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Ad Code: 2
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from Auction House Records.
Mr. and Mrs. William Vaughan of Aurora, Illinois
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in Cornwall, Vermont, Sheldon Peck became an itinerant portrait
painter. He was self-taught and did not sign his work, but his
distinctive style of using a long brushstroke flanked by two shorter
ones--resembling a rabbit's foot has become his signature. His early
works, family portraits in Vermont, were brushed onto wood panels, and
he used somber colors, dark backgrounds, and detailed clothing.
In
1828, he moved to a farm in Jordan, Onandaga County, New York and then
began to paint with brighter colors. He continued to paint half and
three-quarter length portraits on wood panels and added highly detailed
settings and an occasional landscape in the background.
In 1837,
he moved to Babcock's Grove, (Lombard by 1868), near Chicago, Illinois, and
became a farmer and community leader who opened a school for his own
and other children. Peck was an abolitionist and there is very good evidence that the house was a stop on the underground railroad. At the end of the farming season, he traveled and painted
portraits, and used canvas instead of wood panels. He also made his own
frames.
Sources:
Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art
additional information courtesy of Jeanne Schultz Angel, Director, Sheldon Peck Homestead, Lombard, Illinois
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