1818-1867,American painter. After an unsuccessful attempt to obtain an appointment at West Point Military Academy, he turned to an artistic career. He quickly earned recognition at the annual exhibitions of the National Academy of Design, New York, to which he was elected an associate member in 1839, with subjects taken from James Fenimore Cooper, such as the Turkey Shoot (c. 1837; Richmond, VA Mus. F.A.), and from Washington Irving, The Devil and Tom Walker (1838; Richard P. W. Williams priv. col.).   Related Paintings of Charles Deas :. | The Voyageurs | Man | The Voyageurs | The Devil and Tom Walker | A Group of Sioux, detail |
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Georg Caspar Prenner
painted The children of Count Vorontsov in 1755
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Henri Royer
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