FILTER RESULTS × Close
by Artist (14)
by Country (4)
by Object Type (3)
by Period (2)
Skip to Content
Browse Highlights
Search the Collection
Currently On View
☰ Open Filter >>

American Art

Showing 2 of 15

Print this page
Image of Still-life with Peaches

Additional Images Click an image to view a larger version
Additional Image
Additional Image
Additional Image

Bookmark: https://collection.sdmart.org/objects-1/info/3144

Still-life with Peaches

Raphaelle Peale, American, (February 17, 1774–March 5, 1825)

Creation date: ca. 1816
Creation place: United States

Other Information

Type: Oil Painting
Medium and Support: Oil on panel
Credit Line: Museum purchase through the Earle W. Grant Acquisition Fund
Accession Number: 1981.38.3
State/Province: Pennsylvania
Dimensions: 13 1/4 in. (33.66 cm)
Currently on view

Provenance

Vose Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts ( - 1981)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (1981 - )

Label Copy

Peale was born in Annapolis, Maryland, but raised in Philadelphia, a center of American art. He preferred still lifes even though he was an able portrait painter and portraits were more lucrative. Around 1812, Peale began to focus on still lifes, as his ill health interfered with his ability to interact with sitters. By the early 1820s, he was devoted to still lifes. In fact, Peale was one of the first American painters to make the still life the focus of his oeuvre. Often, a sense of anatomy in his still lifes augments his compositions. Here, the branches of the peach on the left might reference hungry fingers plucking a fruit from the display. Like this painting, his still lifes tend to emphasize the horizontal plane and exhibit an overall restraint as opposed to the depiction of abundant forms.
Last Updated: 7/27/2021

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Permanent Collections exhibit , 8/31/1981 - 00/00/00

Behold, America! Art of the United States from Three San Diego Museums The San Diego Museum of Art , 11/10/2012 - 2/10/2013

Art of the United States The San Diego Museum of Art , 3/24/2013 - 10/22/2013

Modern and Contemporary , 12/21/2013 - 00/00/00

Art of the Americas San Diego Museum of Art , 12/23/2013 - 00/00/00

American Art The San Diego Museum of Art , 11/26/2016 - 8/15/2021

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Mr. Martin E. Petersen. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 150

Carol Walker Aten and Anne Schmoll. Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc.: Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc.. Boston, Massachusetts, 1987
Page Number: 27, Figure Number: 27

Mr. D. Scott Atkinson. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2003
Page Number: 162, Figure Number: 162

JAMA
Page Number: Cover

Portfolio List Click a portfolio name to view all the objects in that portfolio
This object is a member of the following portfolios:
Thumbnail image of American Art
American Art

Submit a question or comment about this object


Showing 2 of 15

Your current search criteria is: Portfolio is " American Art" and [Object]Century is "19th century".