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| Peter Frederick Rothermel
American 1817 -1895
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| Born: |
Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Died: |
Linfield, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Addresses: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Studied: |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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| Instructors: |
John Rubens Smith Philadelphia, PA
Bass Otis Philadelphia, PA
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| Exhibited: |
National Academy of Design 1863, 1880
Paris Salon 1859
Brooklyn Art Association 1872
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1876-1881, 1888, 1905
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| Examples of Work: |
Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, Brookneal, Virginia
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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| Specialty: |
Painter
Sign Painter
Instructor
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| Subjects Known For: |
History
Portraits
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| Memberships: |
National Academy of Design Honorary 1847
Artists' Fund Society, Philadelphia (vice president, 1844)
Sketch Club
Graphics Club, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts director, 1847-1855
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Rothermel was one of America's best known history painters of his day. His reputation dwindled as the public's appetite for depictions of emotionally charged events, both real and allegorical, ebbed.
Born July 8...
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