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June 6,
1756| deathdate = [November 10,
1843| nationality = [United States| field =
Painting| movement =| famous works = Declaration of Independence (1817-1819)| patrons =| awards =-->'John Trumbull ([June 6, 1756 – November 10, 1843) was an
United States artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War famous for his historical paintings including his
Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, which appears on the reverse of the
United States two-dollar bill.
Early years
Trumbull was born in
Lebanon, Connecticut, to Jonathan Trumbull, who was
Governor of Connecticut from
1769 to 1784. He entered the
1771 junior class at Harvard University at age fifteen and graduated in 1773. Due to a childhood accident, Trumbull lost use of one eye. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867213,00.html
As a soldier in the
American Revolutionary War, Trumbull rendered a particular service at Boston by sketching plans of the British Fortification, and witnessed the famous Battle of Bunker Hill. He was appointed second
aide-de-camp to General George Washington, and in June
1776 deputy adjutant-general to General Horatio Gates, but resigned from the army in 1777.
In 1780 he traveled to London where he studied under Benjamin West, who suggested to him that he paint small pictures of the War of Independence and miniature portraits, of which he produced about 250 in his lifetime.
On September 23,
1780 and
October 2,
1780, British agent Major John André was, respectively, captured and hanged as a spy in America. News reached Europe, and as an officer of similar rank as André in the Continental Army, Trumbull was imprisoned for seven months in London's
Tothill Fields Bridewell.
In
1784 he was again in London working under West, in whose studio he painted his
Battle of Bunker Hill and
Death of Montgomery, both of which are now in the
Yale University Art Gallery.
In 1785 Trumbull went to
Paris, where he made portrait sketches of French officers for
The Surrender of Cornwallis, and began, with the assistance of Jefferson,
Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, well-known from the engraving by Asher Brown Durand. This latter painting was purchased by the
United States Congress along with his
Surrender of General Burgoyne,
Surrender at Yorktown, and
Washington Resigning his Commission, and these paintings now hang in the United States Capitol. Trumbull's
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, 1789, owned by the Boston Athenaeum, is now in the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Middle years
Trumbull sold a series of 28 paintings and 60 miniature portraits to
Yale University in 1831 for an annuity of US$1000. This is by far the largest single collection of his works. The collection was originally housed in a neoclassical art gallery designed by Trumbull on Yale's Old Campus, along with portraits by other artists. Yale Art Gallery: Trumbull
His portraits include full lengths of General Washington (1790) and George Clinton (1791), in
New York City Hall, where there are also full lengths of
Alexander Hamilton (1805, and the source of the face on the
United States ten-dollar bill) and John Jay; and portraits of
John Adams (1797), Jonathan Trumbull, and Rufus King (1800); of
Timothy Dwight and
Stephen Van Rensselaer, both at Yale; of Alexander Hamilton (in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, both taken from Ceracchi's bust); a portrait of himself painted in 1833; a full length of Washington, at Charleston, South Carolina; a full length of Washington in military costume (1792), now at Yale; and portraits of President and
Martha Washington (1794), in the National Museum of American History.
Trumbull's own portrait was painted by
Gilbert Stuart and by many others.
In 1794 Trumbull acted as secretary to John Jay in London during the negotiation of the treaty with Great Britain, and in
1796 he was appointed by the commissioners sent by the two countries the fifth commissioner to carry out the seventh article of the treaty.
Later years
Trumbull was appointed president of the
American Academy of Fine Arts, a position he held for nine years, from
1816 to
1825, though he did not get along with the students, and his skills declined. Eventually, his dictatorial behavior led the students to rebel against him and found the
National Academy of Design. He published an autobiography in 1841.
He died in New York City at the age of 88. He was originally interred (along with his wife) beneath the Art Gallery at Yale University that he had designed. In 1867, his collection, and the remains, were moved to the newly built Street Hall. Trumbull Gallery at Yale The Trumbull Gallery was later razed.
The John Trumbull Birthplace, in Lebanon, Connecticut, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
Paintings
Gallery of Trumbull images
Image:Bunkertrumbull.jpg|
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker HillImage:Death of Montgomery.jpg|
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on QuebecImage:Declaration of independence by john trumbull.jpg|The
United States Declaration of Independence.Image:The battle of princeton by john trumbull.jpg|The
Battle of Princeton.Image:Surrender of General Burgoyne.jpg].
Notes
References
-
-
-
-
- Helen A. Cooper, John Trumbull: The Hand and Spirit of a Painter (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982).
- Irma B. Jaffe, John Trumbull: Patriot-Artist of the American Revolution (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975).
