'Fruit Still Life In A Landscape' One Of My Favorites
Severin Roesen, Fruit Still Life in a LandscapeFruit Still Life in a Landscape by Severin Roesen (1816-ca. 1872). Courtesy of Wikipedia.
I loved this “Fruit Still Life in a Landscape” by Severin Roesen (1816-ca. 1872; courtesy of Wikipedia) so much, I downloaded to include in my art section.What I didn’t know about the painting was that it is an American creation, not a European.
“Severin Roesen, a notable German-American artist, created a masterpiece that has been celebrated and admired over the centuries: ‘Fruit Still Life in a Landscape’ painting,” according to AI-Pro. “Known for his exquisite attention to detail and vibrant color palette, Roesen made a significant impact on 19th-century American still-life painting — a genre in which artists arranged and depicted commonplace objects that may be natural or man-made.”
Roesen was born in Boppard, Germany, in 1816 and partially trained at the Düsseldorf School of Painting.
“This German institution was renowned for focusing on fine detail and an almost photographic representation of nature,” AI-Pro noted. “Emigrating to the United States around 1848, Roesen brought with him the tradition and techniques he had learned in Germany.
“Roesen’s ‘Fruit Still Life in a Landscape’ is more than just a typical still-life painting. It is the epitome of abundance and expensive taste. This painting, measuring 30 by 40 inches, was created in 1852. The artist spent most of his career in Pennsylvania, and the local landscapes undoubtedly influenced his artistic expression.
“The painting represents an ostentatious display of fruits such as peaches, plums, grapes, cherries, raspberries, and more, arranged harmoniously on a marble ledge,” AI-Pro continues. “The artist also included a few birds, adding further vibrancy to the scene. Besides presenting a broad found still life, the landscape background adds a wider context that is not often seen in this genre. Every element in the painting is rendered in meticulous and precise detail, from the droplets of water on the fruits to the feathers on the birds, manifesting Roesen's remarkable observational skills.”
This and many other of Roesen’s paintings were popular with the middle to upper classes of his time.
“His works appealed to these individuals due to their sumptuous celebration of the growth and prosperity America was experiencing at that time, especially in the agricultural domain,” according to AI-Pro. “Roesen’s painting technique was such that each fruit and element depicted looks moist and ripe, inviting the viewer to reach out and pluck a piece. The painting is essentially a celebration of America’s bounty, providing a window into a world where prosperity abounds.”
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