亨利·彼得斯·格雷

1819-1877 American

古典風格肖像風俗畫家

亨利·彼得斯·格雷是一位美國肖像和風俗畫家。他出生於紐約市，曾在紐約師從丹尼爾·亨廷頓學習，隨後在羅馬和佛羅倫斯深造。 他於1842年當選為國家設計學院院士，並於1870年接替亨廷頓擔任院長，任職至1871年。 他晚年致力於肖像畫創作。他深受義大利古代大師的影響，以柔和的色彩和古典傾向進行繪畫。他的一幅著名畫作是名為《我們旗幟的誕生》（1875年）的寓言構圖作品。他在紐約市去世。 《希臘戀人》是格雷在義大利之旅後創作的，他在那裡深受義大利文藝復興藝術的影響。這幅畫在當時廣受好評，反映了十九世紀人們對古希臘羅馬古物的迷戀。 The Pride of the Village was based on Washington Irving’s story of the same name and is about a beautiful and simple country girl, the proverbial "pride of the village," who fell in love with an army officer. When the officer is transferred to another post, he asks that she accompany him, however, her pure mind was so upset by this indecorous suggestion that she pined away, surrounded by her devoted family. The painting shows her in her decline, possibly “thinking of her faithless lover?—or were her thoughts wandering to that distant churchyard, into whose bosom she might soon be gathered?”