Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Pommes et oranges (Apples and Oranges) c.1899 Oil on canvas, 74 x 93 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Though Cézanne painted still life compositions from the start of his career, it was only in later years that this genre…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Limones, naranjas y rosa (Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose) 1633 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 109.5 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena This extraordinary painting by Zurbarán, the only signed and dated still life by…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Bodegón con cacharros (Still-Life with Pottery Jars) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 46 x 84 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Various vessels of different materials, shapes and uses rest on a wooden surface that could be a table…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le citron (The Lemon) 1880 Oil on canvas, 14 x 22 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Proust, Antonin (1832-1905)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Une botte d’asperges (A Bunch of Asparagus) 1880 Oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les Tapis rouges (The Red Carpets) 1906 Oil on canvas, 89 x 116 cm Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble © Succession H. Matisse Painted in Collioure in 1906, The Red Carpets evokes this pivotal moment when the painting, here…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Fruits du Midi (Fruits of the Midi) 1881 Oil on canvas, 51 x 65 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Le Midi (France)
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Nature morte aux homards, dit aussi Trophées de chasse et de pêche (Still-Life with Lobster, or Trophies of hunting and fishing) 1826–1827 Oil on canvas, 80.5 x 106.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Capucines (Nasturtiums) 1892 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Private collection
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Fruits à l’étalage (Fruit displayed on a stand) c.1881–1882 Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 100.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Caillebotte delighted in unusual vantage points and compositions. This close-up view of fruit stacked on a market…