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The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has awarded Alba Campo Rosillo a predoctoral residential fellowship.
During her residency, September 2019 to August 2020, Campo Rosillo will develop
her dissertation project "Artistry and Industry: The Portraiture of George
Peter Alexander Healy, 1830-1871." In her study, she focuses on the
portrait production of American artist George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894)
through the lens of industry, which functioned in Healy's career as a source of
patronage as well as inspiration, sparking the artist to redefine a genre and
rethink marketability. In three chapters, Campo Rosillo will analyze Healy's
format of the industrialist portrait; his practice of painting portraits on
speculation, copying portrait collections in bulk and commercializing prints
after these portraits; his use of new materials; and his participation in
industrial fairs to understand how he engaged with industrial culture.
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During her residency, Alba Campo Rosillo will develop her dissertation project "Artistry and Industry: The Portraiture of George Peter Alexander Healy, 1830-1871."
9/17/2019