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Exhibition History“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.
Artist
Unidentified Artist
(American)
Fruit In Blue Waterford Bowl
Date1820-1830
MediumOil on velvet
DimensionsSight: 16 3/4 × 18 13/16 in. (42.5 × 47.8 cm)
Object numberN0046.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextTheorem paintings are watercolors or oils on velvet or paper. Whether painted freehand or more characteristically by using stencils, this type of painting was constructed in parts, according to a kind of formulas. It consisted of tracing a design on transparent paper, cutting out the pattern and using the resulting stencil. Despite the use of stencils, it required considerable deftness and imagination to combine shapes and shaded colors into pleasing designs. The still life composition was a popular motif, often depicting fruit or flower baskets, or birds.Exhibition History“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.
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