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George Peter Alexander Healy

?–1894

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Paris

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About

Why this artist matters now

George Peter Alexander Healy was an American portrait painter. He was one of the most prolific and popular painters of his day, and his sitters included many of the eminent personages of his time. Born in Boston, he studied in Europe, and over his lifetime had studios in Paris and Chicago.

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (10)

Roxana Atwater Wentworth

1876 · oil paint

overall: 76.8 x 63.5 cm (30 1/4 x 25 in.) framed: 97.8 x 85.1 x 6.4 cm (38 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mrs. Albert J. Myer (Catherine Walden)

1876 · oil paint

30 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. (76.4 x 63.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Self-Portrait

1873 · oil paint

78.2 × 65.4 cm (30 7/8 × 25 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait

1873 · Oil on canvas

78.2 × 65.4 cm (30 7/8 × 25 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vinnie Ream

1870 · oil paint

31 3/8 x 22 3/8 in. (79.7 x 56.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mrs. William Tecumseh Sherman

1868 · oil paint

63 3/8 x 38 1/8 in. (160.9 x 96.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Abraham Lincoln

1860 · oil paint

overall: 76.2 × 63.5 cm (30 × 25 in.) framed: 100 × 87.3 × 14.6 cm (39 3/8 × 34 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mrs. Thomas B. Bryan

1856 · oil paint

30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

William C. Preston

1842 · oil paint

36 x 29 in. (91.4 x 73.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

1841 · oil paint

94 x 56 in. (238.8 x 142.2 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Artwork sources (4)

10 published of 24 catalogued · 24 with image

Smithsonian
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Art Institute Chicago
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45 entries · 1 sources

Mrs. Albert J. Myer (Catherine Walden)
1876 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
1841 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Roxana Atwater Wentworth
1876 · Nga · 5 prov
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Mrs. Thomas B. Bryan
1856 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Mrs. William Tecumseh Sherman
1868 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Abraham Lincoln
1860 · Nga · 5 prov
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Self-Portrait
1873 · AIC · 5 prov
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William C. Preston
1842 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Vinnie Ream
1870 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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