Still Life
Artist
Werner Hunzinger
(American, 1816-1861)
CultureAmerican
Date1850
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 26 x 22 1/4 in. (66 x 56.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 35 5/8 x 31 5/8 in. (90.5 x 80.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 35 5/8 x 31 5/8 in. (90.5 x 80.3 cm)
InscribedSigned "Werner Hunzinger, 1850" lower left.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2108
Not on view
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
Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. (Exh. cat. p. 123)
"American Artists Abroad: The European Experience in the 19th Century," Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY, June 2 - Sept. 2, 1985. (Exhib. cat. fig. 11).
"Behind the Seen: The Chrysler's Hidden Museum," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 21, 2005 - February 19, 2006.
Published ReferencesDennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 123.
Holly Pinto Savinetti. AMERICAN ARTISTS ABROAD: THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE IN THE 19TH CENTURY. Roslyn, NY: Nassau County Museum of Fine Art. 1985: pp. 26, 90; fig. 11.
Judith Hansen O'Toole, _Severin Roesen_ (Cranbury, N.J.: Associated University Presses, 1992), 68-69.
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