John Lewis Krimmel

1786 — 1821

American artist (1786-1821)

John Lewis Krimmel, sometimes called "the American Hogarth," was America's first painter of genre scenes. Born in the Holy Roman Empire, he immigrated to Philadelphia in 1809 and soon became a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Initially influenced by Scotland's David Wilkie, England's William Hogarth, and America's Benjamin West, he soon turned to direct observation of life for his genre scenes.

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Black Sawyers Working in front of the Bank of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Merrymaking at a Wayside Inn

Members of the City Troop and Other Philadelphia Soldiery

Portrait of Jacob Ritter, Sr.

Blind Fiddler

Pepper-Pot: A Scene in the Philadelphia Market

Fourth of July in Centre Square

Quilting Frolic

Blind Man's Buff

Election Day 1815

The Cherry Seller

Barroom dancing

Conflagration of the Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Village Politicians

Village Tavern

Country Wedding, Bishop White Officiating