Book & podcast collection

The Painter's Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution

byZara Anishanslin

Zara Anishanslin recovers the painters, sculptors, artisans, patrons, and images that helped people imagine the American Revolution. Moving across the Atlantic, she shows how portraits, prints, objects, clothing, and visual symbols carried political arguments before and during independence. Artists were not merely documenting events; their work shaped loyalties, reputations, and ideas about liberty. The book restores overlooked creative lives, including women and people of color, and demonstrates that the Revolution unfolded through material and visual culture as well as pamphlets, speeches, battles, and formal political institutions.

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Publication date

2026-04-28

Format

Hardcover

Pages

352

ISBN

9780674290235