Margaretta peale biography
- Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was taught by her father, and painted primarily still lifes, some of which were copies of his work.
- Margaretta Angelica Peale was an American painter, one of the Peale family of artists.
- American still life painter.
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Margaretta Peale was one of the six surviving children of the American artist James Peale (1749-1831) and his wife, Mary Claypoole Peale (1753-1829), and one of three daughters he instructed who were active as artists. Unlike her elder sister, miniature painter Anna Claypoole Peale (1792-1878), and her younger sister, portraitist and still life painter Sarah Miriam Peale (1800-1885), who pursued strong independent careers, M. Peale remained at home with her parents. Although James produced exceptional miniatures, oil portraits, small scale history paintings, landscapes and still life pictures throughout his career, his health was erratic, due in part to injuries incurred during his service in the Revolutionary War. M. Peale’s presence and the development of her artistic skills provided him with the support he sometimes needed to sustain
his career during difficult periods.
M. Peale began painting still life pictures in about 1813 and specialised in small table-top arrangements that frequently included fruit. Like her sister, S. Peale, she often borrowed compositio
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Peale Sisters
Portrait and still-life painters who widened the opportunities for American women as professional artists.
Peale, Anna Claypoole (1791–1878). Name variations: Anna Peale; Anna Staughton; Anna Duncan. Pronunciation: Peel. Born Anna Claypoole Peale on March 6, 1791, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in Philadelphia on December 25, 1878; first daughter of James Peale (1749–1831, a painter) and Mary Claypoole Peale (1753–1829); learned painting from father and encouraged by her famous uncle, Charles Willson Peale; married Reverend Dr. William Staughton, in 1829; married General William Duncan, in 1841 (died 1864); no children.
Painted miniature portraits and still lifes; exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA, 1811–42); elected to membership (Academician) in the PAFA (1842); was a popular miniature painter (1820–41); did work in Baltimore, Boston, Washington, D.C., but primarily in Philadelphia.
Paintings:
Self-Portrait (Art Institute of Chicago, 1818); Marianne Beckett (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1829); Gen. Andrew Ja
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James Peale:
1749-1831 James Peale Galleries James Peale (1749 ?C May 24, 1831) was an American painter, best known for his miniature and still life paintings, and a younger brother of noted painter Charles Willson Peale. Peale was born in Chestertown, Maryland, the second child, after Charles, of Charles Peale (1709?C1750) and Margaret Triggs (1709?C1791). His father died when he was an infant, and the family moved to Annapolis. In 1762 he began to serve apprenticeships there, first in a saddlery and later in a cabinetmaking shop. After his brother Charles returned from London in 1769, where he had studied with Benjamin West, Peale served as his assistant and learned how to paint. Peale worked in his brother's studio until January 14, 1776, when he accepted a commission in the Continental Army as an ensign in William Smallwood's regiment. Within three months he was promoted to captain, and during the next three years fought in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, Princeton, and Monmouth. He resigned his army commission in 1779, and moved t
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