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Sep 13, 2024 · John Trumbull (born June 6, 1756, Lebanon, Connecticut, U.S.—died November 10, 1843, New York, New York) was an American painter, architect, and author, whose paintings of major episodes in the American Revolution form a unique record of that conflict’s events and participants. Trumbull was the son of the Connecticut governor Jonathan ...
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May 31, 2024 · Today Trumbull’s creations adorn the dust-jackets of countless books, while his iconic depiction of the Declaration of Independence, composed at the suggestion of its principal author, Thomas ...
John Trumbull (June 6, 1756 – November 10, 1843) was an American painter and military officer best known for his historical paintings of the American Revolutionary War, of which he was a veteran. He has been called the "Painter of the Revolution". [ 1 ]
Jan 28, 2013 · John Trumbull, self portrait, 1777. The American Revolution and the decade of disputes with Great Britain that preceded it marked a major turning point in the development of political thought in the colonies. The new ideologies often reflected where an individual’s political loyalties lay. While much attention has been focused on the ...
May 28, 2024 · Richard Brookhiser tells Trumbull’s story of acclaim and recognition, a story complicated by provincialism, war, a messy personal life, and, ultimately, changing fashion. He shows how the artist’s fifty-year project embodied the meaning of American exceptionalism and played a key role in defining the values of the new country.
May 28, 2024 · Brookhiser dissects John Trumbull’s ‘Glorious Lessons’ with an appreciative but critical eye.”—Joseph J. Ellis, author of The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773–1783 “Richard Brookhiser’s absorbing exploration of John Trumbull’s political and artistic imagination provides fresh and penetrating insights into the revolutionary period, one of the most ...
- Richard Brookhiser
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John Trumbull (1756–1843) experienced the American Revolution firsthand—he served as aid to George Washington and Horatio Gates, was shot at, and was jailed as a spy. He made it his mission to record the war, giving visual form to what most citizens of the new United States thought: that they had brought into the world a great and ...
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