Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
Apples and Grapes
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Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)1880
Apples and Grapes
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) →Impressionismnineteenth century19th centurypaintingstill life
Date
1880
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
66.5 × 82.5 cm (26 3/16 × 32 1/2 in.); Framed: 88 × 103.9 × 10.2 cm (34 5/8 × 40 7/8 × 4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Claude Monet probably painted this and other still lifes in 1879–80, knowing that they would be more readily marketable than his landscapes. In Apples and Grapes, however, he employed the complexity of color, light, and texture found in his most Impressionist landscapes. This is particularly evident in the extensive cloth surface—the play of light on the horizontal brushstrokes (indicating the folds in the tablecloth) recalls earlier canvases in which Monet used similar short horizontals of variegated colors to suggest water rippling in the sunlight.
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