Portrait of John Singleton Copley

John Singleton Copley Painting Reproductions 1 of 1

1738-1815

American Romanticism Painter

John Singleton Copley (circa July 3, 1738 - September 9, 1815) was a Boston-born American artist of the colonial period, famous for his portraits of important figures in colonial New England, particularly men and women of the middle class. His portraits were innovative in that they tended to portray their subjects with artifacts that were indicative of their lives.
John Singleton Copley was the son of an Irish immigrant named Richard Copley and his wife Mary Singleton Copley. His parents owned and ran a tobacco shop in Boston. By 1748, Richard Copley had died, though the exact date of this is also unknown, but on May 22, 1748, Mary Copley married Peter Pelham, an engraver and teacher, and moved with her son to a quieter and more respectable part of Boston. John Singleton Copley was only about 13 years old in 1751 when his stepfather, Peter Pelham, died.
In 1774, Copley migrated to England to continue painting there. He moved on to Paris, Genoa and Rome before returning to London nine months later.
He began to specialize in historical narrative scenes which are sometimes dismissed by critics as lacking the vibrancy of his earlier portraits and joined the influential artistic institution, the Royal Academy of Art. Copley demonstrated a genius, in both his American and British periods, for rendering surface textures and capturing emotional immediacy. He died in London in 1815.
Marriage
Copley was married to Susanna Farnham Clarke, whose father, Richard, was one of Boston’s richest merchants and local agent for the British East India Company. The couple had six children during their 45-year marriage
Boston's famous Copley Square is named for the artist and is situated in between the Boston Public Library, the John Hancock Tower, and the Trinity Church. The square bustles year round with concerts, vendors, skateboarders, and occasionally artists, enjoying the surprising sereneness of the city's tree lined square.

5 John Singleton Copley Paintings

The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781, 1783 by John Singleton Copley | Painting Reproduction

The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781 1783

Oil Painting
$9563
Canvas Print
$52.74
SKU: CJS-3384
John Singleton Copley
Original Size: 251.5 x 365.8 cm
Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Mrs. Daniel Denison Rogers, 1784 by John Singleton Copley | Painting Reproduction

Mrs. Daniel Denison Rogers 1784

Oil Painting
$1631
Canvas Print
$61.85
SKU: CJS-3385
John Singleton Copley
Original Size: 127 x 101.6 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA

Watson and the Shark, 1778 by John Singleton Copley | Painting Reproduction

Watson and the Shark 1778

Oil Painting
$3219
Canvas Print
$61.57
SKU: CJS-5694
John Singleton Copley
Original Size: 182.1 x 229.7 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Mrs. George Watson, 1765 by John Singleton Copley | Painting Reproduction

Mrs. George Watson 1765

Oil Painting
$2191
Canvas Print
$61.43
SKU: CJS-18206
John Singleton Copley
Original Size: 126.7 x 101.6 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA

Robert Hooper, c.1770/72 by John Singleton Copley | Painting Reproduction

Robert Hooper c.1770/72

Oil Painting
$1851
Canvas Print
$61.99
SKU: CJS-18207
John Singleton Copley
Original Size: 127 x 101.6 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA

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