
The First Artist in America: The Life and Times of John Vanderlyn
2017β
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John Vanderlyn β...is pronounced to be the first painter that now is or ever has been in America.β ~ Aaron Burr, 1802 βThe First Artist in Americaβ is the story of John Vanderlyn, the celebrated artist who portrayed seven American presidents, rose to fame as a 19th century neoclassical history painter, and died penniless and alone in his hometown of Kingston, New York.






































