William Hamilton, 1834 - Alexander Masterton and His Wife and Children - fine art print

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"Alexander Masterton and His Wife and Children" was created by the painter William Hamilton in 1834. The version of the work of art was made with the size: 64 x 80 in (162,56 x 203,2 cm) and was crafted with the technique of oil on canvas. Besides, the artpiece is in the the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's digital art collection located in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. We are pleased to state that this public domain artpiece is being included with courtesy of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (www.lacma.org).: . Moreover, alignment of the digital reproduction is in landscape format and has a ratio of 4 : 3, which means that the length is 33% longer than the width. The painter William Hamilton was an artist from the United Kingdom, whose style was mainly Rococo. The British painter lived for 50 years - born in the year 1751 in Chelsea, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, neighborhood and passed away in the year 1801.

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• Poster (canvas material): Our poster is a UV printed cotton canvas with a slight finish on the surface, which resembles the actual masterpiece. Please bear in mind, that depending on the absolute size of the canvas poster print we add a white margin between 2-6cm around the print, which facilitates the framing with your custom frame.
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Notes from the Curator: William R. Hamilton’s Alexander Masterton and His Wife and Children is a charming and rare example of the conversation piece in early American art. Most fully developed in 18th-century Britain, the conversation piece was a specific type of group portrait that usually depicted a family involved in some everyday activity. The Museum’s conversation piece is unusual for its large scale and the incorporation of landscape and genre painting into portraiture. Its presence in the 19 th-century American art gallery adds a new dimension to the Museum’s collection. When the Scottish-born William Hamilton arrived in this country in the early 1830s, he brought with him this tradition and used it to demonstrate his talent at the annual exhibitions of the National Academy of Design. His 1833 exhibits included an elaborate group portrait of the James Wotherspoon family; so impressive was the painting that Hamilton was elected an Associate member of the esteemed institution – a great honor for someone new to the New York art scene. The dearth of conversation pieces in American art is surprising since such family portraits reflected the mores of the rising middle class. The majority of the country’s artists until Hamilton ’s era created modest bus-and half-length depictions of single figures. Due to the expense full-length portraits were primarily the domain of public, commemorative commissions, while group portraits often appealed to private patrons, who were usually wealthy and prominent men. Alexander Masterton accumulated a fortune as one of the country’s major architect-builders, responsible for the construction of the Bank of the United States , the New York Customs House, and many other important public and private buildings in the Greek Revival style. His marble-quarrying firm was so successful that he could afford to buy a country home in Bronxville and to commission this elaborate portrait, two major status symbols of the period. Masterton may have actually brought Hamilton to this country, for he, like the artist and most of Hamilton ’s other sitters, was Scottish-born. Hamilton ’s group portraits were known for their outdoor locales and inclusion of picturesque detail. Prior to Hamilton ’s arrival, only Ralph Earl, working in late 18th-century Connecticut, repeatedly incorporated landscapes into his portraits. The setting of the Museum’s painting may have been Masterton’s Bronxville estate, for the portrait remained there with the family until the mid-1980s. Hamilton presented the Masterton family dressed in their Sunday best, enjoying simple country pleasures: the two youngest children remain under the protection of their parents, while the older sons fish, and the family dog takes a nap. The verdant green foliage, garland of flowers, and spacious forest glade all suggest a comfortable life of prosperity and leisure. Ilene Susan Fort. “Recent Acquisition.” At The Museum 31 (March 1993): 12.

Notes from the Contributor: Painting by William Hamilton (Museum: Los Angeles County Museum of Art)