ARTIST: John Sherrin (British, 1819 - 1896)
NAME: Still Life with Fruits
MEDIUM: watercolor on paper
CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass.
SIGHT SIZE: 12 x 16 inches / 30 x 40 cm
FRAME SIZE: 19 x 23 inches / 48 x 58 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
A still life and animal painter, John Sherrin was born in London in 1819. He worked mainly in watercolors and was a pupil of the famous still life artist William Henry Hunt (1790-1864) from whom he learned to paint nature with complete fidelity.Sherrin skillfully manipulated his watercolors to portray even the slightest detail in nature and included a misty film in his works that copied the effects of the early morning dew on small buds and twigs.Sherrin is considered to be a member of the "Bird's Nest" School a group of artists who share a common trait of including bird's nests and eggs frequently in their works, although their skills, techniques and training differed from each other.Sherrin was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1859 to 1894 and he showed at Suffolk Street and the New Watercolour Society (RI), where he became a member as well.