(Illustration by Tatiana Lozano / Washington Examiner; John Trumbull / Yale University Art Gallery) His early life seemed relatively idyllic, save for one incident where he fell down a flight of ...

It was his sisters’ needlework that first attracted John Trumbull to art. His father found the attraction inappropriate on two counts: first, young John had lost the use of one eye in a ...

Among the era’s artists, John Trumbull considered himself to be uniquely qualified by both talent and personal experience. In “Glorious Lessons,” Richard Brookhiser offers a nuanced ...

The State Department’s $100 million art collections are managed through the Office of Fine Arts and the Art in Embassies ...

Can art be biased? Explain. Play the following introductory video clip of author Richard Brookhiser talking about the childhood of Revolutionary War era painter John Trumbull. Direct your students ...

Bailey Stanton, Chicago lawyer and amateur art collector ... He was, in fact, “90% sure it was a Trumbull” (John Trumbull, 18th-Century American historical painter and portraitist).

Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution ... These are obstacles enough to appreciating Trumbull’s art. The most formidable, though, is not aesthetic but political: the ...

His first exhibition in 2013 was at the Butler’s former Trumbull branch in Howland ... In his 2018 Q&A with Zona, John Mellencamp said, “I think that art should surprise the artist.