Still Life with Fruit Severin Roesen (American, born Germany, ca. 1815-after 1872). Still Life with Fruit, ca. 1860. Oil on canvas, 40 1/16 x 50 1/8 in. ( x cm). In the mid-nineteenth century, still-life painting underwent a revival in the northeastern United States. Working in a style based on Dutch models, which depicted a multitude of fruits and flowers, Severin Roesen cultivated a popular following with the German community in Pennsylvania. This composition, one of his most elaborate, portrays a grand arrangement of various fruits, a bird’s nest, and a finely painted glass of w
Still Life with Fruit Severin Roesen (American, born Germany, ca. 1815-after 1872). Still Life with Fruit, ca. 1860. Oil on canvas, 40 1/16 x 50 1/8 in. ( x cm). In the mid-nineteenth century, still-life painting underwent a revival in the northeastern United States. Working in a style based on Dutch models, which depicted a multitude of fruits and flowers, Severin Roesen cultivated a popular following with the German community in Pennsylvania. This composition, one of his most elaborate, portrays a grand arrangement of various fruits, a bird’s nest, and a finely painted glass of water, and conveys a sense of wealth and abundance. American Art ca. 1860
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