Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Still Life with Fruit

Artist Severin Roesen (American (born Germany), 1816 - 1872)

Dateca. 1859

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 29 x 36 in. (73.7 x 91.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 38 1/2 x 45 1/4 in. (97.8 x 114.9 cm)

ClassificationsAmerican art

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.698

Terms

Fruit
Goblet
Strawberries
Grapes
Peaches
Plums
Lemon
Pears
Cherries
Wicker
Baskets
Porcelain
Marble
Red
Green
Blue
Yellow
Peach
Gray
Black
White
Pennsylvania

Collections

American Art before 1945

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DescriptionOil on canvas painting of a still life with fruit, a wicker basket, a small blue and white porcelain bowl, and a glass goblet full of white wine on a marble tabletop. Grapes, pears, peaches, lemons, blackberries and other fruits are depicted: the food overfills a basket in the center of the painting. Trees and a darkening sky fill the background.

Label TextWerner Hunzinger American, 1816—1861 Still Life, 1850 Oil on canvas Severin Roesen American, 1816—1872 Still Life with Fruit, ca. 1859 Oil on canvas Still Life proved a popular subject in the pre-Civil War United States as a way of celebrating the country’s vast wealth and resources as well as its growing artistic sophistication. Painters Werner Hunzinger and Severin Roesen both immigrated to the United States from Germany around 1848. They specialized in still life subjects that drew inspiration from the technical precision and flourish of European old masters and appealed to American audiences’ growing taste for material and artistic luxury. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2108 & 71.698