ARTIST: ATTRIBUTED TO Edward C Leavitt (Rhode Island, 1842 - 1904)
TITLE: Still Life with Pears
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Few minor paint losses. Very minor craquelure. One small inpainting by the lower right corner (biggest 1" x 1").
ART SIZE: 9 x 16 inches / 22 x 40 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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SKU#: 127415
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BIOGRAPHY:
Edward Chalmers Leavitt, artist, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, March 9, 1842, the son of Rev. Jonathan and Charlotte Esther (Stearns) Leavitt. His paternal ancestor was John Leavitt, who came to Masachusetts Bay in the first ship and settled in Hingham. On the maternal side, he is descended from John Alden and Priscilla Mullens, who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower.Leavitt was educated in private schools in Providence, and at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire. During the Civil War in 1862 and 1863, he served in the navy on the U.S.S. Galena. In his profession of artist, Mr. Leavitt is especially noted as a painter of fruit, flowers and still life.