Artist: Ralph Earl (1751 - 1801)
Nationality: American
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Ralph Earl spent his career working in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont and also in England from 1778 to 1785. This period overseas was a result of his loyalty to the British government, putting his life in danger during the American Revolution. He painted landscapes, battle scenes and portraits, focusing mostly on the latter. He studied with Benjamin West in London, giving him a more sophisticated style. His portraits were praised for depicting the New England character in a blunt manner, putting emphasis on personal possession. Earl left both his wives, was imprisoned for debt, and died from alcoholism.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Ralph Earl, Portrait of a Lady, 1784
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Ralph Earl, Mrs. David Hubbell (Sarah Perry Hubbell), 1795
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Elijah Boardman, 1789 Ralph Earl (1751-1801)AmericanOil on canvas; 83 x 51 in. (210.8 x 129.5
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Ralph Albert Blakelock, Cora Bailey (later Mrs. Ralph Blakelock), 1875
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Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl - Family Portrait 1804 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Ralph Earl - Mrs. Guy Richards of New London 1793 oil on canvas Florence Griswold Museum American
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Ralph Earl - Elijah Boardman 1789 oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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Ralph Earl - Moses Seymour, Jr. 1789 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Ralph Earl - Daniel Boardman 1789 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Ralph Earl - Dr. David Rogers 1788 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Ralph Earl - Thomas Earle 1800 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Ralph Earl - Lucy Bradley 1794 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Ralph Earl, American, 1751-1801 Huldah Bradley 1794 Oil on canvas 112.08 x 81.6 cm (44
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Ralph Earl, American, 1751-1801 Ezra L"Hommedieu 1792 Oil on Canvas 84.14 x 68.9 cm (33
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John Singer Sargent - Mrs. Ralph Curtis 1898 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Thomas Gainsborough - Ralph Bell 1772-74 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art British
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Ralph Earl - Mary Smith Booth (1744-1824) 1790 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Ralph Chesse, The Village, 1941
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Francis Alexander - Ralph Wheelock's Farm c. 1822 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Ralph Pearson, Talpa, 1919
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Ralph Pearson, Taos Pueblo, 1920
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Ralph Barton, I know it"s here somewhere... for College Humor, 1930
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Ralph Pearson, Duran Chapel., 1919
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Ralph E. W. Earl - Portrait of General Andrew Jackson, President of the United States 1833 oil on canvas Brooks Museum American
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Ralph Wood, Toby Jug, 1750 - 1760
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Ralph Wood, Toby Jug, circa 1740
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Ralph Wood, Toby Jug with lid, circa 1750
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Ralph Wood, Toby Jug, circa 1740
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Ralph Chesse, Family Group, 1941
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Wenceslas Hollar, Ralph Venning, 1674
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - The 7th Earl of Northampton n.d. oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum Italian
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Ralph Wood, Toby Jug, circa 1740
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Gardner Cox - Earl Warren 1963 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Ralph Earl - Martha Tennent Rogers (Mrs. David Rogers) and Her Son, probably Samuel Henry Rogers 1788 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Peter Van Valkenburgh, Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1938
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Ralph Hammer Scharf, Margaret, 20th century
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George Vertue, Portrait Rev. Ralph Taylor, S.T.P., 1723
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Marvin Spohn, Me & Elizabeth & Stella & Ralph, 1969
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Ralph Pearson, San Filipe Church, 1922
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Ralph Fabri, Americana, 19th - 20th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Exeter School of Art & Design, University of Plymouth: CALL FOR PAPERS: SYMPOSIUM EXETER (UK) SEPTEMBER 7-9, 2000
Abstracts should be 300 words plus 3-line CV, academic affiliation and contact address, and received by 8th May. Send to:
Malcolm Miles, Reader, School of Art & Design, University of Plymouth, Earl Richards Road North, Exeter EX2 6AS, U...
Tampa Museum of Art: Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Relying on personal initiatives rather than established conventions, these painters and sculptors convey exceptional ingenuity, insight, wit, and reverence through their work. Rev. Howard Finster, Thornton Dial, Earl Cunningham, and Purvi...
National Gallery of Art: An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum
This installation will present more than 300 masterpieces from Winterthur's collection of 85,000 objects, including furniture, textiles, pa...
National Gallery of Art: Irving Penn: Platinum Prints
In 2002 and 2003 Penn gave the National Gallery of Art 17 unique collages known as the Platinum Test Materials and 85 platinum/palladium prints as well as archival material. Spanning most of Penn’s innovative career from the 1940s to the late 1980...
National Gallery of Art: All the Mighty World: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860
All the Mighty World: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860 will be on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, February 1 through April 24, 2005, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 24 through August 21, 2005. The exhibit...
Centre for Contemporary Photography: Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Exhibition + Award
The exhibition presents the work of fifteen finalists selected from over 250 entries by a panel of artists and arts professionals, and will subsequently tour capital city and regional galleries from 2001-2003. The work explores a range of document...
Columbus College of Art and Design: Tupperware® Party: Past, Present, Future
From January 25 through March 21, 2003 in CCAD's Canzani Center Acock Gallery. Tupperware Party will include more than 50 years worth of Tupperware designs and memorabilia. Tupperware products-including Wonderlier® Bowls, Bell Tumblers, Jel-Rin...
Figureworks: Robert Shetterly: Annunciation Series -- Eric Weil: Mixed-media Sculpture
Robert Shetterly says of his work, "I make pictures to keep myself from being overwhelmed by the world. I consider my work to be a contemplation of what it means tobe alive - a celebration of the imagination, the ambiguities of human behavior, ...
