Biography john singleton copley

John Singleton Copley
Born	1738 Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died	September 9, 1815 London, United Kingdom
Nationality	American
Field	Portraiture
Works	View Complete Works

There can be no doubt that the American Colonial-era artist John Singleton Copley was a natural talent.

If he hadn’t been born with the innate ability of an artist, it would have been extremely difficult to reach the high level of achievement he did in the art-poor environment in which he grew up.

Copley was born in the Boston area in 1738.

His mother and father were Irish immigrants.

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Even though Boston was already a thriving city, this was still relatively early in the timeline of the development of American culture. Boston was not yet a large or cultured city — it was a “backwater colonial town.”

There were few (if any) museums or institutions where great art was displayed.

That meant that Copley would have extremely minimal access to view and lea