David S. Pope
Still Life with Peach and Grapes
1881
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 14 3/8 x 16 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (36.5 x 41.3 x 7 in cm) Unframed: 10 3/16 x 12 1/8 in. (25.9 x 30.8 cm) Sight: 9 3/8 x 11 1/2 in. (23.8 x 29.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gordon, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, in Honor of Louis Gordon
Object Number
1978.125
David Pope started out as a clerk and bookkeeper in Baltimore but abandoned his work to become a painter in the late 1870s. Still lifes were his specialty. Dividing his time between Baltimore and New York City, he occasionally exhibited works at New York’s National Academy of Design. City directories in Baltimore record the artist at various addresses from 1877 to 1881 and again from 1886 to 1895. This canvas is stamped on the back with the name of a local dealer of prints, picture frames, and artist’s materials, so it is quite possible that he painted it here in Baltimore.
Ernest Rohdenburg, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 1977; Gerald Gordon, East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Sona Johnston, BMA organized, "The Art of Still Life from The Baltimore Museum of Art;" circulated to The Academy Art Museum, Easton, August 3 - October 6, 2007; and Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, August 25, 2010 - October 10, 2010.
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 131-132, ill. p. 132.
