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'''Severin Roesen''' (c. 1815 in [[Boppard]] – c. 1872) was a [[Prussia|Prussian]]n-[[Americans|American]] [[Painting|painter]] known for his abundant fruit and flower [[still life]]s, and is today recognized as one of the major American painters in that genre from the nineteenth century.

Born to Stephanus and Margaretha (née Krebs) in [[Boppard]], [[Prussia]] (now [[Germany]]), Severin Roesen was born in 1815 and baptized on February 5, 1816.<ref name=":0" /> Whilst littleLittle is known of his early life and education, though he married Sophia Jacobina Lambricht (born 22 January 22, 1824) on 10 March 10, 1847 at Sankt Kastor Katholisch, Koblenz Stadt, [[Rhineland|Rheinland]]. WhilstWhile working as a [[porcelain painter]] in Cologne, Roesen exhibited a floral painting at the Cologne local art club in 1847.<ref name="Columbus Museum of Art p.14">{{citation |editor-last=Roberts |editor-first=Norma J. |title=The American Collections |publisher=[[Columbus Museum of Art]] |year=1988 |isbn=0-8109-1811-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/americancollecti0000colu/page/14 14] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/americancollecti0000colu/page/14 }}.</ref> He and Sophia arrived in [[Dover]], [[England]] on 27 December 27, 1847, and from there emigrated to New York, arriving on 4 February 4, 1848, exhibiting eleven paintings there at the [[American Art-Union]] over the next five years.<ref name="Columbus Museum of Art p.14" /> Sophia died soon after their arrival in America, and on 30 October 30, 1849, Roesen married Wilhelmine Ludwig (born 1831 in [[Alzey]], Prussia), with whom he went on to have three children; Minnie (born 1854), Oscar (born 1857), and a third child (name and birth date unknown).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Some of prolific Williamsport painter’spainter's pieces still in city|url=https://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2019/12/some-of-prolific-williamsport-painters-pieces-still-in-city/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=sungazette.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The marriage took place at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Matthew in [[New York City]], and Roesen supported the family through sales of his paintings to both private buyers and the [[American Art-Union|American Art Union]], as well as through teaching still-life painting.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Brawler - Round 2 of 3|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUrOjA1ndyg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/CUrOjA1ndyg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-03-29}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Severin Roesen {{!}} LACMA Collections|url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/166758|access-date=2021-03-29|website=collections.lacma.org}}</ref> Roesen left his family and moved to [[Pennsylvania]] in 1857.<ref name="Columbus Museum of Art p.14" /> He lived briefly in [[Philadelphia]], and then moved to rural, German-American communities in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], [[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]], and finally [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]], where he settled around 1863.<ref name="Columbus Museum of Art p.14" /> During this period, he also exhibited works at the [[Maryland Center for History and Culture|Maryland Historical Society]] in [[Baltimore]] in 1858, at the [[Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts]] in 1863, and at the Brooklyn Art Association in 1873.<ref name="Columbus Museum of Art p.14" />

The ''Williamsport Sun and Banner'' reported in 1895, "His studio was much frequented by his friends, who would sit all day with this genial, well -read and generous companion, smoking his pipes and drinking his beer, andwhich he was seldom without this beverage... In one corner of the finished painting would always appear the faint outline of a beer glass, and when a customer objected to its presence, he would say, 'Why, do you not like beer?' and then take it out."<ref>"August Roesen [sic], Artist: An Interesting Williamsport Genius Recalled by His Works," (Williamsport Sun and Banner, June 27, 1895)

File:Severin Roesen - Still Life, Flowers and Fruit.jpg|Flower ''Still Life: withFlowers Bird'sand NestFruit'', [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]

File:Severin Roesen.jpg|''Fruit Holiday'' (detail)

File:Severin Roesen - Still Life With Fruit (1850).jpg| ''Still Life With Fruit'', in the [[White House]]

File:Severin Roesen - Fruit and Wine Glass.jpg|''Fruit and Wine Glass''

File:Fruit Still Life in a Landscape LACMA M.77.126.jpg|''Fruit Still Life in a Landscape''

[[Category:GermanPrussian emigrants to the United States]]

[[Category:18161810s births]]