FEKE, ROBERT

fēk, c.1705–c.1750, early American portrait painter, b. Oyster Bay, N.Y. He practiced in Newport, R.I., New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston. He probably studied in Europe for a time, but soon developed a very personal painting style. His best-known portrait of Isaac Royall and his family (Harvard) shows the influence of John Smibert. His masterpiece of characterization is the portrait of Reverend Thomas Hiscox (1745; The Breakers, Newport, R.I.). His works are noted for their charm and elegance of costume. There are portraits by him at the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine; and the Redwood Library, Newport, R.I. Feke disappeared at sea in 1750.

See study by H. W. Foote (1930).

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Index to Reproductions of American Paintings: A Guide to Pictures Occurring in More Than Eight Hundred Books
Book by Isabel Stevenson Monro, Kate M. Monro; H. W. Wilson, 1948
Subjects: Painters--United States, Painting, American
...Feke, Eleanor Cozzens 1718-1804 Feke, R. Mrs Robert Feke FEKE, Robert, 1705?-1750 Charles Apthorp OCl Bayley. Five...Picture bk no 1 OCl. Twentieth anniversary ex WMAA. Robert Feke Edward Shippen jr Foote. Robert Feke Gershom Flagg...
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Early American Painting
Book by Frederic Fairchild Sherman; The Century Co., 1932
Subjects: Painters--United States, Painting, American, Portrait Painters--United States
...Governor Belchers nephew, and Olivers friend, Samuel Sewall, besides the canvas of 1738 mentioned above. ROBERT FEKE Robert Feke, born at Oyster Bay, Long Island, in 1705, is the earliest native-born artist whose portraits, to any considerable...
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Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
Book by Gerard C.Wertkin, Lee Kogan; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Folk Art--United States--Encyclopedias
...Fasanellas City . New York, 1972. PAUL S.DAMBROSIO FEKE, ROBERT (c. 1707-c. 1751) of Oyster Bay on Long Island...the Royall portrait are somewhat stiff and linear, but Feke would develop rapidly and impressively. Indeed, his...
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Critical Issues in American Art: A Book of Readings
Book by Mary Ann Calo; Westview Press, 1998
Subjects: Art, American--Themes, Motives
...44 , 51 Feininger, Lyonel , 280 Feke, Robert , 36 portraits, 36 - 37 , 39 , 41...Adirondacks Tait painting , 158 Goldwater, Robert, 286 Gombrich, 11 Goodrich, Lloyd...Oscar, 6 Hale, Nancy, 235 Hale, Robert , 2 Hall, Francis, 67 Hallowell...
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The American Artist and His Times
Book by Homer Saint-Gaudens; Dodd, Mead, 1941
Subjects: Art--United States--History, Artists--United States
...246 , 309 Feininger, Lyonel, 226 Feke, Robert, 2 , 20 , 22 - 23 , 28 , 33 figure...George, 130 , 131 - 132 Fulton, Robert, 66 Garber, Daniel, 168 , 257...165 Gignoux, Regis, 126 Gilmore, Robert collector , 100 Giorgione, 205 Githens...
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TImes and Tides: (Includes Related Articles and Two Book reviews)(Cross Currents)(Column)
Magazine article by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto; History Today, Vol. 47, August 1997
Subjects: Art and state--Analysis, Newport, Rhode Island--History, Slave trade--United States
...classical propriety, pillared and pedimented, such as the Athenaeum and the Touro Synagogue. Among the portraitists, Robert Feke was an ex-mariner and Samuel Smith doubled as a maker and vendor of navigational instruments. The look they and their...
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The Ninth Motion Picture Seminar of the Northwest
Magazine article by Herb A. Lightman; American Cinematographer, Vol. 57, July 4, 1976
...appearance of producer/director Robert Wise as keynote speaker for...respected and liked by his crews as Robert Wise - which says it all...Can It Be Cut To 30 - Joe Feke 3:20PM 3:45PM "STEADICAM...Center Keynote Speaker Mr. Robert Wise, Producer/Director 2...


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Feke, Robert
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FEKE, ROBERT fek, c.1705 c.1750, early American portrait painter, b. Oyster Bay...College, Brunswick, Maine; and the Redwood Library, Newport, R.I. Feke disappeared at sea in 1750. See study by H. W. Foote (1930...
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American Art
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Vanderlyn from Holland. Joseph Badger , Robert Feke , Ralph Earle , John Trumbull , and...freedom in technique was headed by Robert Henri , John Sloan , and George Luks...Lichtenstein , Jasper Johns , and Robert Rauschenberg . Other nonobjective...


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