American Genre Painting & Still Life (Week 9) Flashcards
John Lewis Krimmel, Fourth of July in Center Square, Philadelphia, 1810-1812
city innovations, sanitation
different “types”
community gathering but not mixing
John Lewis Krimmel, The Quilting Frolic, 1813
influenced by David Wilkie
quilt making as social gathering
middle class culture
idealized view of American life
John Lewis Krimmel, The Blind Fiddler, 1814
distinctions between class
copied David Wilkie’s The Blind Violinist 1806
John Lewis Krimmel, Election Day, 1815
underestimates national importance
no women/children
John Lewis Krimmel, The Country Tavern, 1819
male environment
William Sidney Mount, Bar-Room Scene, 1835
exclusion, emphasized by group, wall
black man as a type - red lips, gaping mouth
tension
distinction of race and class
William Sidney Mount, Bargaining for a Horse, 1835
bargaining = political trade for benefits
gentlemen farmers, dont belong in setting
run down barn
William Sidney Mount, Farmers Nooning, 1836
most complex
no sterotypical characterizations except for boy’s hat
multiple meanings
lazy
no tension
opposite bar room scene
William Sidney Mount, The Painter’s Triumph, 1838
humorous, easy to read
addresses class
William Sidney Mount, Cidar Making, 1841
rural life
election year, play on William Harrison’s campaign
mocking Whig party
William Sidney Mount, Eel Spearing at Setauket, 1845
commissioned
ideal relationships
gender issues
woman taller and in control of boat
William Sidney Mount, Dance of the Haymakers, 1845
exclusion
no identity, back faces viewer
lively, energetic
William Sidney Mount, The Power of Music, 1847
exclusion
more somber compared to Dance of the Haymakers
William Sidney Mount, Coming to a Point, 1854
gentleman farmers
no eye contact
Francis Edmonds, The City and Country Beau, 1839
Francis Edmonds, The New Bonnet, 1858
materialism
anecdotal narrative to instruct
Francis Edmonds, The New Scholar, 1845
George Caleb Bingham, Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, 1845
romanticized West
carefree
George Caleb Bingham, Raftsmen Playing Cards, 1847-50
George Caleb Bingham, Jolly Flatboatmen, 1846
tight construction, strong horizontals
river as source of life in the West
George Caleb Bingham, The Wood Boat, 1855
George Caleb Bingham, Jolly Flatboatmen in Port, 1857
George Caleb Bingham, Verdict of the People, 1854-55
democracy
only landed white males can vote
George Caleb Bingham, The Country Election, 1852
Richard Caton Woodville, War News from Mexcio, 1848
only know reactions and expressions
news/outcome unknown to viewer
Charles Bird King, The Poor Artist’s Cupboard, 1815
tromp l’oeil, detailed
quirky objects
plight of the artist
James Peale, Still Life with Fruit, 1821
not all food grows in same season
specific time
Sarah Miriam Peale, Fruit and Wine, 1825
Raphaelle Peale, Blackberries, 1812
dark manner to still lifes
unripe fruit
still on the stem
depressed
Raphaelle Peale, Cutlet and Vegetables, 1816
toothpicks - medical dissection
violent
unconventional still lifes
Raphaelle Peale, Still Life with Steak, 1817
arrangement of food read violent
bone broken
carrot sticking through meat
Raphaelle Peale, Melons and Morning Glories, 1813
cracked open not cut
3 dimensionality, detail
juice on table
Raphaelle Peale, Still Life with Watermelon, 1822
knife coming out at viewer
strange observation
specific
Raphaelle Peale, Apples and Fox Grapes, 1815
bruised, decaying fruit
self portrait?
Raphaelle Peale, Venus Rising from the Sea - a Deception (After the Bath), 1823
nudity not accepted, disapproved by Charles Willson Peale (father)
deception
appeasement towards father
