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COL. JOHN TRUMBULL’S FORMATIVE YEARS

American History, Nothing But Trumbull, TrumbullApril 15, 202646Views 0Likes 0Comments

Col. John Trumbull was the fifth child of Gov. Jonathon Trumbull and his wife Faith, pictured above in a print of a painting from 1778 housed as per the Conneticut Historical Society, artist not listed. As it is often with the youngest child of a large family, he had many hours to fill on his…

TRUMBULL’S “THE SURRENDER OF GENERAL BURGOYNE”

American History, Nothing But TrumbullMarch 12, 2026115Views 0Likes 0Comments

The fourth painting of Trumbull’s that is housed in the Capitol Rotunda is “The Surrender of General John Burgoyne.” General Burgoyne shares the central position with General Horatio Gates of the Continental Army. Authentic to the battlefield, this painting records well what a Revolutionary battlefield looked like, sounded like, and felt like. This is likely…

TRUMBULL’S “THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS”

American History, Nothing But TrumbullMarch 11, 202685Views 0Likes 0Comments

The third painting of Washington by Trumbull to hang in the Captiol Rotunda is called “The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis” and depicts a real event that happened during the Revolution in 1781. This painting confuses people. The first confusing detail is that Cornwallis is absent from the painting that bears his name. The second…

TRUMBULL’S “RESIGNATION OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON”

American History, TrumbullMarch 11, 2026105Views 0Likes 0Comments

In addition to the well-known “Declaration of Independence,” Trumbull also painted two important paintings of Washington that hang in the Capitol Rotunda. The painting of Washington handing in his resignation called, “The Resignation of General Washington" is another study of the social register in Revolutionary America. This painting, besides the significance of who is represented,…

BORIS SCHATZ- MAN ON A MISSION

Art & Divine Imagination, Bezalel, Boris Schatz, Judaica, ReligiousMarch 10, 202685Views 0Likes 0Comments

Boris Schatz was born in Lithuania in 1866. An artist in his own right, he lived and worked in many different cities across Europe before settling down in Jerusalem in 1906. This is the year he started Bezalel. Sometimes more visionary than artist, Schatz admired Italian renaissance work and imagined Art Nouveau as a revival…

FOUNDING OF THE BEZALEL SCHOOL OF ARTS & CRAFTS

Art & Divine Imagination, Bezalel, Boris Schatz, Judaica, ReligiousMarch 10, 202658Views 0Likes 0Comments

In 1906, Boris Schatz founded the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem. Schatz named his school after Bezalel from the Bible who was the architect and artist of the Tabernacle and Ark of the Covenant. Schatz envisioned his school to play just as important a role. This school would teach all types of…

JUDAIC ART & ZIONISM

Art & Divine Imagination, Judaica, micrography, Rabbi Schmuel Schulman, Religious, zionismMarch 4, 202653Views 0Likes 0Comments

When speaking about Judaic art, you cannot start at the beginning. It would take too long! Instead, the best place to start will be near the end of the nineteenth century. This is the time in history that Zionism was beginning to gain real traction. Zionism is the belief that Jewish people have a God…

THE TURNING ROAD OF FAUVISM

Andre Derain, Fauvism, Variety is the Spice of LifeMarch 3, 2026141Views 0Likes 1Comment

Andre Derain, a French painter and one of the founders of the short lived Fauvist movement, painted a color charged scene of the French countryside named “The Turning Road, L'Estaque” in 1906. This painting was created in what was the last few minutes of an art movement that lasted only between 1901 and 1906 and…

COL. JOHN TRUMBULL- EARLY CHILDHOOD

Trumbull, UncategorizedFebruary 25, 2026108Views 1Like 0Comments

John Trumbull. Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (1710–1785), LL.D. 1779. Young Trumbull did have two incidents in childhood that bear mentioning. The first was that as a baby, he would suffer convulsions, often having three of four a day. By the time he was nine months old, the convulsions had been increasing in both number and severity…

COL. JOHN TRUMBULL- AUSPICIOUS BEGINNINGS

Trumbull, UncategorizedFebruary 25, 202661Views 0Likes 0Comments

. The Trumbull family had their roots in early America from the time the colonies began. There is a John Trumbull listed on documents starting in 1640 in Massachusetts who hailed from England, near the Scottish border. He was believed to be the first ancestor of Col. John Trumbull to live in America from their…

COL. JOHN TRUMBULL- GEORGE WASHINGTON PRINT

TrumbullFebruary 24, 202680Views 0Likes 0Comments

Trumbull was not only painting religious scenes with West, however. Trumbull always had an inflated sense of self-importance and during this time in England, he also completed the painting of a full-length portrait of George Washington overlooking a bluff. Then, when the painting was completed, contracted to make prints to sell to fund relief for…

COL. JOHN TRUMBULL- ENGLAND 1780’s

TrumbullFebruary 24, 2026101Views 0Likes 0Comments

After the Revolutionary War period in Col. John Trumbull’s life, another exciting chapter began. Trumbull moved to England, even as the Revolutionary War continued, and he began studying under Benjamin West. West was an American painter who had begun life as a portrait painter but had progressed in talent and respect enough to now be…