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Thomas Sully
American 1783 -1872
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Born: |
Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England
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Died: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Active: |
Charleston South Carolina Richmond Virginia Norfolk Virginia New York New York Hartford Connecticut
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Addresses: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 1808-1872 Charleston, South Carolina, United States Richmond, Virginia, United States Norfolk, Virginia, United States New York, New York, United States
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Instructors: |
Benjamin West Henry Benbridge
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Exhibited: |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1811-1870, 1876-1878, 1905 National Academy of Design 1827-1852, 1864 Brooklyn Art Association 1863-1864, 1872, 1912
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Examples of Work: |
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC Detroit Institute of Arts Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museum of Fine Arts, Boston National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Philadelphia Museum of Art Yale University Art Gallery
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Specialty: |
Instructor Painter
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Style/School: |
Romanticism
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Subjects Known For: |
Portraits Figural
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Memberships: |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts National Academy of Design Honorary 1827
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Artist Profile |
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BIOGRAPHY: |
Born in England to actor parents, Thomas Sully began his artistic career painting miniatures in Charleston, South Carolina. He later received advice from such established artists as Henry Benbridge, John Trumbull and Gilbert Stuart before returning to England for a year of stu...
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