Artist: John Frederick Peto (1854 - 1907)
Nationality: American
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
John Frederick Peto was one of the leading American still-life painters of the second half of the 19th century. He worked out of Philadelphia until 1889, when he retired in seclusion at Island Heights in New Jersey. He was virtually unknown during his lifetime but art critic, Alfred Frankenstein, discovered his work posthumously in the 1940’s. Peto’s painting style was similar to that of his friend, Harnett.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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John Frederick Peto The Cup We All Race 4 oil on canvas and wood panel circa 1900
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John Frederick Peto Still Life with Pitcher, Candle, and Books oil on canvas circa 1900
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John Frederick Peto Job Lot Cheap oil on canvas 1892
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Artist: John Frederick Peto Title: Reminiscences of 1865 Date: after 1890 Medium: oil on canvas
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John Frederick Peto - The Old Violin c. 1890 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Frederick Peto - For the Track 1895 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Frederick Peto - Breakfast c. 1890's oil on academy board National Gallery of Art American
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John Frederick Peto - Reminiscences of 1865 after 1900 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts American
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John Frederick Peto - An English Breakfast c. 1890's oil on academy board National Gallery of Art American
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John Frederick Peto - After Night's Study c. 1890-1900 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Frederick Peto - The Olde Kettle c. 1890's oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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John Frederick Peto - The Blue Envelope c. 1890's oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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John Frederick Peto - Articles Hung on a Door after 1890 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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John Frederick Peto - HSP's Rack Picture c. 1900 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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John Frederick Peto - Still Life with Mug, Pipe, and Book 1880 oil on cardboard The Hyde Collection American
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John Frederick Peto, American, 1854-1907 Old Time Letter Rack 1894 Oil on canvas 76.52 x
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John Frederick Peto, American, 1854-1907 Student"s Materials about 1890-1900 Oil on canvas 51.75 x 41.59
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John Frederick Peto - Still Life with Oranges and Goblet of Wine 1880-1890's oil on artist's boar National Gallery of Art American
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John Frederick Peto, American, 1854-1907 The Poor Man"s Store 1885 Oil on canvas and panel
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George Cruikshank The Prince and Poins Driving Falstaff, Gadshill, Peto and Bardolph..., plate 3 opposite page 56 in the book The Life of Sir John Falstaff by Robert B. Brough (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858) etching 1858
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John F. Peto - Card Rack with a Jack of Hearts c. 1895 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John Frederick Kensett Sunrise among the Rocks of Paradise, Newport oil on canvas 1859
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John Frederick Lewis Tophana 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis Entance to the Mosque 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis Court of the Lions 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis Court of the Myrtles 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis Court of the Lions 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis Court of the Mosque 19th century
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John Carter Portrait of John Carter at Work, frontispiece in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
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John Frederick Lewis Port of Constantinople 1837
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John Frederick Lewis Cafe on the Bosphorus 1837
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John Frederick Lewis The Alhambra from the Alameda del Darra 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis Cannon Foundry - Tophana 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis Torres de las Infantas 19th century
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John Carter The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) book with 11 plates 1868
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John Frederick Lewis Tower of Comares 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis Head of lion Etching 1824
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John Frederick Lewis Fountain from the Gate of the Leraglio 1837
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John Frederick Lewis Portugese Landscape 19th century
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Frederick W. Halpin Portrait of John Ross Browne engraving 19th century
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John Carter Letter, opposite page 43 in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
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John Carter "The Head of a Fox," opposite page 39 in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Virgin and Child
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Frederick III (1463-1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1533 Attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder
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John Smith Portrait of Frederick, Duke of Schonberg Mezzotint 17th - 18th century
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John Frederick Lewis Court of the Lion from the Hall of Abencerrage 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis The Bosphorus from the great burial ground 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis Reception Room of the Turkish Pacha, New Orsova 1837
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Frederick W. Mayhew - John Harrisson c. 1823 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Carter Wood-cut of our Lord, opposite page 31 in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
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John Carter Painted Butterfly, opposite page 16 in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
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John Carter Bird on Flower, opposite page 17 in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
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John Carter "The Sick Horse," opposite page 39 in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
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John Carter Syrian Goat, opposite page 18 in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
