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SEVERIN ROESEN

TWO-TIERED STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT AND SUNSET LANDSCAPE, CA. 1867

About the Artwork

Severin Roesen's bountiful still life celebrates and reinforces the popular 19th-century notion that America's natural resources distinguished the nation from the rest of the world. In majestic proportions and a vivid palette, an abundant variety of fruit sits atop a two-tiered marble shelf. The dense forest at left and the mountain landscape at right suggest the diversity and power of the American landscape. Painted around the time of the Civil War, the canvas' dramatic and somewhat threatening sky may suggest the question of whether or not America's unique democracy would prevail.

Roesen fled his revolution-torn German homeland in 1848. By the early 1860s, he settled in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where this painting adorned the dining room of the Lycoming Hotel.

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Starting with the image size and the substrate, you can customize your print to match your needs and space. Then you can select a frame moulding from an assortment of high-quality options that you can tailor to suit the image and your decor.