Artists' Eyes on the American Revolution: John Singleton Copley, Painting Realism and History

Join Dr. Michael Norris of Armchair Art Tours for a program as part of Putnam County's REV250 Commemoration!

The greatest and most influential painter in Colonial America, John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) showed artistic promise as a teenager, but was mostly self-taught. He prospered as an artist by creating hundreds of portraits that were both striking in their precise realism and in the importance of some of their sitters, such as Paul Revere, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams. However, rising political turmoil in Colonial America, along with Copley’s dissatisfaction with the limited art scene there, brought him to London in 1774, where he created portraits while also producing large, realistic, and dramatic scenes of contemporary history, often accompanied by prints to offer to a mass market.

This program is for adults, and will be presented on Zoom. Registration is required in order to receive the Zoom link prior to the program.