__NOTOC__ Christian Gullager (March 1, 1759 – November 12, 1826) was a Danish-American artist specializing in portraits and theatrical scenery in the late 18th century. He worked in Boston, Massachusetts,Boston Directory, 1789 New York, and Philadelphia.
Biography Amandus Christian Gullager was born to Christian Guldager Prang and Marie Elisabeth Dalberg in Copenhagen. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he was awarded a silver medal in 1780. Gullager moved to Boston by 1786. In 1792, Gullager established a drawing academy at his house on Tremont Hill in Boston. Gullager worked in Newburyport in 1786, in Boston from 1789 to 1797, in New York City from 1797 to 1798, in Philadelphia 1798–1805, and in New York again in 1806–07. He died during 1826 in Philadelphia and was buried at the Second Presbyterian Church Yard, Third and Arch Streets.
Selected works In America, portrait subjects included president George Washington.Herald of Freedom, Nov. 11, 1789 He designed scenery for Boston's Federal Street Theatre.Polar Star (Boston), Jan. 25, 1797Philadelphia Gazette, June 17, 1796
Gullager created portraits of:
Joseph Ball Captain Offin Boardman, about 1787Worcester Art Museum. Christian Gullager (1759–1826). Retrieved 2010-07 Benjamin Greenleaf Boardman, about 1787 Sarah Greenleaf Boardman (Mrs. Offin Boardman) ca.1787 Reverend Eli Forbes John May (1748–1812), 1789American Antiquarian Society. Portraits at the American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved 2010-07 David Plumer Mary Sargent Plumer (Mrs. David Plumer) Elizabeth Sewall Salisbury (Mrs. Samuel Salisbury), 1789 Martha Saunders Salisbury (Mrs. Nicholas Salisbury), 1789 Stephen Salisbury, 1789 Daniel Waldo (1724–1808), 1789 Rebecca Salisbury Waldo (Mrs. Daniel Waldo), 1789 George Washington, 1789 Abigail Leonard West (1796–1879), c. 1796 David West, Jr. (1790–1825), c. 1796 David West, Sr. (1765–1810), c. 1796 Jeremiah Williams, ca.1780Smithsonian American Art Museum. Gullager . Retrieved 2010-07 Mathilda Davis Williams, ca.1791
Image gallery
References
Further reading Christian Gullager, 1759–1826 (Worcester Art Museum) June 18–September 6, 1949. Christian Gullager: Portrait Painter to Federal America (National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.) April 23–September 20, 1976.
External links
Historic New England. Gullager's portrait of Reverend Eli Forbes.