Albert Rosenthal

Albert Rosenthal (January 30, 1863 – December 20, 1939) was an American portrait artist, printmaker, writer, and collector from Philadelphia.

Early life Albert Rosenthal was born in Philadelphia on January 30, 1863, to Max Rosenthal. He studied at Central High School for three years. His father was an engraver and lithographer and he studied under him at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1880. He also studied at École des Beaux-Arts under Jean-Léon Gérôme. He moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1928.

In 1927, he was called as an art expert about the authenticity of a portrait of George Washington by John Smibert. In 1930, he was again called as an art expert about the authenticity of a portrait of Washington by Gilbert Stuart.

Personal life Rosenthal married Henryetta Douglass Nuneville in 1901. They divorced in 1930.

Rosenthal purchased the Hufnagel Mansion in 1927 near New Hope, Pennsylvania. He sold it in 1938.

Death Rosenthal died on December 20, 1939, at the home of his sister in New York City.

Awards Rosenthal received a bronze medal at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 and a bronze medal at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915.