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Peale

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Peale  (pl)
American family of painters, including Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) and his brother James Peale (1749-1831). Four of Charles's children became painters: Raphael Peale (1774-1825), Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), Rubens Peale (1784-1865), and Titian Peale (1799-1885). James's two daughters, Anna Claypoole Peale (1791-1878) and Sarah Miriam Peale (1800-1885), were also artists.

Peale, Norman Vincent 1898-1993.
American cleric known for his popular self-help book The Power of Positive Thinking (1952).


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As a young boy in the early 1900s, Norman Vincent Peale thought he lacked brains and ability.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Artist Charles Willson Peale began his museum in 1784 with a single specimen--a four-foot-long paddlefish.
At times, Peale sounds totally up to date and pertinent, though his specific examples are quaint.
 
 
 
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