The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Still Life with Cantaloupe

c. 1880

William Mason Brown

(American, 1828–1898)
America
oil on canvas
Unframed: 35.5 x 46 cm (14 x 18 1/8 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1969.20
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Each peach, raspberry, and chestnut in this composition is painted from a different angle.

Description

William Mason Brown launched his career as a portrait and landscape painter, but turned to still life subjects during the 1860s, which brought him success and renown. The various objects in this example are rendered in meticulous detail, capturing a range of textures from the soft fuzz of peach skin through the coarse webbing of cantaloupe rind.
  • (Sloan & Roman, New York)
  • Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).
  • {{cite web|title=Still Life with Cantaloupe|url=false|author=William Mason Brown|year=c. 1880|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1969.20