and popular painters of his day, and his sitters included many of the eminent personages of his time.
Healy, George Peter Alexander. (Boston, 1813-Chicago, 1894). Pintor estadounidense que se especializó en retratos. Posaron para él multitud de personajes importantes, tanto europeos como americanos, entre ellos los presidentes Abraham Lincoln y William Ulysses Grant.
George Peter Alexander Healy knew he wanted to be a painter when he first used a paintbrush at the age of sixteen. He opened a studio in Boston, but despite having his name and profession on the door “in very big letters,” did not receive any commissions and couldn’t pay his rent.
Learn about the life and work of the American portrait painter George Peter Alexander Healy, who studied in France and Italy and painted many prominent figures in Europe and the US. See his biography, works of art, and related content on the NGA website.
Artist: George P. A. Healy (1813–1894) Date: 1842. Culture: American. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 45 3/4 x 35 1/4 in. (115.1 x 89.2 cm) Credit Line: Bequest of Cornelia Cruger, 1923. Accession Number: 23.102. The American Wing at The Met.
19 de ene. de 2021 · U.S. artist George Peter Alexander Healy’s (1813 – 1894) 1887 portrait of President Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) was the culmination of a career devoted to presidential portraiture.
George Healy (born July 15, 1813, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died June 24, 1894, Chicago, Illinois) was an American academic painter of highly realistic portraits. The son of an Irish sea captain who died young, Healy had to start working at an early age to support the family.
