Artists

Morston Constatine Ream

American 1840-1898

Morston Constatine Ream was a specialist in fruits and dessert still lifes.  He had a brother Carducius Platagenet Ream who also was an artist.  Morston learned daguerreotyping in 1860 and was a photographer’s apprentice until he found the process detrimental to his health and turned to painting in1868.

Exhibited:
Moore’s Art Room, NY; Cleveland, OH; Brooklyn AA, 1873-83; PAFA Ann.,
1876, 1881; Toledo Loan Exh., 1885; San Francisco; NAD, 1872-83; AIC, 1888-97.