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John Trumbull
American artist (–)
For other people named John Trumbull, see John Trumbull (disambiguation).
John Trumbull (June 6, – November 10, ) was an American painter and military officer best known for his historical paintings of the American Revolutionary War, of which he was a veteran. He has been called the "Painter of the Revolution".[1] Trumbull's Declaration of Independence (), one of his four paintings that hang in the United States Capitol rotunda, is used on the reverse of the current United States two-dollar bill.
Early life and education
[edit]Trumbull was born in Lebanon in Connecticut Colony in , to Jonathan Trumbull and Faith (née Robinson) Trumbull. His father served as governor of Connecticut from to Both sides of his family were descended from early Puritan settlers of Connecticut.
He had two older brothers, Joseph Trumbull, the first commissary general of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and Jonathan Trumbull Jr., who b
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The complicated life and legacy of John Trumbull, whose paintings portrayed both the struggle and the principles that distinguished America’s founding moment
“Nuanced, engaging and incisive.”—Stephen Brumwell, Wall Street Journal
“Succinct, both scholarly and direct. . . . Wonderful art history.”—Brian T. Allen, National Review
John Trumbull (–) experienced the American Revolution firsthand—he served as aid to George Washington and Horatio Gates, was shot at, and was jailed as a spy. He made it his mission to record the war, giving visual form to what most citizens of the new United States thought: that they had brought into the world a great and unprecedented political experiment. His purpose, he wrote, was “to preserve and diffuse the memory of the noblest series of actions which have ever presented themselves in the history of man.” Although Trumbull’s contemporaries viewed him as a painter, Trumbull thought of himself as a historian.
Richard Brookhiser tells Trum
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The Online Books Page
Online Books by
John Trumbull
(Trumbull, John, )
Books from the extended shelves:
- Trumbull, John, Autobiography, reminiscences and letters of John Trumbull, from to (Wiley and Putnam;, ), also by Yale University. Art Gallery (page images at HathiTrust)
- Trumbull, John, Catalog of paintings (B.L. Hamlen, ), also by Yale University. Gallery of Fine Arts (page images at HathiTrust)
- Trumbull, John, Catalogue, &c. &c. $c. ([London] : [J. Christie], [], ), also by Mr. Christie (page images at HathiTrust)
- Trumbull, John, Catalogue of paintings (J. Peck, ), also by Yale University. Art Gallery (page images at HathiTrust)
- Trumbull, John, Catalogue of paintings, by Colonel Trumbull : including nine subjects of the American Revolution, with near two hundred and fifty portraits of persons distinguished in that important period : painted by him from the life : now exhibiting, at the gallery of the American Academy of the Fine Arts, Chambers