Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Brioche (The Brioche) 1870 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 81 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet reportedly called still life the “touchstone of the painter.” From 1862 to 1870 he executed several large-scale tabletop scenes…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Verre, couteau et assiette de fruits (Tumbler, Knife, and Plate of Fruit) 1918 Graphite, 25.8 x 33.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton The Spanish-born painter and draftsman Juan Gris studied mathematics and engineering in Madrid for two…
Derain, André (1880-1954) L’offrande (The Offering) 1913 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89.5 cm Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Anémones et fleurs de pêcher (Anemones and Peach Blossoms) 1944 Oil on canvas, 55.2 × 64.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
El Greco (1541-1614) La Sagrada Familia con María Magdalena (The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene) c.1590–1595 Oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The seemingly weightless figures, the startling color combinations, and the moody, imprecise setting…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Pêches et raisins (Peaches and Grapes) 1894 Oil on canvas, 27.3 x 36.4 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Canestra di frutta (Basket of Fruit) c.1597–1600 Oil on canvas, 54.5 × 67.5 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano This is probably the most famous painting in the collection of Cardinal Federico Borromeo, which formed the original nucleus of the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana.…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Nature morte: pot à lait et fruits sur une table (Still life: milk jug and fruits on a table) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 59.5 x 72.8 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Nature morte (Still Life) 1872 Oil on canvas, 53 x 73 cm Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Pêches et cerises (Peaches and cherries) s.d. Oil on canvas, 27 x 17 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires