Junius Brutus Stearns
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Junius Brutus Stearns (1810, Arlington, VT — 1885, Brooklyn, NY ) was an American
painter
best known for his five part Washington
Series (1847–1856).
He was member of the National Academy of Design
for several decades and member of its Council. His painting The Millennium was submitted as credentials for his admission, a painting discussed in great detail in the book Something Coming: Apocalyptic Expectation and Mid-Nineteenth-Century American Painting
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Stearns also painted a second series of Washington in which he depicted free blacks. Not as much is known about this series or the intentions of the artist in so portraying blacks on the eve of the Civil War, although there was supposition by Mack, et al..
United States
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Painting
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best known for his five part Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
Series (1847–1856).
He was member of the National Academy of Design
National Academy of Design
The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the "National Academy" – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E...
for several decades and member of its Council. His painting The Millennium was submitted as credentials for his admission, a painting discussed in great detail in the book Something Coming: Apocalyptic Expectation and Mid-Nineteenth-Century American Painting
Who was JB Stearns?
Despite that Butler Art reports Junius as having been born "Raphael Stearns", Junius Brutus Stearns was actually born Lucius Sawyer Stearns June 2, 1810, in Vermont. He died September 17, 1885, in Brooklyn, New York, in a horse and carriage accident after returning from a night at the theatre. He named two sons after him, one Lucius Stearns, and the other Junius Brutus Stearns, Jr. JB Stearns, Jr., served in the Civil War in the 44th Regiment. JB Stearns served in the Civil War as well, New York's 12th Regiment. He also had two other sons named Raphael and Michaelangelo, and a daughter, Edith Sylvia.Paintings
JB Stearns is most famous for his series on George Washington, written about extensively by Mark Thistlewaite. Of these his painting, Washington as a Statesman, depicts President Washington addressing the Constitutional Convention; it is the subject of a US Postage Stamp in 1937.|]
Stearns also painted a second series of Washington in which he depicted free blacks. Not as much is known about this series or the intentions of the artist in so portraying blacks on the eve of the Civil War, although there was supposition by Mack, et al..
External links
- Junius Brutus Stearns at ArtCyclopedia