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WILLIAM H. HOYT Still
Life of Baskets and Fruit Exhibited: National Academy of Design, New York, New York, 1859, Annual Exhibition, no. 607, as “Fruit” |
Still-life painting has a rich tradition dating back to 17th century Holland and Spain. In the 1850’s and 60’s this tradition enjoyed a resurgence along the eastern seaboard of the United States. William H. Hoyt of New York, alongside contemporaries Severin Roesen, George Forster and Charles Baum, all of Pennsylvania, painted America’s fruits and flowers. In Still Life of Baskets and Fruit, the simplicity and clarity of Hoyt’s painting technique contrasts with the bountiful harvest of grapes, peaches, strawberries, raspberries, pears and cherries arranged on a richly veined marble table-top. |
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Ivan Le Lorraine Albright Robert Salmon |
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