The First Artist in America The Life and Times of John Vanderlyn (2017)

John Vanderlyn is pronounced to be the first painter that now is or ever has been in America Aaron Burr 1802 The First Artist in America is the story of John Vanderlyn the celebrated artist who portrayed seven American presidents rose to fame as a 19th century neoclassical history painter and died penniless and alone in his hometown of Kingston New York