Handkerchief
1871 · Cotton, plain weave; roller and engraved roller printed
73.3 × 86.4 cm (28 7/8 × 34 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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John Trumbull
American, 1756–1843
Lebanon, CT, United States
PaintingRomanticism
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None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
26
Works in Collection
33
Assets Indexed
5
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American Battle Painting 1776�1918
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
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Romantic Painting in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943–1944
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Three Centuries of American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
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Early Museum Architecture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1934
About
Why this artist matters now
John Trumbull was an American painter and architect who specialized in large-scale historical compositions documenting pivotal moments of the American Revolution. Working primarily in oil on canvas, his monumental canvases, including Declaration of Independence and Surrender of Yorktown, established a visual vocabulary for American national identity in the early republic. He served as president of the American Academy of the Arts and maintained a studio in New York where he trained successive generations of American painters. His work combined neoclassical restraint with theatrical grandeur, elevating historical narrative to the status of high art.
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