By 1828
Vegetable Still Life
James PealeAmerican, 1749 - 1831
The Peale family’s approach to still life refreshed European precedents. The subdued background and countertop setting seen here are adapted from Dutch, French, and Spanish examples. Yet this assemblage of colorful produce celebrates American agriculture’s success, with the impeccable forms showing none of the decay found in the popular European still-life tradition of vanitas (foreshadowing death even amid nature’s bounty).
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