Still Life
Artist
Henry Fitch Taylor
(American, 1853 - 1925)
Date1917
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 36 x 54 1/4 in. (91.4 x 137.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 37 3/4 x 56 in. (95.9 x 142.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 37 3/4 x 56 in. (95.9 x 142.2 cm)
ClassificationsAmerican art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2244
Terms
- Abstract
- Cubist
Collections
On View
On viewLabel TextHenry Fitch Taylor American, 1853–1925 Still Life, 1917 Oil on canvas This jumble of plates, vases, and vessels is an experiment in both vision and emotion. Painter Henry Fitch Taylor helped organize the Armory Show in New York in 1913, a provocative exhibition of contemporary art that introduced the latest trends in European abstraction to American audiences. This inspired him to abandon decades of work in an impressionist style and begin imitating the cubist mode of Picasso and Braque. Taylor’s late paintings, including this still life, fragment everyday objects into collections of overlapping shapes. He often used colors to explore how chromatic harmony and contrast impact viewer responses. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2244
