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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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| 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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