Peter f rothermel biography of donald

Rothermel was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania in , although some date his birth earlier, in or He had a common-school education, and studied land surveying. His work De Soto discovering the Mississippi was purchased by the Art Union and marked his first success as an artist.

The noted painter was born in Nescopeck on July 8, His huge masterpiece, "Battle of Gettysburg," ordered by the State Legislature, is on display at.

During he was in Europe, residing for about two years in Rome, and visiting also the principal cities in England, France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy. On his return to the United States, he settled in Philadelphia again, and was elected a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He specialized in portraits and dramatic historical paintings.

His most famous paintings include Patrick Henry before the Virginia House of Burgesses and a massive oil painting of the Battle of Gettysburg finished in that hangs in the State Museum of Pennsylvania. Another of his more popular historical works is Columbus Before the Queen, painted in Rothermel's son, Peter F. Rothermel, Jr. Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico about Paul preaching on Mars Hill to the Athenians.

Initially, he worked as a sign painter, doing portraits on the side, but, as Dr. Mark Thistlethwaite, a noted Rothermel scholar, points out “in.

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