John Frederick Peto
American, 1854 - 1907
(not assigned)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, North America
BiographyPeto was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1854. He studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with William Michael Harnett, a trompe l'oeil still life painter. Peto exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy from 1879-1887 and produced paintings in a vein similar to Harnett's subject matter, though with a different style. In 1889, he moved to Island Heights, New Jersey. Many of Peto's paintings were erroneously signed by a dealer with Harnett's name in order to increase their market value. Thus, it has only been since the 1940s that Peto's œuvre has been properly attributed and rediscovered. He died in New York in November 1907.Person TypeIndividual
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