Benjamin West, the painter of destiny.
John Singleton Copley, the painter of early gentility.
Gilbert Stuart, the painter of presidents.
George Inness, the painter of nature’s moods.
Elihu Vedder, the painter of the mystic.
Winslow Homer, the painter of seclusion.
John La Farge, the painter of experiment.
James McNeill Whistler, the painter of protest.
John Singer Sargent, the painter of portraits.
Edwin Austin Abbey, the painter of the past.