Still Life with Fruit Compote, 1915
1915
20th Century
24 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in.
Breta Longacre,
American,
(1887–1923)
Medium and Support:
oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Mrs. Eleanor DelMar Revill
Accession Number:
1993.16
Breta Longacre was introduced to the Lyme art colony by her older sister, the miniaturist Lydia Longacre. Breta specialized in New England landscapes and still lifes. She exhibited in Old Lyme in 1914 and 1915, the latter being the year she painted this still life.