When and where was George Peter Alexander Healy born?
George Peter Alexander Healy was born on the 15th of July 1813 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father served as an Irish captain in the merchant marine before dying when George was very young.
George Peter Alexander Healy was born on the 15th of July 1813 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father served as an Irish captain in the merchant marine before dying when George was very young.
Healy returned to the United States in 1855 and established his home and studio in Chicago, Illinois. He stayed based there for fourteen years until moving again in 1869.
Healy painted portraits of all the presidents of the United States from John Quincy Adams through Ulysses Grant. This massive series was created specifically for the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C.
In 1851, Healy completed Webster's Reply To Hayne which features one hundred and thirty individual portraits within a single large canvas. That work now hangs inside Faneuil Hall in Boston where it remains visible today.
Healy died on the 24th of June 1894 near family in Chicago after returning there in 1892. He rests at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston where his grave remains visible to visitors.