American Rembrandt

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American Rembrandt is the nickname of Eastman Johnson, a 19th-century American painter renowned for his realistic genre scenes and portraits.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genre painter
human
nickname
painter
portrait painter
activeYearsEnd early 1900s
activeYearsStart 1840s
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1824-07-29
dateOfDeath 1906-04-05
depicted African American life before the Civil War
Civil War subjects
rural New England life
scenes of everyday American life
educatedAt Royal Academy of Arts in Düsseldorf
studied in The Hague
ethnicGroup American of New England background
fieldOfWork painting
genre genre painting
portrait
influencedBy Dutch Golden Age painting
linked to: Dutch Golden Age

Rembrandt
linked to: Rembrandt van Rijn
knownFor portrait painting
realistic genre scenes
memberOf National Academy of Design
movement American Realism
linked to: Realism

Realism
nickname American Rembrandt
notableWork A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves
Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket
Negro Life at the South
The Old Stagecoach
The Pension Claim Agent
The Wounded Drummer Boy
placeOfBirth Lovell, Maine
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
refersTo Eastman Johnson
residence Nantucket, Massachusetts
linked to: Nantucket

New York City
sexOrGender male
style realism
workLocation New York City
Washington, D.C.

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Eastman Johnson nickname American Rembrandt
Eastman Johnson nickname American Rembrandt
subject linked to: American Rembrandt