Object Details
- Artist
- Boris Chaliapin, 22 Sep 1904 - 18 May 1979
- Sitter
- Gregory Peck, 5 Apr 1916 - 12 Jun 2003
- Exhibition Label
- In 1948, Time billed Hollywood actor Gregory Peck, then thirty-one, as “the average man on the flying trapeze.” Unpretentious by nature, Peck enjoyed projecting the image of the typical family man earning a living for an adoring wife and two young sons. Yet acting was his passion, and he strove to further hone his skills. Already he was one of the most valuable male talents in the business, largely because of, Time reported, “his good looks, which invest any role he undertakes with a certain idealized, legendary quality.” Later, his acting skills alone would win him a Best Actor Oscar in 1963 for his supreme performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
- En 1948, Time describió en su portada al actor hollywoodense Gregory Peck, entonces de treinta y un años, como “un hombre normal montado en un trapecio volante”. De naturaleza sencilla, Peck prefería proyectar la imagen de hombre de familia típico que se ganaba el sustento para su amorosa esposa y sus dos hijos. No obstante, su pasión era actuar, e hizo grandes esfuerzos por pulirse. Ya para esa época era uno de los talentos masculinos más valiosos en la industria, sobre todo porque, según Time, “su atractivo físico infunde a cada papel que interpreta un aire idealizado, legendario”. Pero serían sus destrezas actorales las que le ganarían un Oscar al mejor actor en 1963 por su soberbia caracterización de Atticus Finch en To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
- Collection Description
- In 1978, Time magazine donated approximately eight hundred works of original cover art to the National Portrait Gallery. The museum is dedicated to telling the stories of individuals who have shaped the United States, and the Time Collection—featuring prominent international figures and events—enriches our understanding of the United States in a global context.
- En 1978, la revista Time donó a la National Portrait Gallery cerca de 800 obras de arte originales creadas para sus portadas. Nuestro museo se dedica a narrar la historia de figuras que han contribuido a forjar el desarrollo de Estados Unidos, y es así que la Colección Time, que incluye retratos de importantes personalidades internacionales, nos ayuda a comprender mejor a nuestra nación en un contexto global.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Boris Chaliapin. Conserved with funds from The Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation
- 1948
- Object number
- NPG.88.TC54
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Chris Murphy
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Gouache, ink and graphite pencil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 38.3 × 34.9cm (15 1/16 × 13 3/4")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Symbols & Motifs\Star
- Personal Attribute\Teeth
- Gregory Peck: Male
- Gregory Peck: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie
- Gregory Peck: Oscar
- Gregory Peck: Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.88.TC54
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm438aae8bb-49bd-4be1-8415-1ff381cda86d
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