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VANDERLYN, JOHN (1776–1852)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 886 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VANDERLYN, See also:JOHN (1776–1852) , See also:American artist, was See also:born at See also:Kingston,. New See also:York, on the 15th of See also:October 1776. He was employed by a See also:print-seller in New York, and was first instructed in See also:art by See also:Archibald See also:Robinson (1765–1835), a Scots-See also:man who was afterwards one of the See also:directors of the American See also:Academy. He copied some of See also:Gilbert See also:Stuart's portraits, including one of See also:Aaron See also:Burr, who placed him under Gilbert Stuart as a See also:pupil. In 1796 Vanderlyn went to See also:Paris, and in 1805 to See also:Rome, where he painted his picture of " See also:Marius amid the Ruins of See also:Carthage," which was shown in Paris, and obtained a See also:gold See also:medal there. This success caused him to remain in Paris for seven years, during which See also:time he prospered greatly. In 1812 he showed a nude " See also:Ariadne " (engraved by See also:Durand, and now in the See also:Pennsylvania Academy), which increased his fame. When Aaron Burr fled to Paris, Vanderlyn was for a time his only support. Vanderlyn returned to See also:America in 1815, but did not meet with success; he worked very slowly, and neither his portraits nor various See also:panorama which he exhibited brought him any considerable See also:financial return. In 1842, through friendly influences, he was commissioned by See also:Congress to paint " The Landing of See also:Columbus " for one of the panels in the rotunda of the Capitol at See also:Washington. Going to Paris, he employed to assist him a See also:French artist, who, it is said, did most of the See also:work. He died in See also:absolute want at Kingston, New York, on the 23rd of See also:September 1852.

Vanderlyn was the first American to study in See also:

France instead of in See also:England, and to acquire accurate draughtsmanship. He was more See also:academic than his See also:fellows; but, though faithfully and capably executed, his work was rather devoid of See also:charm. He painted portraits of Presidents Washington (a copy of Stuart's portrait, for the See also:National See also:House of Representatives), See also:Monroe, See also:Madison, See also:Jackson and See also:Taylor, and of the statesmen See also:Robert R. See also:Livingston (New York See also:Historical Society), John C. See also:Calhoun and See also:George See also:Clinton.

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