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The painting also depicts all congressmen, including those who were not actually present or who opposed the Declaration and did not sign. In creating this romanticized interpretation of recent American history, Trumbull felt his primary goal was not absolute truth but, rather, authenticity for the portraits; he spent thirty-four years obtaining The painting Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot (3.7 by 5.5 m) oil-on-canvas work by American John Trumbull; it depicts the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. It was based on a much smaller version of the same scene, presently held by the Yale University Art Gallery. Trumbull painted many of the figures in the picture from life, and visited How was the American Revolution portrayed within art, and to what extent were the era’s artists involved in the struggle? One American-born artist, John Trumbull, adopted a much more definite and proclaimed political opinion within his art as opposed to the political ambiguity displayed within the works of other American-born artists. Whereas George Washington appears in the rotunda in the Trumbull painting General George Washington Resigning His Commission (1824) as commander-in-chief, the focus here will be on the representation of the group of founders in The Declaration of Independence (1818), also by Trumbull, who painted a series of four rotunda paintings. This twelve-by-eighteen-foot painting by John Trumbull, entitled Declaration of Independence, depicts the presentation of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress on June 28, 1776. Thomas Jefferson, at center, places the document before the president of the Congress, John Hancock. John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1818 (placed 1826), oil on canvas, 12′ x 18′ (Rotunda, U.S. Capitol) The painting that resulted from this collaboration between artist and politician has become one of the most famous images in the history of American art. What actually happened on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia was a much more low-key gathering than what the famous John Trumbull painting shows. This painting depicts the moment on June 28, 1776, when the first draft of the Declaration of Independence was presented to the Second Continental Congress. The document stated the principles for which the Revolutionary War was being fought and which remain fundamental to the nation. In 1817, Congress commissioned John Trumbull to paint four Revolutionary War scenes for the rotunda. Twenty years later, four other artists began filling the remaining spaces with scenes of America's settlement by Europeans. “The painting executed by Col. Trumbull, representing the Congress at the declaration of independence will, I fear, have a tendency to obscure the history of the event which it is designed to commemorate.” Portraying Independence July 3–September 16, 2019 John Trumbull’s portrayal of the signing of the Declaration of Independence gives our nation’s defining moment a human face and serves as a symbol of American independence. The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 belongs to a series begun in the 1780s, just after the Revolutionary War. It is “Declaration of Independence” and was meant by Trumbull “to preserve the resemblance of the men who were the authors of this memorable act.” Actually, it was on July 2d that the Congress declared the Colonies to be independent, and on July 4th the form only of that Declaration was determined. The painting features the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence — John Adams, Robert R. Livingston, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson (presenting the document), and Benjamin Franklin — standing before John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress. Title of Artwork: "Declaration of Independence" Artwork by John Trumbull Year Created 1817-1819 Summary of Declaration of Independence (3.7 by 5.5 m) oil on canvas by American artist John Trumbull, "Declaration of Independence" depicts the presentation of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot (3.7 by 5.5 m) oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. Trumbull's most famous painting depicts the moment when the first draft of the Declaration of Independence was presented to the Second Continental Congress in the Assembly Room in the Pennsylvania State House, Philadelphia. John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence by Dr. Bryan Zygmont Artwork Details John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1786–1820, oil on canvas, 20 7/8 x 31 inches / 53 x 78.7 cm (Yale University Art Gallery) Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot (3.7 by 5.5m) oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. It was based on a much smaller version of the same scene, presently held by the Yale University Art Gallery. [1] Trumbull painted many of the figures in the picture from life, and visited An 1820 engraving of Declaration of Independence by Asher B. Durand, who would later become a renowned landscape painter, helped to make it Trumbull’s most famous painting. Here we're looking at John Trumbull's painting "The Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776." This is one of the icons of the history of American art but possibly the highlight of the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, which was founded by John Trumbull in 1832.
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