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The Wealth of Autumn
1869
Andrew John Henry Way
Born: Washington, District of Columbia 1826
Died: Baltimore, Maryland 1888
oil on canvas
34 1/8 x 27 in. (86.7 x 68.5 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum purchase
1984.47
Smithsonian American Art Museum
3rd Floor, Luce Foundation Center
Andrew John Henry Way created a dramatic setting for this still life. Cupids dance on the pedestal below the arrangement of fruit, and above the still life is an urn surrounded by dense foliage and trees. The succulent peaches and glistening grapes announce the abundance of the season, and the idyllic landscape to the left is a reminder of the fertile autumn soil. Way trained in Florence and fell in love with the colors and varieties of Tuscan grapes that populated the countryside. His still-life scenes were immensely popular among his Baltimore patrons.
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Keywords
Allegory - season - autumn
Landscape - season - autumn
Still life - fruit - grape
Still life - fruit - melon
Still life - fruit - peach
painting
paint - oil
fabric - canvas
About Andrew John Henry Way
Born: Washington, District of Columbia 1826 Died: Baltimore, Maryland 1888
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