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Eye Candy for Today: Helen Searle still life

Still Life with Fruit and Champagne, Helen Searle
Still Life with Fruit and Champagne, Helen Searle

In the Smithsonian American Art Museum. There is a zoomable version on the museum’s site along with an enlargement.

The image above was taken from Wikimedia Commons. Though slightly out of focus, it’s larger as a downloadable file, and I think the more restrained color may actually be more accurate than the image on the museum’s site.


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2 responses to “Eye Candy for Today: Helen Searle still life”

  1. Helen Searle is an artist I will be keeping my eye on.

    1. I wasn’t able to find much info with a quick search, other than that she was an American painter active in the late 19th century. Here are a few pieces on The Athenaeum.