During the years of 1784-1800 there were many artists with different styles of art. Out of many of the artists there was Gilbert Stuart, Rembrandt Peale, and Giuseppe Vasi.   These two artists had an impact on society and influenced the society during that time.

                 Gilbert Stuart was born on December 3, 1755 in Stewart. Stuart began to show skills and interest as a portraitist painter in his early life. At the age of 13 or 14 he began to study classical art. Stuart was considered a portraitist. Gilbert Stuart was a fast painter and was able to produce a lot of portraits of many people. He produced many portraits and through out his career he made over 1,000 portraits of people. Some of the people he portrayed were the six first presidents of the U.S.A, Martha Washington, John Jay, Horatio Gates, and King George 111. Some of his techniques were that he only used few a colors and used a lot of reflections and shadows in his portraits. Gilbert Stuart did not blend his colors together. He was well known for not having to deal with sketches for his portraits'. He became London's leading portrait painter. Gilbert Stuart was well liked and remembered by over a thousand American political and social figures.

              Rembrandt Peale was born on February 22, 1778 in Bucks Country, Pennsylvania. He came from one of many Americas most famous artistic families. His father was a famous artist.   Peale was considered a portraitist as well, and spent most of his career in Philadelphia. He made his first portrait when he was 17 years old. He portrayed "Michael Angelo and Emma Clara Peale", "Painting of Thomas Jefferson", "Washington before Yorktown", and "Pearl of Grief". Rembrandt died on October 3, 1860. He died with so much fame and remarkable paintings that in today's history he is still talked about.

                 The art during the time period 1784-1800 was classical. Classical art places a high value on skill and beauty. Artist during this period of time, like Gilbert Stuart and Rembrandt Peale painted portraits of people. Stuart and Peale used their skills as portraitists to become successful during this period of time. The most famous people to portray in a painting were the presidents. The person who was portrayed the most by the artists was the first president, George Washington.

             These two artists are still up until this day remembered for their skills as portrait artists. They impacted society and were very important during their careers.

--Gilbert Stuart,Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Stuart

--Rembrandt Peale 1778-1860,Daniel Strong,ButterArt,http://www.butlerart.com/pc_book/pages/rembrand.htm