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| Keywords: George Linen - Oval portrait of Mrs. Clara Bartlett Gregory Catlin.jpg Artwork Creator George Linen Oval portrait of Mrs Clara Bartlett Gregory Catlin wife of George Catlin ca 1840 oil linen masonite cm 14 0 13 0 object history credit line Born in Greenlaw Scotland George Linen came to America in 1834 and established a painting career first in New York City He had studied painting at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and worked as a portrait painter in England for about ten years before immigrating He opened a studio in New York City and became a successful painter of small-format portraits He exhibited regularly between 1837 and 1843 at the Apollo Association and the National Academy of Design Nine of his portraits were praised in the New-York Spectator on May 18 1837 as exceedingly well colored and carefully finished; and if Mr Linen is young in the profession as we suppose he is they give promise of very high rank for him hereafter Two years later he received a silver medal from the National Academy of Design for his portrait of Henry Clay Although he is known primarily as a portrait painter Linen also painted landscapes after retiring to a farm in New Jersey in 1868 <br/><br/>Clara Bartlett Gregory met and married George Catlin in her hometown of Albany New York in 1828 while he was there to paint Governor De Witt Clinton Despite her frail health she accompanied her husband on one of his five journeys west and supported his efforts to capture the likenesses of Native Americans She and their youngest son died while visiting Paris in 1845 a loss that devastated the artist accession number Christie's online 5546018 PD-old-100 George Linen Portrait paintings of women 1840 paintings | ||||
