Copley's Paul Revere.(Looking and Learning) From: School Arts | Date: September 1, 2004| Author: King, Judith | COPYRIGHT 2004 Davis Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Artist

John Singleton Copley was virtually self-taught yet became the greatest painter in eighteenth-century America. By the age of eighteen he had become a highly sought portrait painter. His paintings held a good likeness and a pleasing reflection of his sitters' wealth and social aspirations. Copley's dazzling technique and his knowledge of the latest London fashion contributed to his success.

Although Copley prospered, with many commissions and a big h...