-
External links
- Biography at FamousAmericans.net (under his father Jonathan Trumbull)
{{Infobox Artist| bgcolour = #EEDD82| name = John Trumbull| image = John trumbull half length portrait.jpg| imagesize =| caption =| birthname =| birthdate = June 6,
1756| deathdate = [November 10, 1843| nationality = [United States| field =
Painting| movement =| famous works = Declaration of Independence (1817-1819)| patrons =| awards =-->'John Trumbull ([June 6, 1756 –
November 10,
1843) was an
United States artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War famous for his historical paintings including his
Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, which appears on the reverse of the
United States two-dollar bill.
Early years
Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, to Jonathan Trumbull, who was
Governor of Connecticut from 1769 to 1784. He entered the
1771 junior class at
Harvard University at age fifteen and graduated in
1773. Due to a childhood accident, Trumbull lost use of one eye. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867213,00.html
As a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, Trumbull rendered a particular service at Boston by sketching plans of the British
Fortification, and witnessed the famous
Battle of Bunker Hill. He was appointed second
aide-de-camp to General
George Washington, and in June 1776 deputy adjutant-general to General Horatio Gates, but resigned from the army in 1777.
In 1780 he traveled to London where he studied under
Benjamin West, who suggested to him that he paint small pictures of the War of Independence and miniature portraits, of which he produced about 250 in his lifetime.
On September 23,
1780 and October 2,
1780, British agent Major
John André was, respectively, captured and hanged as a spy in America. News reached Europe, and as an officer of similar rank as André in the Continental Army, Trumbull was imprisoned for seven months in London's
Tothill Fields Bridewell.
In 1784 he was again in London working under West, in whose studio he painted his
Battle of Bunker Hill and
Death of Montgomery, both of which are now in the Yale University Art Gallery.
In 1785 Trumbull went to
Paris, where he made portrait sketches of French officers for
The Surrender of Cornwallis, and began, with the assistance of Jefferson,
Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, well-known from the engraving by
Asher Brown Durand. This latter painting was purchased by the United States Congress along with his
Surrender of General Burgoyne,
Surrender at Yorktown, and
Washington Resigning his Commission, and these paintings now hang in the
United States Capitol. Trumbull's
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, 1789, owned by the
Boston Athenaeum, is now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Middle years
Trumbull sold a series of 28 paintings and 60 miniature portraits to Yale University in 1831 for an annuity of US$1000. This is by far the largest single collection of his works. The collection was originally housed in a neoclassical art gallery designed by Trumbull on Yale's
Old Campus, along with portraits by other artists. Yale Art Gallery: Trumbull
His portraits include full lengths of General Washington (1790) and George Clinton (1791), in New York City Hall, where there are also full lengths of Alexander Hamilton (1805, and the source of the face on the
United States ten-dollar bill) and John Jay; and portraits of John Adams (1797), Jonathan Trumbull, and Rufus King (1800); of
Timothy Dwight and Stephen Van Rensselaer, both at Yale; of Alexander Hamilton (in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, both taken from Ceracchi's bust); a portrait of himself painted in 1833; a full length of Washington, at
Charleston, South Carolina; a full length of Washington in military costume (1792), now at Yale; and portraits of President and
Martha Washington (1794), in the
National Museum of American History.
Trumbull's own portrait was painted by
Gilbert Stuart and by many others.
In 1794 Trumbull acted as secretary to John Jay in London during the negotiation of the treaty with Great Britain, and in
1796 he was appointed by the commissioners sent by the two countries the fifth commissioner to carry out the seventh article of the treaty.
Later years
Trumbull was appointed president of the
American Academy of Fine Arts, a position he held for nine years, from 1816 to
1825, though he did not get along with the students, and his skills declined. Eventually, his dictatorial behavior led the students to rebel against him and found the
National Academy of Design. He published an autobiography in
1841.
He died in New York City at the age of 88. He was originally interred (along with his wife) beneath the Art Gallery at
Yale University that he had designed. In 1867, his collection, and the remains, were moved to the newly built Street Hall. Trumbull Gallery at Yale The Trumbull Gallery was later razed.
The
John Trumbull Birthplace, in Lebanon, Connecticut, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
Paintings
Gallery of Trumbull images
Image:Bunkertrumbull.jpg|
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker HillImage:Death of Montgomery.jpg|
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on QuebecImage:Declaration of independence by john trumbull.jpg|The United States Declaration of Independence.Image:The battle of princeton by john trumbull.jpg|The
Battle of Princeton.Image:Surrender of General Burgoyne.jpg].
Notes
References
-
-
-
-
- Helen A. Cooper, John Trumbull: The Hand and Spirit of a Painter (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982).
- Irma B. Jaffe, John Trumbull: Patriot-Artist of the American Revolution (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975).
-
External links
- Biography at FamousAmericans.net (under his father Jonathan Trumbull)
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