Raphaelle Peale. Raphaelle Peale is considered the first professional American painter of still-life.
Peale was born in Annapolis, Maryland, the fifth child, though eldest surviving, of the painter Charles Willson Peale and his first wife Rachel Brewer. He grew up in Philadelphia, and spent his life there in a home at the corner of 3rd and Lombard.
Like his siblings, Raphaelle was trained by his father as an artist. Early in his career, the pair collaborated on portraits.
On some commissions, Raphaelle painted miniatures while his brother, Rembrandt, painted full-size portraits. In 1793, he made a trip to South America in order to collect specimens for the Peale Museum founded by his father.
He exhibited five portraits and eight other paintings, probably still lifes, at the Columbianum, Philadelphia in 1794. His first professional exhibition was in 1795 at the age of 21. In 1797, with his brother Rembrandt, he traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, where they attempted to establish another museum. The plan fell through, however, and Raphaelle returned to painting miniatures. He married Martha McGlathery at the age of twenty, and with her had eight children. For about two years beginning in 1803, Peale toured Virginia with the physiognotrace, a profile making machine, with which he was briefly successful. By 1806 he had begun to suffer the symptoms of arsenic and mercury poisoning brought on by
Peale was born in Annapolis, Maryland, the fifth child, though eldest surviving, of the painter Charles Willson Peale and his first wife Rachel Brewer. He grew up in Philadelphia, and spent his life there in a home at the corner of 3rd and Lombard.
Like his siblings, Raphaelle was trained by his father as an artist. Early in his career, the pair collaborated on portraits.
On some commissions, Raphaelle painted miniatures while his brother, Rembrandt, painted full-size portraits. In 1793, he made a trip to South America in order to collect specimens for the Peale Museum founded by his father.
He exhibited five portraits and eight other paintings, probably still lifes, at the Columbianum, Philadelphia in 1794. His first professional exhibition was in 1795 at the age of 21. In 1797, with his brother Rembrandt, he traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, where they attempted to establish another museum. The plan fell through, however, and Raphaelle returned to painting miniatures. He married Martha McGlathery at the age of twenty, and with her had eight children. For about two years beginning in 1803, Peale toured Virginia with the physiognotrace, a profile making machine, with which he was briefly successful. By 1806 he had begun to suffer the symptoms of arsenic and mercury poisoning brought on by
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