PETRA HAAS Signed Still Life Oil Painting 1989

PETRA HAAS Signed Still Life Theorem Painting 1989, signature to lower right reads ‘Petra Haas 1989’, inscription to reverse reads ‘An Original Theorem Painting Oil Pigment stenciled onto velveteen in a fanciful grained frame Mixed fruit in canton Theorem painting was taught to young ladies attending finishing schools circa late 1700 mid 1800 Petra & Thomas Haas Olay Furnace Becks County Venn sy frame’, Seals read ‘Petra D Hass Theorems’ and ‘Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen Juried Member’, subject a still life with various fruits, measures 16 3/4 x 19 3/8 inches, wooden frame, scuffs and scratches to frame but overall in good condition, professionally framed, not examined out of frame, Petra Haas, who lives in an old stone house on a country road outside the village of Oley in Berks County, Pennsylvania, has spent her career perfecting a 19th century painting technique, utilizing stencils – theorem painting. A cross-over artist, uniting the old and the new, she explains: “I haven’t left the art form. I’ve taken it and brought