Still Life

From Mattatuck Museum

Henry Dearth (created by)
Mattatuck Historical Soc (owned by)

circa 1912 (Date manufactured/created)

Oil

canvas, painting

38.25 inches H X 44.5 inches W X 2.625 inches D
25 inches H X 31.25 inches W

Dearth came to Waterbury at age 15. He worked for a time at the Waterbury Clock Company but left to devote himself to painting. He travelled to Paris to study at the Ecole de Beaux Arts where he was influenced by the "glare aesthetic" of Bastien Lepage, and studied with Horace Johnson. Dearth collected early European, near Eastern and Oriental art, which he incorporated into his paintings.

Purchase by Subscription, 1947. Mrs. Mary Chase Kimball; Mrs. Rose H. Fulton; Mr. Leavenworth Sperry; Miss Margery Hayden; Mr. Irving Chase; Mrs. Helen Wayland; and Mr. John P. Elton.

Accession/ID Number X68.63