Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Nature morte aux pommes (Still Life with Apples) 1871–1872 Oil on canvas, 59 x 48 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Signature and date: ‘G. Courbet. 72.’ Inscription: ‘St. Pélagie’ Although the painting is dated 1872, it may have been made…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Naturaleza muerta (Still Life) 1913 Oil on canvas, 84 x 65 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Fleur coquillage (Flower-Shell) 1927 Oil on canvas, 19 x 24 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©VEGAP, Madrid The present Flower-Shell belongs to a set of canvases on the same theme executed between 1927 and 1929, when Max Ernst was…
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…
O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Morning Glory with Black 1926 Oil on canvas, 91 x 75.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The morning glory rests against a black petunia, seen partially at lower right. O’Keeffe is best known for close-up flower subjects…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) ABC 1927 Gouache on paper, 19.4 × 27.8 cm Tate Britain, London ABC is a preparatory study in gouache for the oil painting Nature morte A.B.C., 1927, given by Léger’s art dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler to the Musée Fernand…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Le Coup de lumière (Effect of Light) 1935 Oil on canvas, 50.8 × 61.6 cm Tate Britain, London Although this picture was dated 1926 when exhibited at the Leicester Galleries, its first owner, Sam Salz, said that it…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte au profil de Laval (Still Life with Profile of Laval) 1886 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis In this enigmatic image, Gauguin’s fellow artist Charles Laval peers at an arrangement…
Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Natura morta (Still Life) s.d. Lithograph; color, 56 x 39.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton © Gino Severini / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Nature morte: Pommes et poires dans un panier rond (Still Life: Apples and Pears in a Round Basket) 1872 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 55.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton One of Pissarro’s rare still lifes, this…