科普利是美国第一位真正的绘画大师,他出生于马萨诸塞州的波士顿。他巧岁开始绘画,自学成材,21岁时已声名显赫。作为肖像画家,他主要服务于一些比较朴实无华但家境殷实的新英格兰人,他们主要的要求是肖像画要逼真,以留给他们的继承人和后裔保存。到1774年科普利 Copley was the first real painter in the United States. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He began his painting at the age of six. He learned to be a self-taught student and became famous at the age of 21. As a portrait painter, he mainly serves some relatively neat New Englanders who are rich in family. Their main requirement is that their portraits should be realistic and be preserved for their heirs and descendants. Copley by 1774