1801
watercolor
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bowl of Fruit is a 1801 watercolor by American 19th Century, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a bowl filled with bright, simple fruits and flowers. The bowl sits on a plain background, holding green apples, a brown peach, dark grapes, and red cherries. Small yellow flowers peek out from the leaves, and a sliced watermelon rests on top. The colors are flat and bold, with no shadows or depth. This style was common in early 19th-century stenciled art, where artists used cut-out shapes for quick, clean designs. Look up technique: watercolor, glazing to see how artists built up colors layer by layer.
This artist painted everyday American life in the 1800s. Look at *Farmhouse in Mahantango Valley*—a quiet, sunlit scene of rural Pennsylvania. *Boy and Girl* shows two children standing close, their faces turned toward…
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