.jpg)
James Peale (American, 1749–1831)
Oil on canvas; 20 1/4 x 26 1/2 in. (51.4 x 67.3 cm)
Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1939 (39.52)
James Peale created this still life at the peak of his career. He typically used somber colors and forms, so the lavish, vividly colored vegetables in this work make it a tour de force.
Just randomly searched the Met website and came across this one. I don't have any particular favorite artists for still life. In this piece, I see a lot of vibrant movement. It is in the way that the light plays on the coloring going from the upper part of the piece with the dark green, leafy vegetable and drawing your eye down to the lower right with the bright red (pepper?). This creates movement even in a still life, which is remarkable. Also, for some reason the tint of the green is rather unappealing, and so is the yellow. Makes me wonder if he disliked those vergetables. Hehe.
i find it interesting how the most amount of light is in the center and left side of the painting then it fades away to almost complete darkness as your eye moves to the right, especially the top right corner of the painting.
ReplyDeleteI like the variety of textures in this one, and the contrast between all of them.
ReplyDeleteYes, the upper part of the painting is very dark. You have to rest your eyes there for a moment to find out what is going on there. However the colours in the center and the bottom part are very vibrant.
ReplyDeleteHow incredible! I love the use of light that's being portrayed on the darker vegetables. You can almost feel the skins!
ReplyDeleteWow this piece looks very similar to that of mine. Its very interesting how this picture came out of an era that was over a hundred years later.
ReplyDeleteThis is so realistic and beautiful. Now that we've been doing still life I have such a respect for people that are successful at painting things from life. I especially like the tomatoes in this example because I can just perfectly imagine the light hitting them and where it's coming from. Great example!
ReplyDelete