John vanderlyn biography

John Vanderlyn (October 18, 1775 – September 23, 1852) was an American neoclassicist painter.
John Vanderlyn was born October 15, 1775, in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, the son of house and sign painter Nicholas Vanderlyn and his second wife.
US painter and one of the first American artists to study in Paris.

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John Vanderlyn [1776-1852]

John Vanderlyn was the grandson of Pieter Vanderlyn [1687-1778], who was also a painter with rather limited, but high quality output. Whereas John Vanderlyn was a painter nearly his entire adult life, his grandfather Pieter only painted for about 15 years, and during that time apparently only painted as a part time activity. The grandfather, Pieter Vanderlyn, was probably self-taught, while John received extensive training by such noted painters as Gilbert Stuart, and later by established painters in Paris and Rome.

John Vanderlyn was befriended by Aaron Burr early in his life, and it was Burr who was able to place him for training with the famous American painter Gilbert Stuart in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for several months. Following his training with Stuart, Burr then financed Vanderlyn’s five year stay in Paris, where he studied under Vincent. Around 1802, he returned to the U.S.A., and painted several views of the Niagara Falls, which were then engraved, and put on display in London, England. In 1803, he was able to return to Euro

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John Vanderlyn

American neoclassicist painter (1775–1852)

John Vanderlyn (October 18, 1775 – September 23, 1852) was an American neoclassicist painter.

Biography

Vanderlyn was born at Kingston, New York, and was the grandson of colonial portrait painter Pieter Vanderlyn.^[1] He was employed by a print-seller in New York, and was first instructed in art by Archibald Robinson (1765–1835), a Scotsman who was afterwards one of the directors of the American Academy of the Fine Arts. He went to Philadelphia, where he spent time in the studio of Gilbert Stuart and copied some of Stuart's portraits, including one of Aaron Burr, who placed him under Gilbert Stuart as a pupil.

He was a protégé of Aaron Burr who in 1796 sent Vanderlyn to Paris, where he studied for five years. He returned to the United States in 1801 and lived in the home of Burr, then the Vice President, where he painted the well-known portraits of Burr and his daughter. In 1802 he painted two views of Niagara Falls, which were engraved and published in London in 1804.^[3]

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John Vanderlyn

Artist

born Kingston, NY 1775-died Kingston, NY 1852

Born: Kingston, New York, United States
Died: Kingston, New York, United States

Biography: John Vanderlyn began drawing as a young child and at age sixteen went to New York to work for an art supplies store. He met the artist Gilbert Stuart, who gave the young apprentice permission to copy two of his paintings. Vanderlyn spent many years in Europe, exhibiting his works and winning several prizes. Back in America, however, there was little interest in the history paintings that Vanderlyn wanted to create, and he found it difficult to get commissions. He grew depressed and, by the early 1820s, was so discontented that he was advised to “imbibe daily a reasonable quantity of strong beer.” (Lindsay, The Works of John Vanderlyn, 1970; Schoonmaker, John Vanderlyn, Artist, 1775-1852; A Biography, 1950)