Brooklyn Museum: American Art: Still Life with Fruit

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Still Life with Fruit

In the mid-nineteenth century, still-life painting underwent a revival in the northeastern United States, a vibrant displays of flowers, fruits, and tableware became the preferred decoration for the dining room. Working in style indebted to Dutch models, which presented a multitude of fruits and flowers, the émigré 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 satisfying sense of wealth and abundance.

Artist: Severin Roesen, American, active in America 1848-1871
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: ca. 1860
Dimensions: 40 1/16 x 50 1/8 in. (101.7 x 127.3 cm)
Signature: Signed lower right (initials in monogram): "S Roesen"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Everyday Life/A Nation Divided, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 67.9
Credit Line: Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Image: Overall, 67.9_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Collections: American Art: Still Life with Fruit