Peonies in a Brass Container
Signed lower right: Theodore Wendel
Description
As he had in Giverny, Theodore Wendel found plenty of inspiring subject matter both close to his home on County Street and among the fields and marshes of the family’s Lower and Upper Farms on Argilla Road. While landscapes comprised the majority of his output, Wendel was also a gifted still life and floral painter, as seen in Peonies in a Brass Container, a cheerful arrangement demonstrating the artist’s strong brushwork and eye for composition. The balustrade just behind the bouquet appears to match to the porch railing found at the family’s home at Upper Farm.
Provenance
By descent through the family of the artist
Inscriptions
Labels
Exhibitions
Bringing to Light: Theodore Wendel, Vose Galleries, Boston, October 19 – December 7, 2019
Literature
Buckley, Laurene. Theodore Wendel: True Notes of American Impressionism (North Adams, MA: The Artist Book Foundation, 2018), p. 85
Condition
Very good. The painting was recently cleaned and does not appear to have any obvious retouch.