National Gallery of Art: Art Nouveau, 1890-1914
At the National Gallery of Art this vibrant fin-de-siècle era will be celebrated with an overview of highlights from the World's Fair of 1900 in Paris, followed by sections presenting sources of the ne...
Bayly Art Museum: Expanded Visions: Ceramic Art in the 1970s-80s
Another storyteller, Jack Earl, uses whiteware and china paint to make a picture three-dimensional and put it in some kind of situation, according to Foley. David Gilhooly, whose art is grounded in myth making, centers his w...
National Gallery of Art: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788
The exhibition was organized by Tate Britain--where it has been on view since October 24, 2002, and will close on January 19, 2003--in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where it will be ...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Star Wars: The Magic of Myth
The exhibition was organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibitions Service. All artifacts in the exhibition are on loan from the archives ...
Riffe Gallery: Coming of Age: Ohio Arts Council Fellowship Recipients
Coming of Age will be on display October 25, 2001 through January 6, 2002. The exhibition is the second in a series of four Riffe Gallery exhibitions that celebrates Ohio's diverse and talented artists as part of the YEAR OF THE ARTIST, July 2...
NEA, NEH: House Narrowly Defeats Move to Increase NEA/NEH Funds
While the NEA/NEH amendment was defeated, the close vote was a positive development moving Congress away from debating the agencies' survival to restoring them to more healthy levels of funding (historic highs for the agencies were $179.5 million ...
National Gallery of Art: Jasper Johns: Prints from Four Decades
The exhibition opens in conjunction with The Unfinished Print and American Naive Paintings, which will be on view during the same period in adjacent galleries. ...
National Gallery of Art: The Unfinished Print: Works by Rembrandt, Piranesi, Degas, Munch and Others
The exhibition opens in conjunction with Jasper Johns: Prints from Four Decades and American Naive Paintings, which will be on view during the same period in adjacent galleries. ...
National Gallery of Scotland: Rosslyn: Country Of Painter And Poet

For over 200 years, Rosslyn has attracted countless artists, writers and antiquaries and by the nineteenth century the Castle, Chapel and Glen were placed firmly on the tourist map of Scotland. The chapel was built in 1446 by Sir William St....
National Gallery of Art: Best Impressions: 35 Years of Prints and Sculpture from Gemini G.E.L.
From its beginnings, Gemini has introduced cutting-edge methods of fabrication to realize the visions of its invited artists, said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. We are pleased to present these innovative works by some of t...
National Gallery of Art: Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Ein Schauspiel, 3X (1998-2001), by Frank Stella Installed
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Ein Schauspiel, 3X is one of the great sculptures of our age and will complement the family of Stella's works that we already have in the ...
National Gallery of Art: FROM REMBRANDT TO RUBENS AND MONET TO MATISSE, EXHIBITION PRESENTS ACQUISITIONS OF THE LAST DECADE AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY
The exhibition is made possible by Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications. The Foundation is also funding the development of a ...
National Gallery of Art: Deceptions and Illusions: Five Centuries of Trompe l’Oeil Painting
This exhibition is generously supported by Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk. It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. "Throughout the ages, trompe l’oeil has always been one of the most popular genre...
San Diego Museum of Art: The Magician and the Mechanic: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, the Early Years
The prints on display are drawn from SDMA’s collection with additional works generously lent by the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, all of which were donated to their respective museums by San Diego residents Martin and Enid Gleich. Curated...
National Galery of Art: From Schongauer to Holbein: Master Drawings from Basel and Berlin
The exhibition is made possible by UBS AG. The Gallery has long been devoted to collecting and exhibiting early German and Swiss art, and this rich and varied showing o...
University of Richmond Museums, Marsh Gallery: Hannelore Baron: Works from 1967 to 1987
It is her works fragility, both physical and spiritual-the sense of quiet, private anguish expressed through forlorn materials and ...
National Gallery of Art: Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure
"The Gallery presented in 1994 a major exhibition of de Kooning's paintings. Now, we are extremely pleased to be showing his drawings," said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. "They reveal de Kooning grappling with issues that ...
National Gallery of Art: The Drawings of Annibale Carracci
The exhibition is made possible by Republic National Bank of New York, and Safra Republic Holdings S.A., Luxembourg. Annibale Carracci is justly celebrated for his na...
National Gallery of Art: MASTERWORKS HONORS PAUL MELLON'S LEGACY OF GIFTS TO THE NATION; INCLUDES 14 RARE DEGAS WAXES
This exhibition honors Paul Mellon, whose generosity and service to the nation are unsurpassed, said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. The full breadth of Mr. Mellons gifts ...
National Gallery of Art: The Impressionists at Argenteuil
The dazzling, lyrical paintings that make up this exhibition reflect the richness of the impressionists' responses to the Argenteuil site and the complex dialogue that developed among them as they studied...
National Gallery of Art: THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY: CELEBRATED DISCOVERIES FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The exhibition is sponsored by Eastman Kodak Company. After its showing at the National Gallery, the exhibition will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1...
National Gallery of Art: Stunning Still Lifes by Anne Vallayer-Coster, Foremost 18th-Century Painter in Court of Marie-Antoinette
Organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, this exhibition has its debut at the National Gallery of Art, where it opens on June 30 and closes on September 22, 2002. More than 40 of Vallayer-Coster's paintings are presented from private collections and...

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