Lifelong chagrin falls resident church is considered one of the great self-taught artists of 19th-century america. A painter, sculptor, and musician by passion, he offered his appearance and enthusiasms in this highly imaginative self-portrait, surrounding himself with a squadron of miniature winged muses. These figures represent not only the traditional arts of painting, sculpture, and music - but church's profession of blacksmithing (identified as a crowned figure holding a hammer and anvil) as well. A savvy entrepreneur, church launched the first commercial art gallery in northeast ohio: church's art museum, at geauga lake, in 1888. Its inventory consisted entirely of his own work. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1875. Place of creation: America, Ohio, Cleveland, 19th century. Dimensions: Unframed: 73.3 x 59.7 cm (28 7/8 x 23 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on paper mounted to board. Depicted People: Henry Church. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Clevelandart 2012.30
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