Paintings
Morston Constatine Ream
American 1840-1898Still Life with Peaches
Oil on canvas16 by 20 in. w/frame 22 12/ by 26 ½ in.
Signed lower middle
Provenance:
Private Collection CT.
Le Trianon Fine Art & Antiques
See Artist Bio below.
Morston Constatine Ream
American 1840-1898Morston Constatine Ream was a specialist in fruits and dessert still lifes. He had a brother Carducius Platagenet Ream who also was an artist. Morston learned daguerreotyping in 1860 and was a photographer’s apprentice until he found the process detrimental to his health and turned to painting in1868.
Exhibited:
Moore’s Art Room, NY; Cleveland, OH; Brooklyn AA, 1873-83; PAFA Ann.,
1876, 1881; Toledo Loan Exh., 1885; San Francisco; NAD, 1872-83; AIC, 1888-97.