Important Information Inside
The Still-Life Paintings of John F. Peto
January 16 – June 19, 1983
THIS EXHIBITION IS NO LONGER ON VIEW AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
Overview: 61 paintings by the American 19th-century painter John F. Peto were selected by John Wilmerding.
Organization: Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser designed the exhibition and Gordon Anson designed the lighting for the National Gallery.
Sponsor: The exhibition was supported in Washington by Johnson Wax.
Image: John Frederick Peto, An English Breakfast, c. 1890s, oil on academy board, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1999.79.30
Attendance: 103385
Catalog: Important Information Inside: The Art of John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-Life Painting in Nineteenth-Century America, by John Wilmerding. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1983.
Other Venues:
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, July 15–September 18, 1983
Related Artists
- Peto, John Frederick
- American
- , 1854 - 1907