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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Raspberries in a Wooded Landscape
Photography by Edward C. Robison III

Raspberries in a Wooded Landscape

Artist (1828 - 1898)
Dateca. 1865-1878
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Framed: 27 in. × 30 7/8 in. × 3 1/2 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.36
Signedl.r.: WMBrown
Accession number 2014.36
On View
On view
ProvenanceLeo Lerman and Gray Foy, NY, until 2013; to (Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2014
Label TextSpecializing in still-life painting, William Mason Brown was praised by his contemporaries for how accurately he portrayed the textures of fruit. It’s clear this scene was deliberately staged, as the raspberries appear picked and piled together instead of growing on a bush. Though the set-up is a fabrication, the display allowed Brown to show his skill in depicting the textures of nature.

William Mason Brown, quien se especializaba en bodegones, ganó la admiración de artistas contemporáneos por la precisión con que pintaba las texturas de la fruta. Es claro que esta escena fue cuidadosamente acomodada, pues las frambuesas parecen haber sido recogidas y colocadas juntas, en lugar de crecer en un arbusto. A pesar de que la composición es una fabricación del artista, la presentación de las frambuesas le permitió a Brown mostrar su habilidad para representar las texturas de la naturaleza.
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