Object: Oil on Canvas, by John James Logue
Dimensions: 13″ Diameter
Maker: Signed LR, John James Logue (circa 1818 – after 1868)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date: Ca.1850
Commentary: Philadelphia artist John James Logue exhibited regularly at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art during the period 1853 – 1858. Based on the Academy’s exhibition records, Logue specialized in still life and portraits. Little further is known about the artist or his career. As American art historian William Gerdts notes in his American Still Life Painting, Logue was an extremely prolific still life painter “but his work has almost disappeared. Given the artists distinctive style and the popularity of the ‘table top’ still life, the scarcity of his works today is something of a mystery.
A still life by Logue is in the collection of The Denver Museum of Art and at least one other has appeared in a modern exhibition; Penn’s Promise mounted by in . Works by Logue appear only rarely in galleries or at auction.
Condition: The painting survives in excellent condition. It is unlined and may be in its original gold leaf frame.
Price: SOLD