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John Carter Head after Rembrandt, opposite page 23 in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
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John Frederick Lewis Cover for Lewis' Lions - Six Studies of Wild Animals Etching 1824
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John Carter Virgin and Child by Carter, opposite apge 28 in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
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John Frederick Lewis Chapel in The Great Mosque - Cordova Color lithograph 1885
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John Frederick Lewis Interior of the general life, from the casa di chapi 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis Heads of Two Fawns pencil, transparent and opaque watercolor 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis Sleeping Lion, from Lewis' Lions - Six Studies of Wild Animals Etching 1824
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John Frederick Lewis Lion and Lioness, from Lewis' Lions - Six Studies of Wild Animals Etching 1824
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John Frederick Lewis Head Of A Tigress, from Lewis' Lions - Six Studies of Wild Animals Etching 1824
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John Frederick Lewis Head of A Lion, from Lewis' Lions - Six Studies of Wild Animals Etching 1824
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John Frederick Lewis Sleeping Lion, from Lewis' Lions - Six Studies of Wild Animals Etching 1824
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John Taylor Wedgewood Leopold George Christian Frederick, Duke of Saxony 18th - 19th century
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John, Duke of Saxony, ca. 1537 Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)Oil on wood; 25
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John Carter Sketch of Desk, Brush, and Pencil used by Carter, opposite page 26 in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
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John Frederick Lewis Sleeping Lion and Lioness, from Lewis' Lions - Six Studies of Wild Animals Etching 1824
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John Frederick Lewis Puerta del Sol, Madrid, sixth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis Contrabandistas, Andalusia. seventh plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis A Girl of Seville, thirteenth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1833
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John Frederick Lewis Muleteers of Ronda, eleventh plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1835
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John Frederick Lewis Ronda:Andalusia, tenth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1833
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Frederick W. Mayhew - Mrs. John Harrison and Daughter c. 1823 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Frederick Lewis Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Book with 26 color lithographs: 25 full-page plates and title with vignette 1836
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John Frederick Lewis Begging Friars, Granada, twentieth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis Mendicant Friars receiving Alms, second plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis Smuggling Feluchos; Gibraltar, sixteenth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis Interior of a Posada, Segovia, twenty-fifth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis A Scene in the Arena, title page vignette in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis The Mosque at Cordova (The Cathedral), nineteenth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1835
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John Frederick Lewis Bullfighter, a scene in the arena, fourth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1835
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John Frederick Lewis Peasants of the Province of Granada, twenty-second plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1835
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John Frederick Lewis Cover sheet and dedication from Lewis' Sketches and Drawings of the Alhambra made during a residence in Granadae in the years 1833-4. Drawn on stone by J.D. Harding, R.J. Lane, A.R.A.W. Gauci & John F. Lewis. 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis Distant View of the Sierra Nevada, eighth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis Interior of the Convent: the Prior*s Apartment, twenty-third plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis Peasant Girl on a Mule, Andalusia, ninth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1835
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John Frederick Lewis Gaucin Smugglers coming out of Gibraltar, eighteenth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1833
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John Frederick Lewis Chapel of the Villa Viciosa, Cordova, twenty-first plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1835
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John Frederick Lewis Gitanas, Gypsy Girls of Ronda, fifteenth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1833
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John Frederick Lewis Plaza de San Francisco: the great square of Seville, third plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis Spanish Ladies: habited in the Maja dress of Andalusia...,fifth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis Peasants dancing the Bolero. A Scene in Granada., frontispiece and first plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis A Convent Door, Toledo (San Juan de los Reyes), twelfth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Frederick Lewis A Jewish Woman of Gibraltar, in a Fiesta Dress, seventeenth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1835
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Frederick Atkinson Frederick Atkinson 19th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Henry Frederick (1594-1612), Prince of Wales, and Sir John Harington (1592-1614), 1603 Robert Peake the
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John Frederick Lewis Sala Capitular (Chapter House), Cathedral of Toledo, twenty-fourth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]) Color lithograph 1836
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 Joseph Mann 1754 Oil on canvas 91.44 x 71.75 cm

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National Gallery of Art: Deceptions and Illusions: Five Centuries of Trompe l’Oeil Painting
This exhibition is generously supported by Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk. It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. "Throughout the ages, trompe l’oeil has always been one of the most popular genre...
Cincinnati Art Museum: Jim Dine: Walking Memory, 1959–1969

During the first ten years of his professional career, Jim Dine began his lifelong pursuit of the themes of the self, the body, and memory through a variety of mediums--painting, performance, mixed-media assemblage,...

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