Raphaelle Peale, 1822 - Still Life - Strawberries, Nuts, &c. - fine art print

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Academic theory during Raphaelle Peale’s time relegated still life to the bottom of the hierarchy of painting subjects. Yet Peale ignored its low status and is now acknowledged as America’s first professional still-life painter and leading practitioner of the genre. Born into an artistic Philadelphia family, Raphaelle was the eldest son of Charles Willson Peale and the nephew of James Peale, both artists; his siblings were, like him, named after famous old master painters (e.g., he had brothers named Rembrandt, Titian, and Rubens). Characterized by crisp forms and serenely balanced compositions, most of Peale’s still lifes portray food (mainly fruit), crockery, and glassware arranged on a plain shelf, parallel to the picture plane. In this particularly fine example, the rhythmic balance of fruit, nuts, and Chinese export porcelain is enlivened by the diagonal branch of raisins and orange leaf. These objects are brightly illuminated against a bare, dark background in the manner of the dramatic still-life com-positions of seventeenth-century masters such as the Spanish painter Juan Sánchez Cotán. Peale may have seen Sánchez Cotán’s work when it was shown at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1818.

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In 1822 the American painter Raphaelle Peale created the masterpiece. The over 190 year-old original had the size: 41,1 × 57,8 cm (16 3/16 × 22 3/4 in). Oil on wood panel was used by the North American artist as the medium of the piece of art. Signed, lower right: "Raphaelle Peale/1822" is the artwork's original inscription. This work of art is in the the art collection of Art Institute Chicago, which is one of the world’s great art museums, housing a collection that spans centuries and the globe. This modern art work of art, which is in the public domain is being included with courtesy of Art Institute Chicago. In addition, the artpiece has the following creditline: Gift of Jamee J. and Marshall Field. Moreover, alignment is in landscape format and has a side ratio of 1.4 : 1, which implies that the length is 40% longer than the width.

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