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Feke, Robert

(?1705–?50) painter; born in Oyster Bay, N.Y. He was painting in Boston by 1741, and specialized in portraits. Influenced by John Smibert, he was an acclaimed formula painter, who was noted for his use of color and his depiction of textiles. His painting trademarks include women with similar faces and men who dominate the background, as seen in Isaac Royall and Family (1741).
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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John Smibert's The Bermuda Group (1729-1731, Yale University Art Gallery) and Robert Feke's Isaac Royall and His Family (1741, Harvard Law School, Harvard University) are the most prominent examples of this self-consciously Europeanizing practice.
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The best colonial painter of this period was Robert Feke. He probably studied in Europe at one time, but he developed a personal style of painting.
1745-1749: Publishing; arts and music; popular entertainment; architecture; theatre
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