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Ann (or Anne) Hall (1792–1863) was an American painter and miniaturist. Ann Hall has been described as the most successful miniature painter active in early nineteenth-century New York, renowned for her engaging portraits, especially of children and young brides.〔McCabe〕 Although many of her compositions strike modern audiences as sentimental,〔Rubinstein, p. 43.〕 her popularity during her lifetime and the significance of her career are attested by the high prices paid for her miniatures (often five hundred dollars per commission) and her election to the National Academy of Design, New York.〔Ellet, p. 300.〕 She has been credited for inspiring a renaissance in the technique of painting miniatures on ivory in the United States.〔 ==Early life== Hall was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, the sixth of eleven surviving children of Jonathan (or John) Hall, a prominent physician, and his wife, the former Bathesheba Mumford.〔Rubinstein, p. 42.〕 Her considerable artistic talent was encouraged by her family and at a young age she was experimenting with several different techniques, including cutting silhouettes, modeling figures in wax, and executing flower pictures and still lifes in watercolor and pencil.〔Dunlap, p. 161.〕 File:Ann Hall, Mrs. Jonathan Hall (Bathsheba Mumford), 1838.jpg|''Mrs. Jonathan Hall (Bathsheba Mumford), the Artist's Mother'', 1838. Miniature on ivory, 3 1/2 x 3 in. Private collection, Hillsborough, California File:Charles Henry Hall.jpg|''Charles Henry Hall, the Artist's Brother'', undated. Miniature on ivory, 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. On the art market in November 1946 File:Ann Hall, Eliza Hall Ward and Her Son, Henry Hall Ward.jpg|''Ann Hall, Her Sister Eliza Hall Ward, and Her Nephew Henry Hall Ward'', 1828. Miniature on ivory, 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in., New-York Historical Society, New York, New York 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「Ann Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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