The Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France has been commissioned to restore the 1779 painting from the US embassy to its original glory.

Charles Willson Peale was not just a painter; he was also a soldier, politician, and educator. His life and work offer us a vivid snapshot of Revolutionary America and its heroes. House Democrats ...

In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an American victory over the British at the 1777 Battle of Princeton.

was the daughter of James Peale, a noted miniaturist and the younger brother of Charles Willson Peale, one of the most successful artists in the early U.S. The Peale family could rightfully be ...

“People who are coming here will know who Charles Willson Peale is. “It’s more embarrassing than the misspelling of Frederick Douglass’ name.” SEPTA spokesperson Andrew Busch said ...

It had been left to the government in 1989 by an American arts patron and was described as a painting by Charles Willson Peale, the celebrated patriarch of America’s first artistic dynasty and f ...

is in fact the original Charles Willson Peale painting lost to the art world for 60 years," Denise Campbell Bauer, U.S. ambassador to France and Monaco, said in a statement. The painting hangs in ...

Three new art exhibits opening for Memorial Day offer a good opportunity to see another side of Annapolis, its visual arts. It's also a parade weekend in Annapolis, and time for alfresco dining to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) They were named Rembrandt, Rubens, Raphael and Titian but they weren’t European artists — they belonged to a dynasty of American painters descended from Charles Willson Peale. Peale ...

Washington at Princeton, Charles Willson Peale, 1779 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting ...