Cephas Thompson

Cephas Thompson was an American painter active during the late eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. Born in 1775, he lived until 1856 within the United States. His professional life was dedicated to the practice of painting. Thompson is also noted for his role as a parent to two artists, Jerome B. Thompson and Cephas Thompson. This familial connection places him within a lineage of creative work, though his own documented output remains defined strictly by his occupation as a painter. His life spanned a significant period in American history, yet records focus primarily on his status as an artist and his relationship to his children who followed similar paths.