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John Singleton Copley, Boy with a Squirrel, 1765, oil on canvas, 30¼” x 25”, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

John Singleton Copley and the Painter’s Craft

Back in the Colonial era in America, people were suspicious of art. Art was aristocratic and European.  The colonies most definitely were not. It was not easy for artists like John Singleton Copley to find training or work.  Typically for … Continue reading