Severin Roesen Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1816 - d. 1872

(b. 1815, Germany; d. 1872) American painter. Little is known about the life of Severin Roesen. He moved to the New York with his family sometime in the mid 1800s. Here, he exhibited some of his paintings at the American Art Union. He moved to Williamsport, Pennsylvania around 1860 where he was warmly received by the area residents, who adamantly supported and commissioned his painting. Here, he continued to paint still-lives emulating the style of the 17th century Dutch and German painters. Known for his lavish and detailed depictions of fruit and flowers, Roeson used bright, radiant colors in his painting. Nearly a century after Roesen’s lifetime, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy hung several of his paintings in the White House. Roesen was one of America’s foremost still-life artists of the 1880s. The last record of the artist in Williamsport is in 1872; the place of his death is unknown.

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Sep. 16, 2023
Severin Roesen
Est: $18,000 - $22,000
(German/America, 1815-1872) Floral Still Life, circa 1848-1858, signed lower right "S. Roesen", oil on canvas, 26-1/4 x 21-1/2 in. oval; possibly original period carved gilt wood frame, 33 x 28 in. Provenance: C.G. Sloan & Company, Washington, DC, March 27, 1977. This lot is accompanied by a copy of the original purchase receipt for $16,000; Private Collection, Wilkesboro, North Carolina Note: This lot is accompanied by a letter of authentication from Judith Hansen O'Toole, in which she discusses the painting as an "exceptional work" by the artist, which includes one of his "favored signature formats".
Brunk Auctions
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Sep. 13, 2023
Severin Roesen, Oil on Canvas, Still Life
Est: $20,000 - $40,000
(American, 1815-1872) labeled "Still Life with Strawberries and Other Fruit" on verso. C.1871. Signed l.r. "S. Roesen". Overall: 32-3/8"h x 42"w Sight: 24"h x 32"w Provenance: Kennedy Galleries Provenance: Property from a Private Princeton, NJ Collection
Nye & Company
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Sep. 13, 2023
Severin Roesen, Oil on Canvas, Still Life
Est: $20,000 - $40,000
(American, 1815-1872) signed l.r. "S. Roesen" in leaf. Overall: 31-1/4"h x 41-1/4"w Sight: 24-1/2"h x 34-1/2"w Provenance: Property from a Private Princeton, NJ Collection
Nye & Company
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Sep. 13, 2023
Severin Roesen, Oil on Canvas, Still Life
Est: $20,000 - $40,000
(American, 1815-1872) signed l.r. "S. Roesen". Overall: 40-5/8"h x 35-1/2"w Oval sight: 30-1/2"h x 28"w Provenance: Property from a Private Princeton, NJ Collection
Nye & Company
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Mar. 25, 2023
Severin Roesen
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
(German/America, c. 1815-c. 1871) Fruit Still Life, circa 1860-1872, unsigned, oil on cradled panel, 12 x 16 in.; period carved gilt wood and composition frame, 19-1/2 x 23-3/4 in. Note: This lot is accompanied by a letter of authentication from Judith Hansen O'Toole, the recognized authority on the work of Severin Roesen, discussing all aspects of the painting in detail as a work of the master's own hand: "....Crystalline droplets of water dotted throughout the composition....the brilliant color...attention to texture...are all hallmarks of Roesen's best work" Provenance: The Lester Avnett Collection; From the Collection of Alice Osofsky
Brunk Auctions
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Mar. 05, 2023
Severin Roese (American / German 1816-1872): Still Life with Fruit and Flowers
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
oil on panel, in gilt wood frame; unsigned
Abell Auction
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Dec. 17, 2022
Ann Lamade Estate Severin Roesen Oil Painting: an original o
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Ann Lamade Estate Severin Roesen Oil Painting: an original oil on canvas still life painting of fruit & nuts signed ‘Roesen’ (Severin Roesen 1815-1872 Prussian/American) in an oval plaster molded gilt frame; painting depicts a basket on a table top full of peaches or apples tucked into clusters of white, red and purple grapes with few blackberries, fallen strawberries and nuts are laying outside of the basket on the table top; signed ‘Roesen’ lower right below the lowest two hanging grape leaves; painting measures approximately 26” T X 21” W image size/33” T X 27 ½” W overall; few area of paint lifting/crazing/little loss @mid to upper left side (9 & 10 o’clock); possible small touch-up/repaint (dime size) just below the mid left side (8 o’clock); spots of wear and light loss to frame as well. Call with additional condition report requests: Ron 570-494-0170. Provenance: From the collection of the Estate of Mrs. Ann Lamade, Williamsport PA. This painting has hung in the Lamade home for the past 70 years. We are proud to offer this authentic original along with additional items from the same home. SHIPPING AVAILABLE ONLY THROUGH AN OUTSIDE SHIPPING COMPANY – WE CAN ASSIST WITH CONTACT
Roan Inc. Auctioneers & Appraisers
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Dec. 04, 2022
Severin Roesen (American, 1815-1872) Still Life with Strawberries, Peaches and Grapes on a Veined Marble Top
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Severin Roesen (American, 1815-1872) Still Life with Strawberries, Peaches and Grapes on a Veined Marble Top Signed 'Roesen' bottom center, oil on panel 11 3/4 x 15 15/16 in. (29.8 x 40.5cm) Provenance Private Collection, Pennsylvania. To request additional information, including a condition report, please email Raphaël Chatroux at [email protected]
Freeman's
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Nov. 05, 2022
Severin Roesen, Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, Poster on board
Est: $170 - $200
Artist: Severin Roesen (1816 - 1872) Title: Still Life with Flowers and Fruit Year: 1987 Medium: Poster on board Image Size: Size: 30 x 35.75 in. (76.2 x 90.81 cm)
RoGallery
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Sep. 17, 2022
Severin Roesen
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
(Pennsylvania/Germany, 1815-1872) Oil on canvas still life having been brilliantly and skillfully executed. The piece is monogrammed lower right SR. The still life featuring tableware with a cup of coffee or tea and sandwich. The painting has been professionally cleaned at some point. It has not been relined. There is some inpainting around the perimeter consistent with age. Nice overall condition. H12" W17 3/4" (without the frame) The painting is sold with an original letter written by Mr. Freeman in 2002. Sold from the Estate of Mr. Carl Freeman of Conway, South Carolina to benefit the Horry County Museum.
