PHOTO PROVIDED Pictured is John F. Francis’ oil painting of A Basket of Cherries which will be on display at the Taber Museum.

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Pictures is Rubens Peale’s oil painting of Peaches in Bowl with Cluster of Grapes that will be on display at the Taber Museum.

WILLIAMSPORT — The public is invited to attend “Echoes of Eden in a Rising Republic: Still Life and the Beauty of Becoming,” an exhibition featuring a collection of 37 still life paintings at the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society, 858 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. An entrance fee is charged to view the exhibit.

A full-color catalogue and two limited edition print posters complement the exhibition and are available for sale.

The paintings are exhibited through May 31, during normal visiting hours. Please visit tabermuseum.org for those hours.

The paintings are drawn from the Neal Milligan Collection and will feature the works of Charles Baum, Gustavus Adolphus Behne, William Mason Brown, Edward L. Custer, Joseph Decker, Adelheid Dietrich, Robert Spear Dunning, George Forster, John Francis, Virginia Granbery, George Henry Hall, George Harvey, Paul Lacroix, George Cochran Lambdin, I.L. Masters, Franklin Harrison Miller, William Rickarby Miller, Joseph Biays Ord, Rubens Peale, John Frederick Peto, Severin Roesen, Louis Rondel, Isabella Sullivan and Andrew John Henry Way.

Prominent within the exhibit, six still life paintings of Severin Roesen who will bring his works “home” to Williamsport.

Roesen was actively painting within the lumber town of Williamsport between 1862 until 1872. Roesen’s still life paintings often portray settings of luscious fruit or abundant floral bouquets. His work received little attention until First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy chose two of his paintings for inclusion in the White House collection.

Located in Williamsport, the Taber Museum provides a history of the region with information about Native American culture, frontier exploration, the development of the Pennsylvania canal, immigration during the 19th century and the logging and lumbering era of the 19th century.

The Taber Museum also houses the world-class Larue Shempp Model Train Collection.

The museum is open for touring Tuesdays through Fridays, 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Sundays (May through October), 1 to 4 p.m.. There is ample parking behind the museum and along the street.

For further information, please contact the museum at 570-326-3326 or visit their website.