Peale

[peel]

noun

1. Charles Willson 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.

2. Norman Vincent, 1898–1993, U.S. Protestant clergyman and author.

3. Raphaelle 1774–1825, and his brother Rembrandt 1778–1860, U.S. painters (sons of Charles Willson Peale).

Example Sentences

Itoje quoted bible scripture, Farrell quoted, kind of, the American clergyman and psychologist, Norman Vincent Peale when talking about shooting for the moon and, even if you miss, landing among the stars.

From BBC

Terens, who is participating in a longevity study at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, said his life has been deeply influenced by the work of the late Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote the 1952 best-seller, “The Power of Positive Thinking.”

From Seattle Times

The only religion he's ever known has been Norman Vincent Peale's Prosperity Gospel, which is itself a venal, disgusting twisting cooked up to serve the wealthy and punish the poor.

From Salon

The result, described by artist Charles Willson Peale many years later, was that “he was now a cripple & in an extraordinary manner,” referring to knees that were remarkably disfigured.

From Literature

Artworks in “Leisure, Culture, and Comfort: 18th and 19th Century America,” including a painting by Charles Willson Peale from 1771, the earliest image in the exhibition, will show old-fashioned scenes of women playing for pleasure or holding guitars passively.

From New York Times