Jacob Eichholtz

Jacob Eichholtz, an early American painter, transitioned from a coppersmith to a prolific portraitist, capturing over 800 subjects in the Romantic Victorian tradition.

ABOUT

Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1776, Jacob Eichholtz began his professional life far from the art world, apprenticed as a coppersmith and later opening his own tinsmith shop. Despite his success in this trade, an "agreeable love of painting continually haunted" him. His early artistic endeavors included painting tinware and small profile portraits on wood panels, a natural extension of his craft that allowed him to explore his passion for drawing. Eichholtz's journey fr…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Jacob (?) Leman 1808 · National Gallery of Art Mr. Kline 1808 · National Gallery of Art Miss Leman 1808 · National Gallery of Art Joseph Leman 1808 · National Gallery of Art Mrs. Benjamin Schaum (Anna Maria Heckensweiler) 1809 · Art Institute of Chicago Mr. Benjamin Schaum 1809 · Art Institute of Chicago

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

James PealeAmerican Neoclassicism/Federal Art Thomas SullyRomanticism Gilbert StuartAmerican Neoclassicism/Federal Art