Las óleos de todo Peale, James
|
|
|
|
|
|
ID |
Image |
Painting (From A to Z) |
Details |
|
19804 |
|
Still Life with Fruit on a Tabletop |
Oil on panel |
|
19803 |
|
Still Life with Watermelon |
1829
Oil on canvas
Private collection. |
|
|
| Peale, James
|
| American, 1749-1831
Painter, brother of Charles Willson Peale. Charles encouraged him to become a painter; James also worked as a frame-maker for his brother until the Revolution, in which he served as a lieutenant. From 1779 James shared Charles's practice, specializing in miniatures. His early work, occasionally confused with Charles's, shows his brother's influence. After 1794, his style became clearly his own: more delicate with subtle colour harmonies, softened outlines and free handling; it may be distinguished by a faint violet tone in the shadows and the inconspicuous signature 'IP'. His miniatures of male subjects are frequently superior to his portraits of women, for example Benjamin Harwood (1799; Baltimore, Mus. & Lib. MD Hist.), but his meticulous attention to costume and his success in imparting colour and sparkle to skin and eyes,
|
|
|
|
Sweden Wholesale Oil Paintings, Stretcher Bars, Picture Frames & Beveled Mirrors
|
|
|
