18th-century American Art

18th-century American art take its roots from colonial art. In this century a new wave of artitst emerge.

Painters

American painters of 18th century are:

• Joseph Blackburn,
• Robert Feke,
• Joseph Badger,
• Jeremiah Theus,
• The Schuyler Limner,
• Daniel Hendrickson,
• John Greenwood,
• William Williams,
• Ashley Bowen,
• John Hesselius,
• The Gansevoort Limner,
• Matthew Pratt,
• John Singleton Copley,
• Benjamin West,
• Michele Felice Corne,
• Francis Guy, John Johnston,
• Joseph Steward,
• Benjamin Thompson,
• William Russell Birch,
• Gilbert Stuart,
• Charles Willson Peale,
• John Wollaston,
• Henry Benbridge,
• Winthrop Chandler,
• Samuel King,
• James Peale,
• Ralph Earl,
• John Trumbull,
• Mather Brown,
• Edward Savage,
• Frederick Kemmelmeyer,
• George M. Miller,
• John Durand,
• John Brewster Jr.,
• Charles Peale Polk,
• Ezra Ames,
• Robert Field,
• Benjamin Greenleaf,
• Henry Sargent,
• William Jennys,
• Raphaelle Peale,
• William Winstanley,
• William Dunlap (also writer).

Engravers

In this century we can mention two famous engravers; Amos Doolittle and Peter Rushton Maverick

Folk artists

Two famous folk artists were Joshua Johnson and Eunice Pinney.

Drafters

• James Sharples (Drafter),

Sculptor

• William Rush (Sculptor),

Miniaturists

• Benjamin Trott (Miniaturist).

Frakturists

• John Conrad Gilbert (Frakturist),

Silversmiths

• Paul Revere (Silversmith).

Architects

Three architects at the time were Thomas Jefferson (also politician), Charles Bulfinch and Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

See also

• American art
• Colonial American Art
• 19th-century American Art
• 20th-century American Art
• List of American artists before 1900
• List of American artists 1900 and after