Amerik. Malerfamilie, siehe Peale Charles Willson, Peale James, Peale Raphaelle, Peale Rembrandt.
(1741-1827) American artist. He was the head of a large family of painters. His portraits of leading figures in the Revolutionary War include the earliest known portrait of George Washington, painted 1772.
Peale was also a naturalist, interested in paleontology and taxidermy, and an inventor. Five of Peale's 17 children also became painters—Titian Peale (1799–1885), animal painter; Rubens Peale (1784–1865), still-life painter; Raphaelle Peale (1774–1825), still-life and portrait painter; Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860), portrait and history painter; and Franklin Peale (1795–1890), natural history painter. His brother James Peale (1749–1831) and James's daughters were portrait painters and miniaturists.
Chestertown (Md.) 1749, +Philadelphia 24.5.1831, Bruder und Schüler von Charles Willson Peale, schuf Miniaturen, aber auch Bildnisse und Stilleben, einige Landschaften.
Annapolis (Md.) 17.2.1774, +Philadelphia 5.3.1825, Sohn von Charles Willson Peale, malte Porträts und Miniaturen, Stilleben; gilt als Begründer der typisch amerik. Stillebenmalerei, mit bes. Vorliebe für illusionist. Täuschungen. Beispiel: 'Nach dem Bade' (1823; Kansas City, Gallery of Art).
Bucks County (Pa.) 22.2.1778, +Philadelphia 3.10.1860, Sohn von Charles Willson Peale, vollzog den Übergang vom romant. Porträt zur Historienmalerei und zu einem bürgerlichen Realismus.