Pennsylvania / Germany. 1815 - 1872
Sumptuous still life
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1808 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1886 Jeffersonville, Pennsylvania. Known for: Food still life and portrait painting.
Born in Philadelphia, John Francis became a key artist in the mid-19th century revival of still life painting in America but was not recognized during his lifetime. His focus was "luncheon" or... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, John Francis became a key artist in the mid-19th century revival of still life painting in America but was not recognized during his lifetime. His focus was "luncheon" or "dessert" type subjects, which he rendered in bright, radiant color, a breaking away from the stern mode... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, John Francis became a key artist in the mid-19th century revival of still life painting in America but was not recognized during his lifetime. His focus was "luncheon" or "dessert" type subjects, which he rendered in bright, radiant color, a breaking away from the stern mode taught by the Peale family of artists in Philadelphia. His style is highly realistic and arguably fits the criteria of trompe l'oeil in that the objects are to scale, are arranged on a flat plane, and... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, John Francis became a key artist in the mid-19th century revival of still life painting in America but was not recognized during his lifetime. His focus was "luncheon" or "dessert" type subjects, which he rendered in bright, radiant color, a breaking away from the stern mode taught by the Peale family of artists in Philadelphia. His style is highly realistic and arguably fits the criteria of trompe l'oeil in that the objects are to scale, are arranged on a flat plane, and thrust forward into the viewer space. There is a suggestion of some disorder, giving the impression that a person has just been there. It is also thought that he influenced Michael Harnett, the founder of trompe l'oeil still life painting, and at... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, John Francis became a key artist in the mid-19th century revival of still life painting in America but was not recognized during his lifetime. His focus was "luncheon" or "dessert" type subjects, which he rendered in bright, radiant color, a breaking away from the stern mode taught by the Peale family of artists in Philadelphia. His style is highly realistic and arguably fits the criteria of trompe l'oeil in that the objects are to scale, are arranged on a flat plane, and thrust forward into the viewer space. There is a suggestion of some disorder, giving the impression that a person has just been there. It is also thought that he influenced Michael Harnett, the founder of trompe l'oeil still life painting, and at least one work by John Frances was passed off as a painting by Harnett. Most of his work is unsigned and undated, but it is thought that hi... Read full biography
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Slide 1 of 3: STILL LIFE: YELLOW APPLES AND CHESTNUTS SPILLING FROM A BASKET
STILL LIFE: YELLOW APPLES AND CHESTNUTS SPILLING FROM A BASKET
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A Wine Taster's Table
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Strawberries and Cream
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New Jersey, Pennsylvania. 1854 - 1907
Trompe still life, marine and portrait painting
Pennsylvania, New York. 1848 - 1892
Trompe l'oeil still life painting, hanging game
New York, New Hampshire. 1825 - 1913
Fruit/floral still life, figure and genre painting
New York, New Jersey / France. 1827 - 1869
Opulent still life, landscape and miniature painting
Massachusetts, New York. 1823 - 1880
Landscape, marine, and portrait painting-luminism
Pennsylvania. 1779 - 1851
Marine, ship portrait, and landscape painting
New York / England. 1824 - 1910
Genre, portrait and child-figure painting
Pennsylvania, New York / Europe. 1883 - 1935
Precisionist painting, landscape, still life, figure, portrait, industrial scene
New York, Connecticut. 1816 - 1872
Landscape and coastal scene painting, engravings
New York, New Jersey. 1796 - 1886
Engraving, landscape, portrait, and genre-history painting
Pennsylvania. 1851 - 1912
Figure, genre, portrait and landscape painting, teaching
New York, South Carolina. 1841 - 1919
Idealized genre, sea-landscape and portrait painting
New York. 1807 - 1868
Genre, history, portrait and landscape painting
District Of Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts / Europe. 1793 - 1856
Landscape and some marine painting, graphics, illustration
Pennsylvania / France. 1844 - 1916
Figure, genre, portrait and marine painting, teaching
Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut / France. 1870 - 1938
Genre, figure, landscape and still-life painting
Massachusetts, Maine / Europe. 1824 - 1906
Portrait, genre-figure, and landscape painting
New York, Michigan / France. 1874 - 1939
Female figure in interior and landscape painting
New York, Pennsylvania. 1876 - 1953
Urban genre painting, illustration, mural, scenic design
New York, New Jersey. 1828 - 1898
Realist still life, landscape and botanical painting, engraving
New York, Pennsylvania / Italy. 1835 - 1900
Exotic landscape and coastal view painting
Pennsylvania. 1778 - 1860
Portrait, historical genre, and animal painting, lithography
Pennsylvania, New York. 1829 - 1901
Seascape painting, specialty-landscapes
Massachusetts, New Hampshire. 1829 - 1905
Lush still life, portrait and landscape painting
New York. 1823 - 1900
Autumnal landscape and allegorical painting, botanics
New York, Connecticut. 1851 - 1935
Still life, naive landscape and portrait painting
New York. 1853 - 1924
Still life, genre, landscape, animal
New York. 1840 - 1904
Trompe l'oeil still life, portrait
New York. 1827 - 1908
Hudson River landscape, some portrait, and still-life painting
New York / England. 1819 - 1905
Animal, game and domestic fowl and hunting scene painting
New York, California. 1831 - 1913
Juvenile-other figure and genre and landscape painting