John Vanderlyn

Born in Kingston, New York, in 1775, John Vanderlyn emerged as a significant American painter with a groundbreaking path. The grandson of colonial portrait painter Pieter Vanderlyn, John initially worked for a print seller in New York and received his first art instruction from Archibald Robinson. His talent caught the eye of Aaron Burr, who became his patron and sent him to study in Paris in 1796, making Vanderlyn the first American artist to pursue formal training in Franc…