Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.

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)

InscribedSigned "Werner Hunzinger, 1850" lower left.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2108

Not on view

DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting still life depicting fruit and a goblet. The reflection of a window can be seen on the goblet.

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.