Thomas Sully

American | 1783 - 1872

Thomas Sully was an American 19th Century painter who was born in 1783. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Mint Museum of Art, Uptown have featured Thomas Sully's work in the past.Thomas Sully's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 10 USD to 1,082,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1999 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,082,500 USD for General George Washington, sold at Christie's New York in 2012. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 5,623 USD.Thomas Sully has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for HYPEBEAST in March 2025. The artist died in 1872.

Artist's alternative names: Thomas Sulley

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1807 portrait of George Gibson Pierce. Seated man at a desk with books and quill pin. Oil on canvas. Relined

By Thomas Sully

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Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

By Thomas Sully

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Portrait of Mrs. C. Ford ,1830

By Thomas Sully

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Andrew Jackson

By Thomas Sully

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1807 portrait of George Gibson Pierce. Seated man at a desk with books and quill pin. Oil on canvas. Relined

By Thomas Sully

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Attributed To Thomas Sully (1783-1872), A Portrait Of A Young Child

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Thomas Sully (1783-1872), Portrait Of Elizabeth Neagle - Thomas Sully

Thomas Sully (1783-1872), Portrait Of Elizabeth Neagle ,1867

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Attributed to Thomas Sully (1783-1872), A Portrait Of A Young Lady

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Past Exhibitions

American Made. Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection

Asheville Art Museum

Asheville | North Carolina | USA

Oct 18,2024 - Feb 10,2025

American Made

Huntsville Museum of Art

Huntsville | Alabama | USA

Mar 22,2024 - Jun 16,2024

American Made: Painting and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection

Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

Jacksonville | Florida | USA

Jun 09,2023 - Sep 24,2023

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Articles

HYPEBEAST 01/03/2025

You can see archive pieces from Alexander McQueen, COMME des GAR脟ONS, Dapper Dan, and more.

Daily Art Magazine 06/05/2024

Shakespeare once wrote, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.鈥�

Fine Art Connoisseur 17/11/2024

The Asheville Art Museum has announced the opening of 鈥淎merican Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection,鈥�...

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鈥� ..Throughout his career, Sully continued to paint leading actors of the day鈥� both in and out of character... 鈥�
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San Antonio Museum of Art

鈥� ..Through the lens of theater and literature, Sully鈥檚 portraits and numerous subject pictures take on a striking coherence, complementing each other and revealing not only the breadth but also the unity... 鈥�
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Milwaukee Art Museum

鈥� ..When viewed through the lens of theatre, Sully鈥檚 portraits and numerous subject pictures take on a striking coherence., complementing one another and revealing the breadth and unity of his artistic production... 鈥�
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San Antonio Museum of Art