Fruit Bowl on a Table
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Fruit Bowl on a Table | |
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French: Coupe de fruits sur une table | |
Artist | Pierre Bonnard |
Year | c. 1934 |
Medium | Oil paint on canvas |
Movement | Post-Impressionism Nabis |
Subject | still life with fruit (apples, grapes) and a book |
Dimensions | 41 cm × 65.5 cm (16 in × 25.8 in)[1] |
Location | Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg |
Accession | 1995 |
Fruit Bowl on a Table is a c. 1934 still-life oil painting by the French artist Pierre Bonnard which was bought by the city of Strasbourg in 1995 from the heiresses of Claude Roger-Marx. Today this painting is in the Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain.[1][2]
The painting, with its slightly distorted perspective and its contrast of warm colors with dark shadows displays the late Bonnard's characteristic search for new means to depict space. It is one of several still life paintings he created in that decade.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hirner, Claire (February 2008). Les collections du musée d'art moderne et contemporain de la ville de Strasbourg. Strasbourg: Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. p. 86. ISBN 978-2-901833-82-6.