John Frederick Peto, 1906 - Lights of Other Days - fine art print

What does the Art Institute Chicago say about the 20th century work of art created by John Frederick Peto? (© Copyright - Art Institute Chicago - Art Institute Chicago)

Lights of Other Days, like many of John F. Peto’s still lifes, is replete with nostalgia. Strewn along a shallow shelf above a doorframe is an array of old, well-worn objects: candleholders with wax candles nearly used up, rusty oil lamps, and torn books. These discarded commonplace objects allude to older ways of life and fading memories. Peto specialized in trompe l’oeil (fools the eye) pictures; yet his soft-edged style is suggestive of the artist’s hand rather than the heightened illusionism employed by other trompe l’oeil painters such as William Harnett. Trained in Philadelphia, Peto stopped exhibiting his work at professional venues by 1890, creating compositions instead for local patrons near his New Jersey home.

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In 1906 the male American painter John Frederick Peto painted this painting. The 110 year-old painting measures the size: 77,5 × 45 1/4 cm (30 1/2 × 45 1/4 in). Oil on canvas was used by the painter as the technique for the artwork. The original painting has the following inscription: signed, on verso: "John F. Peto". The piece of art is in the the Art Institute Chicago's collection. The modern art artwork, which is part of the public domain is included with courtesy of Art Institute Chicago. Creditline of the artwork: Goodman Fund. Furthermore, alignment of the digital reproduction is landscape with an aspect ratio of 3 : 2, which implies that the length is 50% longer than the width. John Frederick Peto was a painter, whose artistic style can mainly be assigned to Realism. The North American painter was born in the year 1854 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States and passed away at the age of 53 in the year 1907 in New York City, New York state, United States.

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