윌리엄 시드니 마운트(1807-1868)를 만나보세요. 롱아일랜드의 농촌 생활, 춤, 그리고 일상의 순간들을 사실적으로 묘사하여 찬사를 받은 미국의 선구적인 장르 화가입니다.
Over the years, Mount’s depiction of African Americans underwent an evolution, becoming more sensitive and less prone to the stereotypical depictions he produced in earlier paintings, such as Rustic Dance After a Sleigh Ride (1830). The Banjo Player was a major work, one of the largest portraits Mount completed, and was commissioned by William Schaus for the firm of Goupil & Company. There has been some speculation on the identity of the sitter, who may have been George Freeman, a worker for John Brewster. In his diary, Mount mentions that “I painted the Banjo player in eight days (16 sittings), two sittings a day.”