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James Claypoole, Sr. (January 22, 1720/21 – September 21, 1784) was an American portrait painter, house painter and glazier.〔"The Claypoole family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies" - www.claypoolefamily.com〕〔Sellers, Charles Coleman (1950) 'James Claypoole - a founder of the art of painting in Pennsylvania'〕 He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,〔Christ Church Baptismal Registers, 1709-1768 - http://www.christchurchphila.org/Historic-Christ-Church/Collections-Genealogy/Genealogy/Genealogy-Search/Record-Detail/56/firstName__James/lastName__Claypoole/recordType__baptism/recordId__447/〕 the son of Joseph Claypoole (1677-1740/41)〔Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia, Burials, 1709-1760〕 and his second wife Edith Ward Claypoole (b. ?-d. 1737).〔〔Christ Church Philadelphia Baptismal Registers,1709-1768〕 He died in Philadelphia.〔The Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser, September 24, 1784〕 ==Artist training and works== In 1741 he was still apprenticed to Gustavus Hesselius〔Fleischer, Roland E. (1987) GUSTAVUS HESSELLIUS AND PENN FAMILY PORTRAITS: A Conflict Between Visual and Documentary Evidence. American Art Journal, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Summer)〕 (1682-1755), a Swedish born painter who resided in Philadelphia. It is probable that he painted the portraits of his brother, George Claypoole Sr. (1706-c1770) and sister-in-law, Hannah Claypoole (ca 1708-1745), as the portraits were in the household of George Claypoole, Sr., joiner and cabinetmaker, also shop keeper, Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Ca 1770 – portraits inherited by George and Hannah Claypoole's eldest son, George Claypoole Jr., (1733-1793), joiner and cabinet maker, of 65 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Ca 1793 – portraits inherited by George Jr. and Mary (Parkhouse) Claypoole’s eldest and surviving son, Dr. Willam Claypoole, (1758-1797) of Wilmington, North Carolina. 1797 – portraits inherited by William and Mary (Wright) Claypoole’s only surviving child, Ann Grainger Claypoole, (ca 1791-1832) of Wilmington, North Carolina. Owned since 1984 by the Colonial Dames of Wilmington, North Carolina.〔Unpublished research, 2011-2012.〕 He had two early students that went on to become well known artists: James Claypoole, Jr. (ca 1743-1822), and Matthew Pratt (1734-1805). He served as High Sheriff of Philadelphia from 1777-1780. Commissioned and paid $8 by Captain Abram Markoe in 1775 to paint a (flag ) for the Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse.〔Preble ,Geo. Henry (1880). History of the Flag of The United States of America. Boston, Massachusetts: A. Williams and Company.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Claypoole」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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