Peter f rothermel biography of christopher brown

An Painting by Peter F. Above Portrait of Artist Peter F. Rothermel Image source: Smithsonian Libraries. Peter F. He was a preeminent artist in Philadelphia, where was a director and instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Rothermel was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania on July 8, , although various sources give his birth year as , , and The artist's gravestone in Philadelphia gives the date as He had a common-school education, and studied land surveying.

Thomas Scharf and Thompson Westcott in Above: A ca. Image source: PAFA. Image source: Wikipedia. The building is an architectural landmark by Architect Frank Furness who also designed two townhouses in Lancaster. Image source: Library of Congress.

Rothermel started out as a portraitist, but in he traveled to Paris, where he exhibited historical works that caught the eye of Russian aristocrats.

Above: Patrick Henry in Virginia. The painting measures 32 by 16 feet. In this Harrisburg gallery the huge painting is flanked by four smaller Gettysburg Battle scenes he painted for the same commission from the Pennsylvania legislature. In the s the painting toured the U. It survived the Great Fire of Chicago in Five years later it was exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, where Rothermel served on the art advisory committee.