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
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Aug. 10, 2022
Severin Roesen, Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, Poster on board
Est: $170 - $200
Artist: Severin Roesen (1816 - 1872) Title: Still Life with Flowers and Fruit Year: 1987 Medium: Poster on board Image Size: Size: 30 x 35.75 in. (76.2 x 90.81 cm)
RoGallery
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Jun. 26, 2022
Severin Roesen - Still Life of Fruit
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Severin Roesen (1815-1872) Still Life of Fruit. Oil on panel. Condition: Excellent original condition. Inspected under UV light. No restoration noted. Frame H 19-3/8" W 23-1/4". Board H 11-7/8" 15-3/4". Copy and paste link for high-res images: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/605r9fxl0sakm9q/AABt-EftZUB3bk9g0D3csffma?dl=0
New Haven Auctions
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Jun. 26, 2022
Severin Roesen - Still Life of Fruit
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Severin Roesen (1815-1872) Still Life of Fruit. Oil on panel. Condition: Excellent original condition. Inspected under UV light. No restoration noted. Frame H 17" W 20-1/2". Board H 16" W 12". Copy and paste link for high-res images: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ch44g8x4d5lijui/AACqWI36eC8giHHcIpKiLM07a?dl=0
New Haven Auctions
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Jun. 06, 2022
SEVERIN ROESEN (AMERICAN, 1815–1872) STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT AND OVERTURNED BASKET ON A MARBLE LEDGE
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Severin Roesen (American, 1815–1872) Still Life with Fruit and Overturned Basket on a Marble Ledge Signed with Artist's conjoined initials 'SRoesen' on the ledge bottom right, oil on panel 12 7/8 x 17 in. (32.7 x 43.2cm) Provenance Kendall Chew & John Formicola, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Acquired directly from the above. Property from the Estate of Virginia M. Ford, Pennsylvania. Frame: 22 x 26 x 3 1/2 in. In almost excellent original condition, with slight abrasions on the panel along the top outer edge. Examination under UV light reveals remnants of old glowing varnish, mainly at upper left quadrant and along the outer lateral edges, suggesting a recent selective cleaning. With what appears to be traces of an old, minor, repair on the ledge at bottom left. See specialist's pictures for more details.
Freeman's
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May. 21, 2022
Severin Roesen
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
(German/America, circa 1815-circa 1871) Floral Still Life, signed lower center "S. Roesen", oil on panel, 10 x 8 in.; reproduction carved gilt wood frame, 16 x 14 in. Note: Publication: Floral Still life on panel, fitting this description is listed (without image) in Judith Hansen O'Toole, Severin Roesen, 1992, p. 119 Provenance: Private Collection, New York; Heath Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1986, purchased for $35,000 (accompanied by original receipt); Estate of Sharon Mills, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Brunk Auctions
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May. 10, 2022
Severin Roesen (American, 1805-1882) Still Life with Fruit and Flowers in a Land
Est: $250,000 - $350,000
Severin Roesen (American, 1805-1882) Still Life with Fruit and Flowers in a Landscape, 1850 Oil on canvas 36 x 29 inches (91.4 x 73.7 cm) Signed and dated lower right: S. Roesen / 1850 PROVENANCE: The artist; The Stern Family; Estate of Kathleen Stern-Fischer, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 2004; Private collection. Opulent, majestic and strikingly theatrical, Severin Roesen's Still Life with Fruit and Flowers in a Landscape of 1850 is a superlative example of nineteenth-century still-life painting, and an exceedingly important work in the history of American art. Roesen, one of America's preeminent early still-life painters, created this masterwork in 1850, only two years after he arrived in the United States from Germany. Having descended through a single family since its original purchase directly from the artist, Still Life with Fruit and Flowers hung for generations in the family's estate in New Jersey, built around 1880 along the Neversink River. Interestingly, relatively little is known about Roesen's biography. He was born in Germany around 1816 and exhibited in Cologne in 1847 before immigrating to America the following year, likely to escape the turmoil of the German revolutions of 1848. Trained in Düsseldorf as a porcelain painter, Roesen carried on this European tradition in his American canvases, imbuing his still lifes with a dazzling attention to naturalistic detail and bursts of brilliant color. Upon his first years in the U.S. between 1848 and 1852, Roesen sent eleven still-life paintings to the American Art Union, eight of which depicted flowers. Certainly, as a