Christian Gullager

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Christian Gullager (March 1, 1759 – November 12, 1826)[1] was a Danish-American artist specializing in portraits and theatrical scenery in the late 18th century. He worked in Boston, Massachusetts,[2] New York, and Philadelphia. [3]

Biography[]

Amandus Christian Gullager was born to Christian Guldager Prang and Marie Elisabeth Dalberg in Copenhagen. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he was awarded a silver medal in 1780. Gullager moved to Boston by 1786. In 1792, Gullager established a drawing academy at his house on Tremont Hill in Boston. Gullager worked in Newburyport in 1786, in Boston from 1789-1797, in New York City from 1797-1798, in Philadelphia 1798-1805, and in New York again in 1806–07. He died during 1826 in Philadelphia and was buried at the Second Presbyterian Church Yard, Third and Arch Streets. [4][5]

Selected works[]

In America, portrait subjects included president George Washington.[6] He designed scenery for Boston's Federal Street Theatre.[7][8]

Gullager created portraits of:

Portrait of John May, 1789 (American Antiquarian Society)
  • Joseph Ball
  • Captain Offin Boardman, about 1787[9]
  • Benjamin Greenleaf Boardman, about 1787[9]
  • Sarah Greenleaf Boardman (Mrs. Offin Boardman) ca.1787[9]
  • Reverend Eli Forbes
  • John May (1748–1812), 1789[10]
  • David Plumer
  • Mary Sargent Plumer (Mrs. David Plumer)
  • Elizabeth Sewall Salisbury (Mrs. Samuel Salisbury), 1789[9]
  • Martha Saunders Salisbury (Mrs. Nicholas Salisbury), 1789[9]
  • Stephen Salisbury, 1789[9]
  • Daniel Waldo (1724–1808), 1789[9]
  • Rebecca Salisbury Waldo (Mrs. Daniel Waldo), 1789[9]
  • George Washington, 1789[9]
  • Abigail Leonard West (1796–1879), c. 1796[10]
  • David West, Jr. (1790–1825), c. 1796[10]
  • David West, Sr. (1765–1810), c. 1796[10]
  • Jeremiah Williams, ca.1780[11]
  • Mathilda Davis Williams, ca.1791[11]

Image gallery[]

  • George Washington, 1789

  • Elizabeth Sewall Salisbury (Mrs. Samuel Salisbury), 1789 (Worcester Art Museum)

  • Design by Gullager for the Massachusetts Magazine; engraving by Samuel Hill, ca.1790

  • Mathilda Davis Williams, ca.1791 (Smithsonian)

  • Jeremiah Williams c. 1780

  • Advertisement for Gullager's "drawing academy," "at his house on Tremont Hill," Boston, 1792

References[]

  1. ^ Marvin S. Sadik; Christian Gullager (1976). Christian Gullager: Portrait Painter to Federal America. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. p. 25.
  2. ^ Boston Directory, 1789
  3. ^ "Christian Gullager, Biography of the Artist". Worcesterart.org. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  4. ^ Barbara Wells Sarudy. "American Artist Christian Gullager 1759-1826". It's About Time. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "Guide to the Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records". Presbyterian Historical Society. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  6. ^ Herald of Freedom, Nov. 11, 1789
  7. ^ Polar Star (Boston), Jan. 25, 1797
  8. ^ Philadelphia Gazette, June 17, 1796
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Worcester Art Museum. Christian Gullager (1759–1826). Retrieved 2010-07
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d American Antiquarian Society. Portraits at the American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved 2010-07
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b Smithsonian American Art Museum. Gullager Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-07

Further reading[]

  • Christian Gullager, 1759–1826 (Worcester Art Museum) June 18–September 6, 1949.
  • Christian Gullager: Portrait Painter to Federal America (National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.) April 23–September 20, 1976.

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