" Venus Rises from the sea " c.1822 by American Artist Raphael Peel ( 1774 - 1825 ) | ArtLiveAndBeauty

"Venus Rises from the sea" by Artist Raphael Peel

A painting by Raphael Peel stands out among the classics on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. "Venus emerging from the sea" - this trompe-l'oeil canvas on a mythical storyline is created using the trompe-l'oeil technique. This was the name given to the fraudulent paintings in which the artists produced the appearance of object realism. The white veil pictured on the artwork is authentic.

In this weird manner, the American Raphael Peel, who worked in the first half of the nineteenth century, attempted to fathom the old topic of the artist's abilities.

According to folklore, one creator (Zeukis) was able to design a bunch of grapes so realistically that the birds sat down to nibble at the fruit, mistaking it for a genuine one. Another (Parrhasius) misled Zeukis himself by depicting a curtain torn to rags ostensibly obscuring the painting. The romantic here also plays on the hypocrisy of his contemporaries, who desire to conceal a person's trembling naked body with a veil of morality (white color traditionally meant innocence).

Artist Raphael Peel (1774 - 1825 ) is regarded as America's first outstanding still-life painter. Charles Wilson Peel was the son of painter Charles Wilson Peel. Raphael is one of 16 children in a painter's family, all of whom were named after famous painters.

"Venus Rises from the sea" by Artist Raphael Peel, c.1822 Canvas, oil. Size: 74x61.3 cm. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas, USA