porcelain painter, Roesen would likely have been principally skilled in floral painting; however, mid-nineteenth-century American tastes favored paintings of fruit over flowers, which may have driven Roesen in this direction in his compositional choices. In this dramatic vertical composition, Roesen depicts a luxurious floral bouquet and cornucopia of colorful fruit with naturalistic detail and brilliant illumination emphasizing the sculptural aspect of each object. The floral still life is arranged in a garden urn set atop a richly veined black-marble table top, which would have signified affluence to a nineteenth-century audience. Surrounding its base is an abundance of fruit piled so high as to almost obscure the vessel entirely, including an exotic pineapple on the left and a watermelon on the right, a combination seen rarely in Roesen's still lifes. Roesen's work during this period follows in the Dutch tradition of still-life composition popularized by Johann Wilhelm Preyer, the foremost painter in Düsseldorf at the time. Roesen was undoubtedly familiar with Preyer, who had visited Holland in 1835 and studied the works of Jan van Huysum and Rachel Ruysch and formulated his own carefully articulated style of still-life painting based on the Dutch masters. Preyer's influence resonated in the United States in the nineteenth century, due to both Roesen's canvases and the exhibition of Preyer's work at New York galleries, and an entire school of artists began to grow around these artists' compositional styles. (W. Gerdts and R. Burke, American Still Life Painting, New York, 1971, p. 61) Roesen's lavish still lifes epitomized the upper-class tastes of the Victorian era. Capturing with abundant detail the most colorful and lush varieties of flowers and fruits, these canvases represented a joyous celebration of the splendor of earth's bounty. For Americans in the mid-nineteenth century, a sense of optimism, pride in the beauty and richness of their new nation, and thanksgiving for their newfound prosperity were all reflected in Roesen's still lifes. Just as the Hudson River School of landscape painters expressed their awe in the untouched picturesque wilderness by creating expansive, panoramic vistas, so did still-life pai
Heritage Auctions
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May. 04, 2022
Severin Roesen American, 1815-1872 Peaches and Grapes in a Basket
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Severin Roesen American, 1815-1872 Peaches and Grapes in a Basket Signed R. Roesen. (lr) Oil on panel 9 3/4 x 12 inches Provenance: The artist, thence by descent in the family Edna Hazelton, the artist's great grand-daughter Sotheby's Arcade, New York, Sep. 23, 1988. lot 26A Private collection, New York Shannon's, Milford, CT, Apr. 25, 2013, lot 54 C
Doyle New York
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Apr. 23, 2022
Severin Roesen Still Life
Est: $20,000 - $40,000
Severin Roesen (Prussian, American, 1815-1872) Still Life Oil on canvas Signed Roesen, lower right
Larsen Art Auction
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Apr. 19, 2022
Severin Roesen, Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, Poster on board
Est: $125 - $150
Artist: Severin Roesen (1816 - 1872) Title: Still Life with Flowers and Fruit Year: 1987 Medium: Poster on board Size: 30 x 35.75 in. (76.2 x 90.81 cm)
RoGallery
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Jan. 24, 2022
Floral Still Life
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
Property from an Important East Coast Collection Severin Roesen 1815 - 1872 Floral Still Life signed S. Roesen. (lower right) oil on canvas 30 by 25 inches 76.2 by 63.5 cm.
Sotheby's
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Jan. 19, 2022
Severin Roesen (1815-1872) - Fruit and Flowers: A Pair of Works
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Severin Roesen (1815-1872) Fruit and Flowers: A Pair of Works each, oil on canvas each, 25 x 21 1⁄4 in. (63.5 x 53.9 cm.) (2)
Christie's
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Jan. 19, 2022
Severin Roesen (1815-1872) - Floral Still Life
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Severin Roesen (1815-1872) Floral Still Life oil on canvas 24 x 20 in. (60.9 x 50.8 cm.)
Christie's
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Jan. 16, 2022
19th C. Still Life with Fruit Oil on Canvas
Est: $800 - $1,200
19th century still life with fruit, oil on canvas mounted to panel, in the manner of Severin Roesen (German-American, 1816-1872), no apparent signature. Image: 23.5" H x 17.5" W; frame: 27.75" H x 22" W x 2.25" D. Areas of previous restoration.
Auctions at Showplace
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Jan. 14, 2022
Severin Roesen oil on canvas Still Life with Fruit
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Severin Roesen (American 1815-1872), oil on canvas Still Life with Fruit on a slab table, initialed lower right, 30" x 25". NO in-house shipping for this lot.
Pook & Pook, Inc.