Christian Gullager
Christian Gullager (March 1, 1759 – November 12, 1826) was a Danish-American artist specializing in portraits and theatrical scenery in the late 18th century. He worked in Boston, Massachusetts,[1] New York, and Philadelphia. [2]
Biography
Amandus Christian Gullager was born to Christian Guldager Prang and Marie Elisabeth Dalberg in Copenhagen. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he was awarded a silver medal in 1780. Gullager moved to Boston by 1786. In 1792, Gullager established a drawing academy at his house on Tremont Hill in Boston. Gullager worked in Newburyport in 1786, in Boston from 1789-1797, in New York City from 1797-1798, in Philadelphia 1798-1805, and in New York again in 1806–07. He died during 1826 in Philadelphia and was buried at the Second Presbyterian Church Yard, Third and Arch Streets. [3]
Selected Works
In America, portrait subjects included president George Washington.[5] He designed scenery for Boston's Federal Street Theatre.[6][7]
Gullager created portraits of:
- Joseph Ball
- Captain Offin Boardman, about 1787[8]
- Benjamin Greenleaf Boardman, about 1787[8]
- Sarah Greenleaf Boardman (Mrs. Offin Boardman) ca.1787[8]
- Reverend Eli Forbes
- John May (1748–1812), 1789[9]
- David Plumer
- Mary Sargent Plumer (Mrs. David Plumer)
- Elizabeth Sewall Salisbury (Mrs. Samuel Salisbury), 1789[8]
- Martha Saunders Salisbury (Mrs. Nicholas Salisbury), 1789[8]
- Stephen Salisbury, 1789[8]
- Daniel Waldo (1724–1808), 1789[8]
- Rebecca Salisbury Waldo (Mrs. Daniel Waldo), 1789[8]
- George Washington, 1789[8]
- Abigail Leonard West (1796–1879), c. 1796[9]
- David West, Jr. (1790–1825), c. 1796[9]
- David West, Sr. (1765–1810), c. 1796[9]
- Jeremiah Williams, ca.1780[10]
- Mathilda Davis Williams, ca.1791[10]
Image gallery
George Washington, 1789
Elizabeth Sewall Salisbury (Mrs. Samuel Salisbury), 1789 (Worcester Art Museum)
Design by Gullager for the Massachusetts Magazine; engraving by Samuel Hill, ca.1790
Mathilda Davis Williams, ca.1791 (Smithsonian)
Jeremiah Williams c. 1780
Advertisement for Gullager's "drawing academy," "at his house on Tremont Hill," Boston, 1792
References
- ↑ Boston Directory, 1789
- ↑ "Christian Gullager, Biography of the Artist". Worcesterart.org. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ↑ Barbara Wells Sarudy. "American Artist Christian Gullager 1759-1826". It's About Time. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Guide to the Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records". Presbyterian Historical Society. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ↑ Herald of Freedom, Nov. 11, 1789
- ↑ Polar Star (Boston), Jan. 25, 1797
- ↑ Philadelphia Gazette, June 17, 1796
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Worcester Art Museum. Christian Gullager (1759–1826). Retrieved 2010-07
- 1 2 3 4 American Antiquarian Society. Portraits at the American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved 2010-07
- 1 2 Smithsonian American Art Museum. Gullager. Retrieved 2010-07
Further reading
- Christian Gullager, 1759–1826 (Worcester Art Museum) June 18–September 6, 1949.
- Christian Gullager: Portrait Painter to Federal America (National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.) April 23–September 20, 1976.
External links
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- Historic New England. Gullager's portrait of Reverend Eli Forbes.